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Continue reading →: Review: Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. CoreySynopsis: Humanity has colonized the solar system—Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond—but the stars are still out of our reach. Jim Holden is XO of an ice miner making runs from the rings of Saturn to the mining stations of the Belt. When he and his crew stumble…
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Continue reading →: Currently Reading: Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
We are reading this March/April 2025. Synopsis: Humanity has colonized the solar system—Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond—but the stars are still out of our reach. Jim Holden is XO of an ice miner making runs from the rings of Saturn to the mining stations of the Belt.…
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Continue reading →: Review: Blackout by Simon ScarrowSynopsis: Berlin, December 1939 As Germany goes to war, the Nazis tighten their terrifying grip. Paranoia in the capital is intensified by a rigidly enforced blackout that plunges the city into oppressive darkness every night, as the bleak winter sun sets. When a young woman is found brutally murdered, Criminal…
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Continue reading →: Currently Reading: Blackout by Simon Scarrow
We are reading this January/February 2025. Synopsis: Berlin, December 1939 As Germany goes to war, the Nazis tighten their terrifying grip. Paranoia in the capital is intensified by a rigidly enforced blackout that plunges the city into oppressive darkness every night, as the bleak winter sun sets. When a young…
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Continue reading →: Review: Conclave by Robert HarrisSynopsis: The Pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and eighteen cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world’s most secretive election. They are holy men. But they have ambition. And they have rivals. Over the next seventy-two hours…
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Continue reading →: Currently Reading: Conclave by Robert Harris
We are reading this December 2024/January 2025. Synopsis: The Pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and eighteen cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world’s most secretive election. They are holy men. But they have ambition. And they…
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Continue reading →: The Road Not TravelledThese are the books that were nominated but not chosen by the group. 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
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Continue reading →: Pre-2021 ReviewsHell Bay by Kate Rhodes Synopsis: DI Ben Kitto needs a second chance. After ten years working for the murder squad in London, a traumatic event has left him grief-stricken. He’s tried to resign from his job, but his boss has persuaded him to take three months to reconsider. Ben…
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Continue reading →: 2021 ReviewsSynopsis: Do you remember when you believed in magic? It is 1917, and while war wages across Europe, in the heart of London, there is a place of hope and enchantment. The Emporium sells toys that capture the imagination of children and adults alike: patchwork dogs that seem alive, toy…
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Continue reading →: 2022 ReviewsSynopsis: Written in 1914 but not published until 1925, a year after Kafka’s death, The Trial is the terrifying tale of Josef K., a respectable bank officer who is suddenly and inexplicably arrested and must defend himself against a charge about which he can get no information. Whether read as an existential tale,…
Welcome to The Next Chapter Book Club!
We’re a small group of bookish ex-colleagues who enjoyed each other’s company so much that we decided to continue with Book Club when we were no longer colleagues.
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