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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,…
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Continue reading →: 2023 ReviewsSynopsis: Aldous Huxley’s profoundly important classic of world literature, Brave New World is a searching vision of an unequal, technologically-advanced future where humans are genetically bred, socially indoctrinated, and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively uphold an authoritarian ruling order–all at the cost of our freedom, full humanity, and perhaps also our souls.…
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Continue reading →: 2024 ReviewsSynopsis: In the far future, humans have colonized a distant planet, home to the enigmatic Ariekei, sentient beings famed for a language unique in the universe, one that only a few altered human ambassadors can speak. Avice Benner Cho, a human colonist, has returned to Embassytown after years of deep-space…
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.
The Next Chapter Book Club 