June 24, 2019
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We got talking about the bestselling book Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline. The book talks about the real life orphan trains that ran between 1854 and 1929. These train carried destitute children from the east coast to the midwest where … Continue reading
May 10, 2019
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Want to embed this post on your blog or website? Use the following code. <div style=”text-align: center; margin: auto;”> <a href=https://i0.wp.com/instascribe.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Nnedi.png?resize=410%2C1024&ssl=1″ alt=”Visual Friday: Diverse Women Writers – Nnedi Okorafor”> By InstaScribe </a></div>
May 3, 2019
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April 1, 2019
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Shweta enjoyed reading Judy Finnigan’s Eloise: What secrets did she take to her grave? This haunting meditation on female friendship and motherhood is the debut work of Judy Finnigan, broadcaster, journalist and Book Club champion. The character Eloise has died and … Continue reading
March 1, 2019
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July 24, 2017
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Now for some books with strange elements. Ratnakar brought in an element of science fiction to the BYOB Party with Time For the Stars, a book published in 1956 from Robert Heinlein’s Juveniles series, a series with young heroes set … Continue reading
October 10, 2016
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Science was not far behind in the BYOB Party this time. Sudharsan read the book The Three Body Problem by Chinese author Cixin Liu . It’s sci-fi or end of the world dystopian fiction, part philosophy, part fantasy, he decides. The book deals … Continue reading
April 18, 2016
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This BYOB Party (Part 1 and Part 2) had no mention of the Mahabharata. Instead, there was a great deal of sci-fi. Akshay is an avid sci-fi reader. When he was done with his share of Clarks and Asimovs, he came … Continue reading
December 14, 2015
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Tangential talk is the best part about sharing books- one writer leads to a story to another writer to another story. There’s a randomness that happens when each person in a group talks about a book that has affected him. … Continue reading
November 23, 2015
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Priya Iyer, a biologist, had come down to this session of the Talking Terrace Book Club. (Read Parts 1 and 2) Priya and I both got talking about Homo Sapiens for some reason. I was reading(and am still reading) a … Continue reading