Book club
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Why I love “Dune”
Book recommendation for May 2025: “Dune” by Frank Herbert This is the most epic of epic science fiction novels and was a winner of both the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award (as the inaugural winner). For me, Dune is to science fiction what Lord of the Rings is to fantasy; the pinnacle of the…
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Why I love “Elantris”
Book recommendation for April 2025: “Elantris” by Brandon Sanderson I think this is the perfect place to start if you like fantasy books but have not yet read anything by Brandon Sanderson, who is perhaps the biggest fantasy writer at present. It’s a standalone novel, which is quite rare in fantasy these days. What’s it…
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Why I love “A Thousand Splendid Suns”
Book recommendation for March 2025: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini This is a story that will break your heart, that will leave you cursing the cruelty of man, and make you wish you had never read it just so you could go back and read it again as if for the first time.…
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Why I love “The Alchemist”
Book recommendation for February 2025: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho I suspect most of you have heard of the global phenomenon that is, The Alchemist, as it’s sold like 65 million copies or something. If you’ve not, then you are in for a treat. What it’s about: Santiago is a young shepherd in Andalucia who…
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Why I love “Frankenstein”
January 2025 book recommendation: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley What better place to start than with the original science fiction novel? And forget what you’ve seen in movie and television adaptations, nothing comes close to reflecting how great this book is or even accurately portraying Dr. Frankenstein’s “monster”. What it’s about: You all know the story,…