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spinbaby

(15,288 posts) Tue Mar 17, 2020, 06:26 PM Mar 2020

Book Club of the Apocalypse [View all]

Since we’re cooped up with time on our hands, some of us nerds are reading pandemic-themed books and discussing on Facebook. First up is The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. Andromeda Strain is up next.

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Book Club of the Apocalypse [View all] spinbaby Mar 2020 OP

Cool! LiberalLoner Mar 2020 #1

Not quite pandemic themed, but I glanced over at my bookshelves and the first two I saw RockRaven Mar 2020 #2

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel... dhill926 Mar 2020 #3

I liked Station Eleven and have been thinking of re-reading it. Good thing I still have it on my japple Mar 2020 #4

Peter Heller's book, The Dog Stars japple Mar 2020 #5

I recommend The Last Policeman by Ben Winters hermetic Mar 2020 #6

The first time I read The Doomsday Book PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2020 #7

She's quite a talent spinbaby Mar 2020 #8

That is one serious criticism of the book. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2020 #9

I love dystopia trixie2 Apr 2020 #11

The Galahad series by Dom Testa trixie2 Mar 2020 #10

'The Pesthouse' by Jim Crace left-of-center2012 May 2020 #12

Wow kelly97 May 2020 #13