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Book: Bellwether

Dr. Sandra Foster studies fads for a company in Boulder, Colorado. Her employer, Hi-Tek, wants to know how to predict trends in order to create one. Unlikely circumstances lead Foster to meet O’Reilly, a shy chaos theorist who may hold the key to her research. [more inside]
posted by Monochrome on May 28, 2022 - 10 comments

Book: The Age of Innocence

“Women ought to be free - as free as we are,” he declared, making a discovery of which he was too irritated to measure the terrific consequences. [more inside]
posted by roger ackroyd on Apr 11, 2018 - 4 comments

Book: The House with a Clock in Its Walls

A boy goes to live with his magician uncle in a mysterious mansion that has an ominous ticking sound coming from its walls. [more inside]
posted by roger ackroyd on Mar 27, 2018 - 18 comments

Book: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

“Rule number one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.” [more inside]
posted by roger ackroyd on Mar 5, 2018 - 5 comments

Book: Interview with the Vampire

“You are the night, and the night alone understands you and enfolds you in its arms.” [more inside]
posted by roger ackroyd on Feb 28, 2018 - 16 comments

a book club for people without time to read

Introducing the Metafilter Low Effort Book Club. [more inside]
posted by roger ackroyd on Feb 26, 2018 - 1 comment

Book: The Phantom Tollbooth

“There was once a boy named Milo who didn't know what to do with himself — not just sometimes but always. When he was in school he longed to be out, and when he was out he longed to be in ... Nothing really interested him — least of all the things that should have.” [more inside]
posted by roger ackroyd on Feb 26, 2018 - 16 comments

Book: Flowers In The Attic

“Love doesn’t always come when you want it to. Sometimes it just happens, despite your will.” [more inside]
posted by roger ackroyd on Feb 25, 2018 - 19 comments

Book: Harriet the Spy

...she scribbled in her notebook: “LIFE IS A GREAT MYSTERY. IS EVERYBODY A DIFFERENT PERSON WHEN THEY ARE WITH SOMEBODY ELSE?” [more inside]
posted by roger ackroyd on Feb 23, 2018 - 6 comments

Book: Pride and Prejudice

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." [more inside]
posted by roger ackroyd on Feb 20, 2018 - 25 comments

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