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Charleston’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Charleston’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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War. War Never Changes.
War. War Never Changes.
Its an ominous phrase from one of my favorite video game franchises. Yet it is true. Beneath our justifications for war, politics, strategy, religion, or national interests, lies something far older and more primitive.
From Cain striking Abel, we have repeatedly allowed our darker impulses to override reason, compassion, and shared humanity. Cruelty. Vengeance. Ambition. We Read more of this blog post »
Its an ominous phrase from one of my favorite video game franchises. Yet it is true. Beneath our justifications for war, politics, strategy, religion, or national interests, lies something far older and more primitive.
From Cain striking Abel, we have repeatedly allowed our darker impulses to override reason, compassion, and shared humanity. Cruelty. Vengeance. Ambition. We Read more of this blog post »
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Echoes of Oblivion
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The Alcuin Rift
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1521: The Defiance
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| Miss America is a gritty crime noir. Very descriptive writing and a lot of emotions involved. Also has a quite strong feminist undertone. Aside from the crime aspect, this book also explores the dark side behind the glamour of pageants. The protagoni ...more | |
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| The setting and story feel like something out of a 90s Japanese anime. Ambitious in scale, slightly quirky, and unapologetically imaginative, which works in its favor. What begins as a small, grounded survival story steadily expands into something mu ...more | |
"It’s often said that history is told by the victors, which is true, but even more so is that what is remembered is shaped by those in power, so telling stories from other voices that expand what’s known can reconfigure outlooks and appreciations, as "
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Brothers, Fathers, and Other Strangers by Mitchell Waldman is a thoughtful and often compelling collection of stories. The pieces feel like slices of everyday experience, capturing moments of alienation, reflection, and connection. The stories vary in ...more |
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| The start of the book gave me some Twilight vibes. But that quickly changed as we are thrust into the secret world of the Sensorians. The prose is easy to follow, tight and accessible. Turning perceived mental illness into super powers that can be us ...more | |
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| Being hit immediately with an explanation of the languages used and a diagram of characters and timelines foreshadowed what I was about to go through. Surely enough, I needed to really lock in to understand what was happening, when it was happening, ...more | |
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Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy
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— last activity 22 hours, 58 min ago
A place for those who walk the green forests of Middle Earth, cross the pale sands of Arrakis, sail the blue waters of Earthsea, slip among the shadow ...more
Hard SF
— 1202 members
— last activity May 28, 2026 11:56PM
This is a discussion group for this specific subgenre in SF where the plausibility of the science counts.
Booktok 📚
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A place for booktokers to interact with each other and share the love
What is Life without Books
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— last activity May 26, 2026 06:15PM
I wanted to start a group where book lovers can come talk about any book. I wanted to get like minded people together for friendship and fun. We can h ...more
Scifi-Fantasy book club
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— last activity Feb 08, 2026 03:42PM
This is a bimonthly book club where we read Scifi/fantasy books and discuss about it. Each book will be announced the month before !!
Historical Fictionistas
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Welcome to Historical Fictionistas! We want to experience all different kinds of HF with all different kinds of people. The more diverse, the better. ...more
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