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Such a Disappointment

In Praise of Hatred by Khaled Khalifa

September 14, 2017 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

One of the rewards of being the book club maven is that I have to be on the lookout for books outside of my comfort zone. In my bio (which you can see just down there) I describe myself as someone who reads everything, just some types of books more frequently than others. That applies to proper Literary Fiction as well. More often than not, I’m rolling around in the genres. However, I try to give the people what they want and there were several […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fiction Tagged With: banned books, book club, faintingviolet, In Praise of Hatred, Khaled Khalifa

faintingviolet's CBR9 Review No:50 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction · Tags: banned books, book club, faintingviolet, In Praise of Hatred, Khaled Khalifa ·
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Book Club Discussion Post: In Praise of Hatred

September 13, 2017 by faintingviolet 15 Comments

Welcome to our third book club chat of the year: In Praise of Hatred by Khaled Khalifa. I’m interested to hear what everyone’s reading experiences were like with this book. Ground rules remain the same as they always have. For those of you who might be joining us for the first time (hello new friends!) all are welcome. All of our topics are numbered and we ask that you refer to them below by that number to help people find the conversation topics they are […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fiction Tagged With: book club discussion, Cannon Book Club Reads Non-Western Lit Fic, cannonball book club, CannonBookChat, CannonBookClub, CannonBookDiscussion, In Praise of Hatred, Khaled Khalifa, Non-Western Lit Fic

faintingviolet's CBR9 Review No:0 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction · Tags: book club discussion, Cannon Book Club Reads Non-Western Lit Fic, cannonball book club, CannonBookChat, CannonBookClub, CannonBookDiscussion, In Praise of Hatred, Khaled Khalifa, Non-Western Lit Fic ·
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Discussion Topics: In Praise of Hatred

August 31, 2017 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Our September book club is coming up quickly, we’re just two weeks away. Our non-western literary fiction choice In Praise of Hatred by Khaled Khalifa has lots for the reader to absorb and think about. Our group chat about this book will get going around 2 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday September 13th, both here and in our Facebook group, the Book Chat. Book Club is open to anyone and everyone. If there’s a topic, thought or opinion you’d like to see addressed, leave a comment down below […]

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faintingviolet's CBR9 Review No:0 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction · Tags: banned books, book club, Cannon Book Club Reads Non-Western Lit Fic, cannonball book club, CannonBookClub, faintingviolet, In Praise of Hatred, Khaled Khalifa ·
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Book Announcement: #CannonBookClub Reads Non-Western Literary Fiction

July 27, 2017 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

The votes have been counted and Khaled Khalifa’s In Praise of Hatred will be our September #CannonBookClub read! Our goal is always to expand our reading, so if this wasn’t your first choice, I as always hope you’ll make room in the next several weeks for both. #CannonBookClub convenes on Wednesday, September 13. I’ll be posting a Discussion Topics post two weeks before our discussion. As in previous Book Clubs, feel free to visit us here on the group blog for the dedicated post or in our Facebook Cannonball Read […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fiction Tagged With: book club, Cannonball Book Club Reads, cannonball book club reads non western, CannonBookChat, CannonBookClub, In Praise of Hatred, Khaled Khalifa

faintingviolet's CBR9 Review No:0 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction · Tags: book club, Cannonball Book Club Reads, cannonball book club reads non western, CannonBookChat, CannonBookClub, In Praise of Hatred, Khaled Khalifa ·
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