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Chickens are just the fall guy in this funny, blunt tale of life on the Olympic Peninsula
This is KUOW's book club, and we just read through the first half of Betty MacDonald Pacific Northwest classic "The Egg and I."
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What's the KUOW Book Club reading in December?
The KUOW Book Club is reading "The Egg and I" by Betty MacDonald this month.
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NPR's 'Books We Love' returns. 5 books for your Pacific Northwest reading list
If you're reaching for a great read right now, NPR has the thing for you: the 2024 "Books We Love."
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Sonora Jha concludes 'The Laughter' with brutality and a warning
This is KUOW's book club, and we just finished reading Sonora Jha's "The Laughter."
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Sonora Jha is a master of paranoia and tension in 'The Laughter'
This is KUOW's book club, and we just read through the first half of Sonora Jha's "The Laughter," her novel that recently won the 2024 Washington State Book Award for Fiction.
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What's the KUOW Book Club reading in November?
The KUOW Book Club is reading "The Laughter" by Sonora Jha this month.
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'Being is bliss' in Timothy Egan's 'The Good Rain' — and still is three decades later
This is the KUOW Book Club, and we’re wrapping up "The Good Rain" by Timothy Egan. I'm your club guide, Katie Campbell.
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Egan's 'The Good Rain' is still a prescient exploration of the PNW more than 30 years later
This is KUOW's book club, and we just read through the first half of Timothy Egan's "The Good Rain."
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What's the KUOW Book Club reading in October?
It's time to announce this month's book club pick — and our next live author event!
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'Fledgling' is Octavia Butler's unfinished but fundamental legacy
This is the KUOW Book Club, and we’re wrapping up "Fledgling" by Octavia Butler.
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Octavia Butler's final novel delivers in every way
If "Fledgling" is your introduction to the work of Octavia Butler, reader, all I can say is you're welcome.
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What's the KUOW Book Club reading in September?
KUOW's book club will read "Fledgling" by Octavia Butler this month.