Litsy

Station Eleven: A novel | Emily St. John Mandel

so-so

I probably would have enjoyed this book more had I not lived through the pandemic in NYC. It took awhile for me to get into the story, especially at the beginning when the virus was running rampant and civilization began to collapse. But I can see why this book won awards. It is a bittersweet story following a diverse cast of characters—some caught in between their lives before and after, some having been too young to remember the world as it was.

Awk_Word_Smith The ending was tender—watching the human race start anew—but melancholic—experiencing the tragic end just as some characters achieved self-awareness and actualization. 3.75 ⭐️ out of 5 23h

Melismatic It‘s shocking she wrote this book pre pandemic too - bc it rings so familiar to what actually happened. 18h

Susanita This is one of my all time favorites, but I don‘t know if I could read it now post-COVID. 16h

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Amiable

Parable of the Sower | Octavia E Butler

“Moral: The weak can overcome the strong if the weak persist. Persisting isn‘t always safe, but it‘s often necessary.”

#resist
#WiththeBanned

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Jadams89

Parable of the Sower | Octavia E. Butler

#WithTheBanned

Bookwormjillk Both because social norms are starting to erode, but also at a certain point what do you have to lose. Thanks for these thoughtful questions! 1d

5feet.of.fury Difficult, too many people are already getting into a “survival of the fittest” mentality 1d

Bookbuyingaddict @Jadams89 hi could you if you don‘t mind please send to me a list of books which have been banned in the USA please ? 🙏 we have none in the uk 🇬🇧 thank goodness 😅 but was talking to my bookclub friends about it last night and no one knew this was happening , thank you ☺️ x x x. Xx 😘 17h

Jadams89 @bookbuyingaddict here‘s a link to PEN America - they track challenges to books. We aren‘t at the point that books are banned from being sold, more they are removed from school and public libraries. https://pen.org/banned-books-list-2025/ (edited) 13h

Jadams89 @Bookbuyingaddict None of these are nationwide, but it‘s feeling scarily close to such things happening 12h

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Jadams89

Parable of the Sower | Octavia E. Butler

#WithTheBanned

Bookwormjillk It‘s almost too depressing to answer this question. The parallels were almost scary. 1d

Amiable @Bookwormjillk 💯 1d

5feet.of.fury Too many. Voter apathy, climate change, a huge one that stands out for me is labor protections/workers rights being stripped. 1d

Kristin_Reads So many parallels! It‘s very unsettling the similarities that Butler foresaw back in 1993. 1d

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Jadams89

Parable of the Sower | Octavia E. Butler

#WithTheBanned

Bookwormjillk I do a lot of work in climate change, so yes. I see a lot of that. 1d

5feet.of.fury People are apathetic to what‘s happening because they think it won‘t negatively impact them, it will just hurt some “undesirable” group of people so we watch rights get taken away and many don‘t realize the reach/impact until it‘s too late. 1d

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Jadams89

Parable of the Sower | Octavia E. Butler

#WithTheBanned

5feet.of.fury Honestly, I thought it would have a bigger emphasis and impact but it seemed forgotten or inconsistent at times. 1d

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Jadams89

Parable of the Sower | Octavia E Butler

Hey #WithTheBanned readers! Sorry I‘ve fallen behind this month - work has been very busy.

I‘ll be posting 5 discussions questions total. I don‘t want to overwhelm y‘all with notifications, so I‘ll just tag everyone in the first post.

Jadams89 @JenlovesJT47
@BooksBlanketsandahotbeverage
@Read4Life @skygoddess1
@Julsmarshall @Lapreader 1d

Jadams89 @lil1inblue @Deblovestoread @dabbe @5feet.of.fury @TheDaysGoBy @AnishaInkspell @Melismatic @bookwormjillk @KT1432 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa 1d

Jadams89 @thewallflower0707 @catsandbooks @megabooks @Kenyazero @CoverToCoverGirl @Bookbuyingaddict @CuriousG @AllDebooks 1d

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Jadams89 @SconsinBookyBadger @PaperbackPirate @CogsOfEncouragement @Amiable
@peanutnine @CatLass007 1d

CatLass007 I haven‘t even started the book yet. I‘ll be back when I do. 1d

Bookwormjillk So much to think about with this book, but maybe a lesson is anyone can be a leader. Looking forward to what everyone else says. 1d

Melismatic Community is everything and trust is imperative…but needs to be earned. 1d

Catsandbooks I had to dnf because it was just too much for me right now 1d

JenlovesJT47 I am so behind on everything this month 😭 1d

Julsmarshall I haven‘t started either but I hope to tackle in March :) 1d

Kristin_Reads I‘m jumping in here because I just finished this one a few weeks ago. Your questions are great! I agree with @Melismatic … a big takeaway for me was the found/chosen family and community formed with (earned) trust. 1d

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Loanne

Shift | Hugh Howey

pick

Surprisingly, book 2 was not a continuation of the story of Silos 17 and 18 but a prequel which was divided into 3 distinct story lines and bounced around different time lines. I found it darker and a little sadder than book 1, but still an engaging and well-written book. While many questions were answered about how the silos came into being, more questions come to mind. Book 3 is calling…

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