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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 09/10/2025

Our discussion of "A Rule Against Murder" aka "The Murder Stone" by Louise Penny begins next Wednesday, Oct 15th. We hope you'll join us for a fresh look at this book. And please mark your calendars for our discussion of "The Black Wolf" on December 15th! www.bookclubfriends.com/discussions/

Louise Penny books "A Rule Against Murder", "The Murder Stone", "The Black Wolf"

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 26/08/2025

We were lucky to receive an advanced copy of Louise Penny's "The Black Wolf". Here's our spoiler-free review: www.bookclubfriends.com/2025/08/25/s... Many thanks to our friends at Raincoast Books for giving us an advanced copy of The Black Wolf.

Louise Penny books, "The Grey Wolf" and "The Black Wolf"

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 14/08/2025

Tomorrow we begin our chat on The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny. Come join us! www.bookclubfriends.com/discussion/t... #booksky

Book discussions on Book Club Friends. Aug 15th: The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny, Sept 15th: Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy, Oct 15th: A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny, Nov 15th: TBA, Dec 15th The Black Wolf by Louise Penny

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 02/07/2025

"My Friends" by Fredrik Backman is outstanding. One of the best books we've read this year. #Booksky

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 26/06/2025

Here are our next three book discussions. Come join us! www.bookclubfriends.com/discussions/ #Booksky

Book discussion schedule: July 15 "The Life We Bury" by Allen Eskens, Aug 15 "The Cruelest Month" by Louise Penny, Sept 15 "Wild Dark Shore" by Charlotte McConaghy

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 16/06/2025

In Chapter 8, Maria Ressa writes, “Silence is complicity.” What do you think of this? Have you experienced such a moment in your life? Did you or those involved show courage or complicity? What did you take away from the experience? www.bookclubfriends.com/discussion/h... #Booksky

"How to Stand Up to a Dictator" by Maria Ressa. Quote “Silence is complicity.”

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 15/06/2025

Today, we begin our discussion of "How to Stand Up to a Dictator" by Nobel laureate Maria Ressa. Join us! www.bookclubfriends.com/discussion/h... #Booksky

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 08/06/2025

Here are our next three book discussions. Are there any books you'd like to discuss for September? www.bookclubfriends.com/suggested-bo... #Booksky

Book discussions: Maria Ressa "How To Stand Up To A Dictator", Alan Eskens "The Life We Bury", Louise Penny "The Cruelest Month"

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 12/05/2025

In three days, on May 15th, our discussion of "A Fatal Grace" by Louise Penny begins. Join us! www.bookclubfriends.com/discussion/a... #Booksky

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 05/05/2025

A review of and a recommendation for Careless People by Sarah Wynn Williams. Everyone here, and everyone using FB or Instagram needs to read this book. www.bookclubfriends.com/2025/05/04/a... Many thanks to our friends at Raincoast Books for providing a copy of this book! #Booksky

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 08/04/2025

Currently reading: "Careless People" by Sarah Wynn-Williams "I was on a private jet with Mark the day he finally understood that Facebook probably did put Donald Trump in the White House, and came to his own dark conclusions from that." - p. 5 #Booksky #Bluesky #Resist

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 30/03/2025

Lesson 20 of "On Tyranny" by Timothy Snyder is "Be as courageous as you can." This is our discussion topic for the day. www.bookclubfriends.com/forums/topic... #Booksky

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 26/03/2025

Lesson 16 of "On Tyranny" by Timothy Snyder is "Learn from peers in other countries" This is our discussion topic for the day. www.bookclubfriends.com/forums/topic... #Booksky

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 23/03/2025

Lesson 13 of "On Tyranny" by Timothy Snyder is "Practice Corporeal Politics" This is our discussion topic for the day. www.bookclubfriends.com/forums/topic... #Booksky

Lesson 13 of "On Tyranny" by Timothy Snyder is "Practice Corporeal Politics". Photo of AOC and Bernie at a recent rally.

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 22/03/2025

Lesson 12 of "On Tyranny" by Timothy Snyder is "Make eye contact and small talk" This is our discussion topic for the day. www.bookclubfriends.com/forums/topic... #Booksky

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 20/03/2025

Lesson 10 of "On Tyranny" by Timothy Snyder is "Believe in truth." This is our discussion topic for the day. www.bookclubfriends.com/forums/topic... #Booksky

"On Tyranny" by Timothy Snyder. Believe in truth. To abandon facts is to abandon freedom. If nothing is true, then no one can criticize power, because there is no basis upon which to do so. If nothing is true, then all is spectacle. The biggest wallet pays for the most blinding lights.

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 19/03/2025

Lesson 9 of "On Tyranny" by Timothy Snyder is "Be kind to our language" This is our discussion topic for the day. www.bookclubfriends.com/forums/topic... #Booksky

"On Tyranny" by Timothy Snyder book discussion. "Dunning-Kruger Effect" a type of cognitive bias where people with little expertise or abiilty assume they have superior expertise or ability. This overestimation occurs as a result of the fact that they don't have enough knowledge to know they don't have enough knowledge.

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 18/03/2025

Lesson 8 of "On Tyranny" by Timothy Snyder is "Stand Out" This is our discussion topic for the day. www.bookclubfriends.com/forums/topic... #Booksky Artist Credit: Editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz

Man standing in front of row of Tesla cybertrucks, similar to tank man of Tiananmen Square

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 17/03/2025

Lesson 7 of "On Tyranny" by Timothy Snyder is "Be reflective if you must be armed." This is our discussion topic for the day. www.bookclubfriends.com/forums/topic... #Booksky

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 16/03/2025

Our discussion topic for the day is on lesson 6. www.bookclubfriends.com/forums/topic... #Booksky

"On Tyranny" by Timothy Snyder Lesson 6: Be wary of paramilitaries

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 14/03/2025

We're discussing Lesson #4 from "On Tyranny" by Timothy Snyder today: www.bookclubfriends.com/forums/topic... #Booksky #Bluecrew #Resistance

"On Tyranny" by Timothy Snyder. Lesson #4: “Take responsibility for the face of the world. The symbols of today enable the reality of tomorrow. Notice the swastikas and the other signs of hate. Do not look away, and do not get used to them.”

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 13/03/2025

Our discussion of "On Tyranny" by Timothy Snyder explores this famous quote today, “Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty”. www.bookclubfriends.com/forums/topic... #Booksky

On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder quote, “Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty”

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 12/03/2025

Today's topic for discussions: How to defend institutions under attack. www.bookclubfriends.com/forums/topic... #Booksky

On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder Chapter 2: Defend Institutions

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 11/03/2025

Today is our first day of discussion of Timothy Snyder's "On Tyranny". www.bookclubfriends.com/forums/topic... Come join the conversation! #Booksky

On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder Chapter 1: Do not obey in advance

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 09/03/2025

You are invited to join our conversation for our first Pop-up Book Club Discussion of "On Tyranny" by @timothysnyder.bsky.social Discussion starts on Tuesday, March 11th, focusing on one topic/day. Topics and links to the chats: www.bookclubfriends.com/discussion/o... Join us! #Booksky

Pop-up Book Club Discussion When: Tuesday, March 11
Where: BCF discussion forums
How: One topic/day
Schedule: https://www.bookclubfriends.com/discussion/on-tyranny-by-timothy-snyder/
“On Tyranny” is a short guide to 20 different strategies that citizens can use to defend democracy against an authoritarian government, written by historian Timothy Snyder who looks to 20th-century Europe in an effort to help 21st-century Americans.
Join the conversation on
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https://www.bookclubfriends.com/FightBack

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 03/03/2025

Our discussion of Still Life by Louise Penny continues, with multiple conversations of taking place on many different topics. Here, you can find links to many of the discussions: www.bookclubfriends.com/discussion/s... #Booksky

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 28/02/2025

Tomorrow, we start our discussion of Still Life. Come join us! www.bookclubfriends.com/discussion/s... #Booksky

"When we choose tolerance over hate. Kindness over cruelty. Goodness over bullying. When we choose to be hopeful, not cynical. Then we live in Three Pines.” ~ Louise Penny

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 28/02/2025

Borrowing books from a library is a great way to gain a wealth of knowledge without spending a dime. #Booksky

"The only things that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library." quote by Albert Einstein

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 25/02/2025

"Night is Elie Wiesel's masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival in the Nazi death camps ... and his lifelong, passionate dedication to ensuring that the world never forgets man's capacity for inhumanity to man." #Booksky

“Always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor never the tormented.” Elie Wiesel, Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 25/02/2025

Strategies To Combat Disinformation: www.bookclubfriends.com/2025/02/24/f... “We use our power, organize, mobilize, educate” - Kamala Harris #Booksky #Bluesky #Resist

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” - Nelson Mandela

Join the conversation on Book Club Friends @ bookclubfriends.com/FightBack

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 24/02/2025

Fred Rogers, also known as Mister Rogers, left a lasting legacy in children's television, early childhood education, and the promotion of kindness and empathy.

“We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It's easy to say "It's not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem." Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes.” ~ Fred Rogers

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 23/02/2025

Canadians are polite, but some of us can be quite fowl. #Canada #Canadianstrong

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 22/02/2025

For our discussion today, we explore the ways in which Tana French addresses current issues in her masterfully written book, The Searcher. www.bookclubfriends.com/discussion/t... #Booksky

Quote by Tana French in her book "The Searcher": “A freebie, even a little one, does that to poor people; it loosens them”

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 20/02/2025

We're currently discussing The Searcher by Tana French. Our chats cover a wide range of topics, including how this book relates to current events. If you're interested in in-depth, insightful, and thought-provoking discussion, it's right here. www.bookclubfriends.com/discussion/t... #Booksky

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 16/02/2025

This is a line from the Hobbit film, but still very much worth sharing as work inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien. #Booksky

Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love."

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 15/02/2025

Our next book discussions are scheduled! We're looking forward to some very interesting and thought-provoking conversations. Join us! www.bookclubfriends.com #Booksky

Still Life by Louise Penny, The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger, The Briar Club by Kate Quinn, A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny, How To Stand Up To A Dictator by Maria Ressa

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 15/02/2025

Our book club discussion today takes us to the west of Ireland for our first question about Tana French's The Searcher. Over the next two weeks, we’ll explore themes of community, morality, justice, and more, focusing on one topic/day. Come join us! www.bookclubfriends.com/discussion/t... #Booksky

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 13/02/2025

We are much stronger when we unite, organize and fight back together. www.bookclubfriends.com/FightBack

Do not say things are impossible. Your every day small actions matter.

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 12/02/2025

We are much stronger when we unite, organize and fight back together. www.bookclubfriends.com/FightBack

The Most Important Thing You Can Do ...
Is Educate Yourself

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 08/02/2025

If you can read, you can help. Let's work together to fight manipulation and disinformation. Join the conversation on BookClubFriends.com #Booksky

With the weaponization of information, readers are the leaders we need to fight back against manipulation and disinformation. Recommended reading: “How to Stand Up to a Dictator: The Fight for Our Future” - Maria Ressa, Nobel laureate

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 06/02/2025

Interested in discussing books with a lovely group of kind and thoughtful readers? Want to make new friends in the reading or #writingcommunity? We're picking our next BOTM. These are our current suggestions. Log in to suggest a book, vote and join the conversation. tinyurl.com/4a2p6naf #Booksky

The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis, Homecoming by Kate Morton, When Ghosts Come Home by Wiley Cash, The Stolen Child by Ann Hood, How To Stand Up To A Dictator by Maria Ressa

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 04/02/2025

Maria Ressa received the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. If you're looking for an important read, this could be a good choice. Here are two informative interviews you may enjoy watching: tinyurl.com/2x929f4d #Booksky

How to Stand Up to a Dictator: The Fight for Our Future by Maria Ressa

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 31/01/2025

Our next four discussions are scheduled! Tana French, Louise Penny, William Kent Krueger and Kate Quinn. Come join us! To receive daily emails with discussion questions and direct links to the chats, sign up for our newsletter: tinyurl.com/yc6c9cvn #Booksky

Book discussions scheduled for Feb 15th The Searcher by Tana French, March 1 Still Life by Louise Penny, Mar 15th The River we Remember by William Kent Krueger and Apr 15th The Briar Club by Kate Quinn

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 31/01/2025

Just released: a gorgeous 20th Anniversary Edition of Still Life tinyurl.com/ysnv8rx3 We're discussing Still Life on Mar 1 and are planning discussions for all of the books in the Three Pines series. Fresh discussion questions have been posted in our discussion guide: tinyurl.com/ykmembjh #Booksky

Just released: a gorgeous 20th Anniversary Edition of Still Life by Louise Penny!

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 29/01/2025

"A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life."~ Henry Ward Beecher #Booksky

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Book Club Friends @bookclubfriends.com · 29/01/2025

Shel Silverstein's poem about human connections. Perfect for social media, don't you think? #Booksky #Poetry

If we meet and I say, 'Hi,'
That's a salutation.
If you ask me how I feel,
That's a consideration.
If we stop and talk a while,
That's a conversation.
If we understand each other,
That's a communication.
If we argue, scream and fight,
That's an altercation.
If later we apoligize,
That's reconciliation.
If we help each other home,
That's a cooperation.
And all these actions added up
Make Civilization.
(And if I say this is a wonderful poem,
Is that exaggeration?)

Shel Silverstein

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