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Zombies, Pre-teen Millionaires, and The Orange Priest of Orcus

By Dan Bjork I absolutely plowed through M.R. Carey’s The Girl with all the Gifts, giddily even. I read on the subway, I read while my wife watched the Chilean version of Access Hollywood, I read at work while a high school freshman bickered with his mother about whether an hour was enough time to get […]

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Book 2: ‘Zero K’ by Don DeLillo

For the next two weeks, Football Book Club will be reading Zero K by Don DeLillo — and posting about M.R. Carey’s The Girl With all the Gifts. Chandler — who will doubtlessly have a lot to say about RGIII’s latest injury and how it will impact her beloved Browns — nominated Zero K for Football Book Club […]

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Book 1: ‘The Girl With All the Gifts’

Much like Jay Cutler in Chicago, Football Book Club is back for another year — and you’re pretty much stuck with us. To kick things off, this week we’re reading M.R. Carey’s zombie horror novel The Girl With all the Gifts . Tired of zombies yet? Too bad, because Ryan Joe isn’t. He nominated The Girl With All the […]

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