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Dr. No
Dr. No | Percival Everett
A sly, madcap novel about supervillains and nothing, really, from an American novelist whose star keeps rising The protagonist of Percival Everett's puckish new novel is a brilliant professor of mathematics who goes by Wala Kitu. (Wala, he explains, means "nothing" in Tagalog, and Kitu is Swahili for "nothing.") He is an expert on nothing. That is to say, he is an expert, and his area of study is nothing, and he does nothing about it. This makes him the perfect partner for the aspiring villain John Sill, who wants to break into Fort Knox to steal, well, not gold bars but a shoebox containing nothing. Once he controls nothing he'll proceed with a dastardly plan to turn a Massachusetts town into nothing. Or so he thinks. With the help of the brainy and brainwashed astrophysicist-turned-henchwoman Eigen Vector, our professor tries to foil the villain while remaining in his employ. In the process, Wala Kitu learns that Sill's desire to become a literal Bond villain originated in some real all-American villainy related to the murder of Martin Luther King Jr. As Sill says, "Professor, think of it this way. This country has never given anything to us and it never will. We have given everything to it. I think it's time we gave nothing back." Dr. No is a caper with teeth, a wildly mischievous novel from one of our most inventive, provocative, and productive writers. That it is about nothing isn't to say that it's not about anything. In fact, it's about villains. Bond villains. And that's not nothing.
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Tamra
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Book mail! 👏🏾 I‘m really looking forward to both. No idea when I‘m going to get to all the treasures. 😅

BarbaraBB I haven‘t heard of the Vermette. Will look her up! 2mo
Tamra @BarbaraBB it‘s the second in a trilogy, not sure how closely connected. The is the first and is really good. 2mo
Ruthiella I bought Dr No some time ago now and still haven‘t read it! 🙈 2mo
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Tamra @Ruthiella his plots are just so creative! Dr of Nothing?! 😆 2mo
jlhammar Loved The Break! Look forward to your thoughts on The Strangers. 2mo
BarbaraBB I ordered The Break immediately 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2mo
Tamra @BarbaraBB yay! Happy to contribute to your shelves! 😄 2mo
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AlizaApp
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Fun satire about a mathematics professor who studies nothing, and is an expert on nothing, and gets talked into helping a supervillain break into Fort Knox to steal…nothing.

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Pedrocamacho
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I really enjoyed “Dr. No”. The characters are fun and the way that Everett plays with language just adds another level. Honestly, he seems to be a bit of a polymath.

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Larkken
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Last minute #wintergames!
1. Tagged was my fav for December. Not the year, but I feel like I‘ve talked about that book elsewhere!
2. A Discovery of Witches
3. Haha, not this year. Covering my dogs ears when the fireworks go off?
4. Nah
5. There was snow! But only barely enough for my pup. He is a winter doggo, as you can see.

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jack777
Dr. No | Percival Everett
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Lol absurd. Totally original. Can't believe how long it took me to get through this lil book. Some of the math/physics/philosophy sections dragged, while the plot and human elements were so engaging. Very enjoyable and funny.

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jackday
Dr. No | Percival Everett
Mehso-so

Lol absurd. Totally original. Can't believe how long it took me to get through this lil book. Some of the math/physics/philosophy sections dragged, while the plot and human elements were so engaging. Very enjoyable and funny.

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jenniferw88
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🍌👖! This was very weird and won't be my last Everett!

#booked2023 #bookwasweirderthanexpected @Cinfhen @alisiakae @BarbaraTheBibliophage

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jenniferw88
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#bookreport @Cinfhen

Finished A Passage to India
Hibernated Golden Hill
Started Dr No

Cinfhen Hope you had an amazing weekend 😁 6mo
jenniferw88 @Cinfhen haven't managed to go to Gladstone's as I'm unwell wiith c.diff and didn't want to infect the others. 6mo
Cinfhen Oh no! I‘m so sorry ☹️Rest up - I‘m hoping to join next year xxxx 6mo
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Sapphire
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Mehso-so

Why is it that it takes an injury or illness to finish a title sometimes. I tripped entering a conference Saturday morning. Had to bail due to pain before lunch. But I finished both my audio book (Babel) and this digital while elevating and icing my leg. I really liked Trees so I was disappointed with this newer title from Everett. Same pacing and absurdity; word and concept play was less interesting and I cared about the characters less.

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Sapphire
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Celine in paper, Dr. No in digital, and Babel on audio. Having just finished Sea of Tranquility, March is turning out to be a really good reading month.

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Pinta
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Everett stirfry, familiar ingredients: wordplay, puns, naming, pop culture, race, philosophy, games, academia, solitary protagonist. Following up on little Ralph Townsend from “Glyph,” now a math prof at Brown studying nothing. Supervillain revenge caper, playing w/ genre. P. 6 “I have spent my career in my little office […] contemplating and searching for nothing. […] I work very hard and I wish I could say I have nothing to show for it.” 2022

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Hooked_on_books
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I absolutely loved this book, snort-laughing my way through it. It features a mathematician who finds himself embroiled in something nefarious, but he never quite seems to know what‘s going on. It‘s clever and bananas and a completely worthy follow up to the stupendous The Trees. I‘m so glad I‘ve discovered Everett and that his profile has risen. He‘s the real deal.

Cinfhen I wasn‘t tempted to read this but your review has me curious now! 13mo
CSeydel He‘s terrific! 13mo
BarbaraBB He‘s so good. I‘ve loved all the books I‘ve read by him so far. 13mo
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BkClubCare Oh cool 13mo
Hooked_on_books @Cinfhen Scribd has the audio, so you can give it a try there without shelling out any extra 💰. I hope it works for you! 13mo
Ruthiella Oh! I bought a copy and need to get to it! 😃 13mo
Cinfhen Thanks!!! That‘s great!!! 13mo
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Tonton
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BarbaraBB How cool that Dr No has won! Everett deserved to win a prize! I just started another of his books 13mo
SamAnne Planning to start The Trees this week! 13mo
Tonton @BarbaraBB I love his work!🌟 (edited) 13mo
Tonton @SamAnne 👍🌟 13mo
BarbaraBB Me too! 13mo
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Tonton
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rockpools Now *that‘s* an interesting list! 13mo
Tonton @rockpools 👍 13mo
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Megabooks
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After loving Telephone and The Trees, I went in with high expectations to Everett‘s new release. It‘s clever, but it didn‘t wow me. Still going to work on his backlist though.

Wala Kitu is an eccentric math professor that studies nothing, not the absence of something but the presence of nothing. A wealthy man who wants to be a Bond-like supervillain hires Wala to help him unleash nothing on the country.

Should be Dr. Snow in Kentucky right now!

sarahbarnes I still have this on my list to get to at some point. 1y
Megabooks @sarahbarnes I‘ll be interested to read what you think. It‘s not bad, but it just wasn‘t spectacular for me. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I have this on my shelf and I‘m hoping to get to it this winter. 1y
Scochrane26 I tried to avoid going out today but had to get groceries. I‘ve already had enough of winter. 1y
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BarbaraBB Fantastic review and picture 🤍🤍 1y
sarahbarnes Ohh, that one sounds good! 1y
Cinfhen Gorgeous photo but this book does not interest me at all!!! Thanks for the always HONEST review 😘 1y
Cinfhen Dr. Snow 😂😂😂 1y
Ruthiella Excellent! I bought a copy myself last week. Looking forward to reading it. 1y
Cathythoughts Beautiful picture 💫 1y
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vivastory
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I wanted the Center for Fiction key ring, so I ordered the tagged book as well. Really looking forward to reading it.

LeahBergen I like that key ring. 👍 1y
vivastory @LeahBergen They have coffee mugs too! 1y
Megabooks V cool! 1y
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BarbaraBB
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Now that I‘ve finished it I appreciate the book more than while reading it. It‘s such a clever plot about a professor who‘s an expert in “nothing” and a villain who wants the professor the help him to make sure that “nothing” happens to the world.
It‘s an adventurous novel (not really my style) filled with the most colorful characters. It‘s hard to follow at times but as I said super clever. Everett keeps surprising me with each book.

sarahbarnes Glad to hear your thoughts! I have this one from the library right now but don‘t know if I‘ll get to it before it has to go back. It seems like each of his books is so different! 1y
BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes Completely indeed! 1y
Megabooks Excited to read this! It‘s a bit surprising it wasn‘t on the tob longlist, but I guess they can‘t add him every year. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 1y
Ruthiella Definitely interested is reading this. Everett has such range. 1y
BarbaraBB @Megabooks I was thinking that too! 1y
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sarahbarnes
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I have Litsy and #ToB2023 to thank for this library haul! 😁📚🦃

vivastory I also made an extended weekend library run this afternoon 📚📚 1y
Megabooks 😍😍 just started Cyclorama. It‘s great!! 1y
sarahbarnes @vivastory amazing! Great call! 1y
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sarahbarnes @Megabooks that‘s so great to hear! 1y
BarbaraBB Great haul 😍😍😍 1y
batsy Fun! 😍 1y
Suet624 Fantastic! 👏🏻👏🏻 1y
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Megabooks
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I am finally feeling human again! I was really afraid I‘d have to go back to the hospital last night, but today has been a good, almost normal day. 🎉

I treated myself to these two books to celebrate feeling better. (I ordered them as soon as they took my iv out…priorities. 😉🤣)

Just a few more leaves because we‘ve had a huge cold snap here and had our first snow over the weekend. Unusual for Kentucky! 🥶

Megabooks The tagged is definitely a blame it on @BarbaraBB 😁 1y
marleed I‘m so glad you are feeling better and I‘m so sorry you were hospitalized. Bowel issues are scary painful things to endure. 1y
kspenmoll I am happy you are home! I hope you get better every day. 1y
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jlhammar Pretty leaves. So glad to hear you had a decent day. Hope things keep going in the right direction. You totally deserve those new books! Look forward to your reviews. 1y
Alfoster Yay!👊 1y
ashw21 Hope you feel better.. I have just started now is not the right time to panic 1y
ashw21 Not the time to panic * I meant 1y
merelybookish Yay to feeling better! 1y
vivastory The author photo of Dr. No cracks me up. I'm glad to hear you're on the mend. 1y
BarbaraBB That Kevin Wilson looks good too!! 1y
Megabooks @marleed thanks so much 💜 1y
Megabooks @kspenmoll thank you! 1y
Megabooks @jlhammar thanks! I just reviewed Muppets in Moscow, which I think I can blame on you?? It was an interesting book! 1y
Megabooks @Alfoster @merelybookish thanks I‘m so happy to feel more like myself! 1y
Megabooks @vivastory so funny! I had to go across the room and look. I guess after 30 books…🤣 1y
Megabooks @BarbaraBB I‘ve enjoyed all his books, so I‘m excited! 1y
sarahbarnes I somehow missed your earlier posts - I‘m so sorry you were sick and really glad that you‘re feeling better! ♥️ 1y
Megabooks @sarahbarnes thank you! 💜 1y
Megabooks @ashw21 thank you! I‘m glad it‘s good. 😁😁 1y
Cinfhen Pretty pic and excellent purchasing!!!! Glad today felt almost normal 🥰 1y
batsy Great to hear that! 🌻 1y
Megabooks @Cinfhen thanks! I‘m back to normal today. A tad tired, but so much better! 1y
Megabooks @batsy thanks! 😁💜 1y
Cinfhen Yay!!!!!!!!! 1y
ashw21 I liked now is not the time to panic and dr no is on my list .. I liked the Trees by the same author 1y
Megabooks @ashw21 I enjoyed The Trees as well. I also read this by him this year too and liked everything but the ending to the last novella. 1y
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BarbaraBB
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Look what I couldn‘t resist today 😍😍😍
I wasn‘t even aware Everett wrote a new book but I was so happy to find out!

sarahbarnes What?! Very exciting indeed! 1y
squirrelbrain Oooh! 1y
Cinfhen I was just reading a review about this one. I‘ll be curious to hear your thoughts 💭 1y
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charl08 Argh, I've still got his whole back catalogue to read... 1y
Megabooks Wow! 😍😍 1y
Ruthiella Nice! 😍 1y
Megabooks I ordered this while I was in the hospital! You‘re such a bad influence! 🤣🤣 1y
BarbaraBB @Megabooks Says who 🤣?! I love that you bought books while you could hardly use your device! You are incredible ❤️ 1y
Megabooks It was the last day when I didn‘t have fluids flowing 24/7 (just when I was getting drug infusions), so it was easier! 1y
BarbaraBB @Megabooks … and the first thing you thought of was ordering books. I love that ❤️ 1y
BarbaraBB @charl08 start with this one! 💙 1y
charl08 Will do! ✅️ 1y
Megabooks Pretty much! I figure I deserved a treat! 😉😁 1y
BarbaraBB @Megabooks and you were right of course!! 1y
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