Shared Pages is a book club for couples and anyone else who wants to read along. Hosted by Ian and Ronnie, they alternate choosing a book to read together every other month, and then discuss. Created as a jumping off point for couples who want to read together, Shared Pages is a place for book lovers to come together and discuss a text together!
#62 Zsuzsanna Szelényi's: Tainted Democracy: Viktor Orbán and the Subversion of Hungary
Well, it's October and that means it's time for another episode of Shared Pages. For September, with the Midterm elections coming, Ian thought it would be interesting to read Zsuzsanna Szelényi's: Tainted Democracy: Viktor Orbán and the Subversion of Hungary. This book details the changes in Hungary starting in the 90s as the Soviet Union ended, all the way to the early 2020s. As it progresses, it details the ways that Orbán was voted into power and then used that power to change the structure of the government to make it all but impossible to remove him as Prime Minister. With that in mind, it was an interesting read, especially looking at how the United States Government has been functioning lately. This was a difficult text to summarize as it is very thorough, but we hope you enjoy our discussion!
Next month, Ronnie and I will be reading No Gods Only Chaos by L.P. Hernandez and we hope that you'll join us!
1 Sept 2026
#61 Molly McGhee's: Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind
Well, it's already September! Spooky season is just around the corner, and while not outright horror, Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind by Molly McGhee is a great novel to start off with. The story follows Jonathan Abernathy, a down on his luck, deeply in debt, twenty-something year old, who is recruited via his dreams to work for the Archive of Dreams. While working here, he enters the dreams of the working class, diagnoses their nightmares, and then cleans up their minds. In theory, helping them become more productive. The novel has a lot to say about Late-Stage Capitalism and alienation. We both highly enjoyed this novel and we hope you enjoy our conversation!
Next month's pick is Ian's and we're reading: Tainted Democracy: Viktor Orbán and the Subversion of Hungary by Zsuzsanna Szelény.
1 Aug 2026
#60 Karen Russell's: The Antidote
The Antidote by Karen Russell was a National Book Award Finalist, as well as Ian's choice for our July read! He seems to have accidentally picked a theme this summer for historical texts set in the west that have to do with land use. The Antidote follows Harp and Asphodel, an uncle and niece who inexplicably have a crop of wheat growing during the dust bowl. Harp took in Asphodel after her mother's murder. There is also The Antidote, a prairie witch who can take and store people's memories, unburdening them of their past sins. Cleo Allfrey is a black photographer from the Resettlement Administration who finds a camera capable of taking photographs of the past and future. All of this adds up to explore the history of North America, the United States acts of violence against its native inhabitants, the role of memory and forgetting, and what it means to move forward toward a better future.
We hope you enjoy our conversation! Next month's choice is Ronnie's and she chose Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind by Molly McGhee.
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