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Peregrinator
Peregrinator
Apr 2020
1:34pm, 27 Apr 2020
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For May, the one with errant hand,
Is choosing for our our little band.
She must now go and ruminate,
And then through Thread to us relate
The author who will set us free,
From lock-down's awful tyranny.
And let us intellectually roam,
More than 100 yards from home.
A foreign work might help us out,
But State's decree we cannot flout.
If mind-to-mind transfer were found,
Then too our grey-cells would be bound.
Banned from anything esoteric:
Wodehouse, P to Ambler, Eric,
Are virus free, but bar from choice:
Coelho, Levi, or James Joyce.
And as for Nausea - Jean-Paul Sartre,
That would be one you could not start.
McGoohan
McGoohan
Apr 2020
4:20pm, 27 Apr 2020
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You've got yer poll, yer discussion thread, yer Amazon link and yer Hive link in the sidebar now. ENJOY! ENJOY IT NOW!
Columba
Columba
Apr 2020
4:48pm, 27 Apr 2020
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Really good news re Hive! - I thought they were out for the duration. (And as for post-duration, who can say what life will be like then?)
Scribbler, I'm not sure about this. On the face of it it looks like Not My Cup of Tea. But I'll read a bit about it and make a decision then.
Little Nemo
Little Nemo
Apr 2020
5:33pm, 27 Apr 2020
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I read it ages ago and it's a lovely read. Can't remember if I've got a physical copy (and there is currently a mouse hiding from Hester in the spare room where a lot of my books are :-o ) so I might try Scribbler's idea of the audio version.
The Scribbler
The Scribbler
Apr 2020
7:07pm, 27 Apr 2020
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It’s not compulsory to like it Columba :-) I did think it would be a different choice for the group. And it’s in nice distinct chapters, so it’s easy to read.

I don’t seem to have the brain capacity to enjoy any reading that’s complex or challenging at the moment.

I listened to the first chapter this evening. Apologies to anyone joining in the listen along as he’s reading the US version. But it shouldn’t make a big difference
Night-owl
Night-owl
Apr 2020
7:47pm, 27 Apr 2020
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I shall look forward to this. Thank Scribbler.
I have been tempted by Neil Gaiman, bought Neverwhere last year still unread.

So have got this on my kindle. Wouldn't normally.

Not normally my thing but will give it a go
McGoohan
McGoohan
Apr 2020
10:53am, 28 Apr 2020
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I have ordered it from Hive. Looking forward to it.
LindsD
LindsD
Apr 2020
1:41pm, 28 Apr 2020
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Started Player of Games last night because my brain was too fried for GE. Like it so far.
DazTheSlug
DazTheSlug
Apr 2020
2:02pm, 28 Apr 2020
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I'm reading Zadie Smith's "White Teeth" atm (it's the copy that Serendippily kindly sent me 2 years ago(!) and which has finally reached TBR summit)
*really* enjoying it :-)
Diogenes
Diogenes
Apr 2020
2:05pm, 28 Apr 2020
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Daz, how far through are you? I loved the start of White Teeth, but then halfway through there was a change in focus and it lost me completely.

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July 2025 book


Welcome to Season Eight

July 2025 (Linds)
The Rest of Our Lives (Benjamin Markovits)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/the-rest-of-our-lives---july-book-group-discussion-thread-63735
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11915

June 2025 (Fetch)
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin, trans. Bela Shayevich, Clarence Brown or Gregory Zilboorg depending on edition)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/we-by-yevgeny-zamyatin---june-2025-book-group-discussion-thread-63689
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11908
Dystopian poll fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11910

May 2025 (Little Nemo)
The Last Days of New Paris (China Mieville)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/the-last-days-of-new-paris---china-mieville---may-2025-book-group-discussion-thread-63656
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11899
Surrealist poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11906

April 2025 (McGoohan)
The Beautiful Ones (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/the-beautiful-ones---april-2025-book-group-discussion-thread-63597
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11835

March 2025 (Night-owl)
One Grand Summer (Ewald Arenz, trans. Rachel Ward)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/one-grand-summer---march-2025-book-group-discussion-thread-63550
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11820

February 2025 (Chrisull)
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (Olga Tokarczuk, trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/drive-your-plow-over-the-bones-of-the-dead---feb-2025-book-group-discussion-63501
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11809

January 2025 (Maclennane)
I'm Starting To Worry About This Black Box Of Doom (Jason Pargin)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/i-apos-m-starting-to-worry-about-this-black-box-of-doom---jason-pargin---jan-2025-book-group-discussion-thread-63445
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11794

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Last two books of Season Seven

December 2024 (Westmoors)
Mind of Winter (Laura Kasischke)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/mind-of-winter---dec-2024-book-group-discussion-thread-63388
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11632

November 2024 (McG)
Appliance (J O Morgan)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/appliance-by-j-o-morgan---nov-2024-book-group-choice-63327
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11610

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Columba
Serendippers - on a break
Quimby
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The Scribbler
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Bint
Westmoors

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Night-owl
McG
Little Nemo
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