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The Official Unofficial Book Group Book Discussion thread

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Diogenes
Diogenes
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10:57pm, 9 Jul 2019
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Persevere. I had to do that with R13 but it was worth it. Milkman is equally worth the effort, and perhaps more ambitious and original.
Serendippily
Serendippily
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6:11am, 10 Jul 2019
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I think I quite liked that one
Deinonychus
Deinonychus
Jul 2019
11:16am, 10 Jul 2019
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I have one of Jon MacGregor’s earlier books on the shelf (charity shop find) but can’t remember which one. It may very well be If nobody speaks... Did really enjoy Reservoir 13 so should check it out at some point.
Deinonychus
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Jul 2019
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Milkman is definitely more ambitious than R13. One of the books of last year for me, though I thought Washington Black should have won the Booker Prize.
Columba
Columba
Jul 2019
6:24pm, 10 Jul 2019
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Milkman is really good. I read a library copy, but want to get one of my own.

Returned the Angry Planet to the library, and took out Conversations with Friends, which I shall take with me next week (family holiday in the Channel Islands) as Karamazov is a bit heavy for holiday reading.
Diogenes
Diogenes
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Anyone here read Bill Bryson’s The Road To Little Dribbling? It’s very funny, but I mention it here because in the first couple of chapters he’s visited Bognor and then travelled by bus to Hove, followed by walking the Seven Sisters to Eastbourne, right up our street.
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McGoohan
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Just finished The Search by Geoff Dyer, part of my current Dyer obsession. A very, very strange book and ultimately hollow but... it must have had something because I started it last night and finished it tonight, in pretty much two sittings (though it is very short)
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Intriguingly I have located some unread William Boyds on one of the many TBR piles (Any Human Heart and Restless) so one of those might be the next choice. I was slightly dismissive of The New Confessions when Dio chose it but my memory of it has warmed quite a bit.
Diogenes
Diogenes
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11:22pm, 12 Jul 2019
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I like AHH v much, and Restless is interesting and entertaining, but not anything special.
Diogenes
Diogenes
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I’ve given Mrs Dalloway the cold shoulder fog the time being and hooked up with The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy.

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Unofficial books, underground discussion, MASSIVE SPOILERS.

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Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
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The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
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The Player Of Games by Iain M. Banks (Sci-Fi)
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