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Serendippily
Serendippily
Oct 2018
12:42pm, 26 Oct 2018
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Serendippily
There was a good twist it reminded me of Doris Lessing the fifth child
Lorraine
Lorraine
Oct 2018
2:49pm, 26 Oct 2018
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Lorraine
Just finished Wise Children. It will definitely not be staying on my book shelf.

So the book I have chosen is

There but for the (Ali Smith)
McGoohan
McGoohan
Oct 2018
2:54pm, 26 Oct 2018
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McGoohan
Excellent timing Lorraine - I shall go to the indie Book Shop on my way to the Beachy train later. :-)
Bintmcskint
Bintmcskint
Oct 2018
3:29pm, 26 Oct 2018
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Bintmcskint
I quite enjoyed WKTTAKevin.

Now see I’m not supposed to be reading fiction while focusing on my course but the opportunity to re-read an Ali Smith...
LindsD
LindsD
Oct 2018
4:11pm, 26 Oct 2018
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LindsD
I really liked WNTTAKevin. I think Bint read the Paul Hollywood version :)

I think I've read it at least twice, if not three times.

Will definitely be reading the Ali Smith.
Night-owl
Night-owl
Oct 2018
4:20pm, 26 Oct 2018
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Night-owl
I've ordered it from the bookshop

I have 2 I think on my unread bookshelf. Not this one though
Chrisull
Chrisull
Oct 2018
5:16pm, 26 Oct 2018
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Chrisull
I read Lionel Shriver's "So much for that" and really, really didn't like it. It's about the effect of illness (cancer) on family/friends. It's sort of pitched as blackly humorous (and I like black), but came across as mirthless and dour. There's a streak of judgementalism I didn't care for that wasn't just authorial voice. I don't much care for her views on Brexit either (not that that should matter).
McGoohan
McGoohan
Oct 2018
7:17pm, 26 Oct 2018
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McGoohan
Couldn’t get hold of a copy of There but for the (TBFT) so I’ve started The Sundial by Shirley Jackson. It was written in 1958 and it really shows.
Bintmcskint
Bintmcskint
Oct 2018
8:10pm, 26 Oct 2018
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Bintmcskint
I REALLY like Shirley Jackson.
Haven't read The Sundial, though.
Diogenes
Diogenes
Oct 2018
8:41pm, 26 Oct 2018
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Diogenes
I loved “We Have Always Lived In The Castle” by Shirley Jackson.

My current audiobook is Long Summer Day by RF Delderfield, which is very long. I always look for books that will last me a month in the car.

I am also re-reading “Books Do Furnish A Room” (A Dance To A Music Of Time #10) for a podcast recording I’m attending in November.

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Welcome to Season Seven

May 2024 (Quimby)
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (Gabrielle Zevin)
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April 2024 (Maclennane)
Independence Day (Richard Ford)
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March 2024 (Chrisull)
The High House (Jessie Greengrass)
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February 2024 (Linds)
Severance (Ling Ma)
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January 2024 (Night-owl)
The Rabbit Factor (Antti Tuomainen (Author), David Hackston (Translator))
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Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/the-rabbit-factor---jan-2024-book-group-discussion-62892
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December 2023 (Serendippers)
The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus (Hannah Fry and Thomas Oleron Evans)
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Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/the-indisputable-existence-of-santa-claus---december-2023-book-group-discussion-thread-62852
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November 2023 (Columba)
Watling Street (John Higgs)
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October 2023 (Little Nemo)
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Toshikazu Kawaguchi trans. Geoffrey Trousselot)
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The last two months of Season Six:

September 2023 (westmoors)
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
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Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/rabbit-run-by-john-updike---book-group-sept-2023-discussion-thread-62786
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August 2023 (Serendipps)
Queenie (Candice Carty-Williams)
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Little Nemo
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