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Diogenes
Diogenes
Nov 2020
11:19pm, 27 Nov 2020
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I love Andy Miller and the Backlisted podcast, I’m sure I’ve recommended it many times on here.
Serendippily
Serendippily
Nov 2020
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I enjoyed that. Much more than the book I’m currently stuck on. Tbf I don’t lose my reading mojo very often and studying has not helped
Night-owl
Night-owl
Nov 2020
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Night-owl
Yep. I think if memory serves you were happy that I followed Andy
GregP
GregP
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At the risk of being an apologist for popular fiction yet again, Lee Child is a far, far better write than most of the crew he’s normally bracketed with.

Patterson and Connolly were always good fun in their cameos on Castle, mind.
Columba
Columba
Nov 2020
4:54pm, 28 Nov 2020
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Columba
A Christmas Party has arrived in my porch. But I'm going to finish Half of a Yellow Sun before I start it.
Columba
Columba
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Columba
Thank you for the link, Chrisull; I enjoyed it. Especially, as you (and/or someone else) said, the final paragraph. It reminded me of Lucy Mangam's "Bookworm".
Diogenes
Diogenes
Nov 2020
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Diogenes
I’ve stalled again with London Belongs To Me. Just when I’m getting into it moves to another scene which is hard work.
LindsD
LindsD
Nov 2020
5:24pm, 28 Nov 2020
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I finished The Power this morning. I can't remember whether we've discussed it. I thought the idea was really interesting, and some parts were v clever, but ultimately I felt like the good idea was wasted. The characters were not well-drawn, and there was way too much unnecessary violence. It has left me thinking, but also with a bit of a nasty taste in my mouth.
Sharkie
Sharkie
Nov 2020
5:30pm, 28 Nov 2020
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It was recommended to me (by a bloke) but I gave up on The Power after a section or two and a load of skipping. I didn't like the writing and found myself strangely un-engaged.

The author (on a A Good Read I think) said she really didn't like Normal People. Go figure.
Diogenes
Diogenes
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Diogenes
I read it a couple of years ago (I think) and had a similar reaction: an interesting idea that didn’t know where to go.

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Welcome to Season Seven

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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December 2023 (Serendippers)
The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus (Hannah Fry and Thomas Oleron Evans)
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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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Queenie (Candice Carty-Williams)
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