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Columba
Columba
Jul 2022
10:14pm, 30 Jul 2022
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Columba
Just back from 2 weeks away, and out-of-touch. I note we're nearly in August so it must be choosinator time, and I don't wish to be choosinator this time round so please leave me out.

In fact, it's so nearly August that the choosinator has probably already been selected.
Night-owl
Night-owl
Jul 2022
10:44pm, 30 Jul 2022
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Night-owl
They have Columba its Hanneke

Hope you had a nice time
LazyDaisy
LazyDaisy
Jul 2022
8:20am, 31 Jul 2022
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LazyDaisy
[Welcome home Columba, hope you had a lovely holiday!]
LazyDaisy
LazyDaisy
Jul 2022
7:04pm, 31 Jul 2022
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LazyDaisy
Today I read in the S Times Culture section about some female novelists who've been re-published decades after their first publication. One novel was The Feast, by Margaret Kennedy. This afternoon I was browsing the shelves of one of the local bookshops and what do I spy? The Feast :-) I've already started reading it and it's shaping up nicely :-)
Little Nemo
Little Nemo
Jul 2022
7:12pm, 31 Jul 2022
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Little Nemo
I'm sure I've got some Margaret Kennedy books.

*goes off to check*
Little Nemo
Little Nemo
Jul 2022
7:17pm, 31 Jul 2022
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Little Nemo
Yes, I do! I've got a Virago edition of Troy Chimneys which I really enjoyed :-)
LazyDaisy
LazyDaisy
Jul 2022
7:48pm, 31 Jul 2022
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LazyDaisy
:-)
fetcheveryone
fetcheveryone
Aug 2022
2:47pm, 1 Aug 2022
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fetcheveryone
I added Star Rover by Jack London to my book list:

When You Are Engulfed In Flames By David Sedaris
Seize the Day - My Autobiography By Tanni Grey Thompson
Sea, the Sea By Iris Murdoch
Scoop By Evelyn Waugh
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Go Set a Watchman By Harper Lee
Overtaken By Alexei Sayle
Post Office By Charles Bukowski
Breakfast of Champions By Kurt Vonnegut
Under Milk Wood By Dylan Thomas
Down To The Sea In Ships By Horatio Clare
The Troop By Nick Cutter
Star Rover by Jack London

World of Books (aka WOB) offered all of these for £54.56 - but I thought I'd have a quick look around (as The Troop was £8.XX, and I reckoned I might get it for less). I ended up on abebooks.co.uk, and got all 13 books for £47.60 :-) Seven quid! That's pretty much two more books ;-)
Hanneke
Hanneke
Aug 2022
3:17pm, 1 Aug 2022
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Hanneke
Ok, I have decided:
Haruki Murakami: The Wind-up Bird Chronicle.
Another big one, but it begged me to choose it when I bought "Circle"...
fetcheveryone
fetcheveryone
Aug 2022
3:31pm, 1 Aug 2022
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fetcheveryone
I will give that a miss, sorry, because I couldn't hold out any longer to buy my books (too excited), and I've also just recently read Norwegian Wood - so I am all Murakami'd out.

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April 2024 book


Welcome to Season Seven

April 2024 (Maclennane)
Independence Day (Richard Ford)
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Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/independence-day-by-richard-ford---april-2024-book-group-choice-63006
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March 2024 (Chrisull)
The High House (Jessie Greengrass)
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Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/the-high-house-by-jessie-greengrass---march-2024-fetch-book-group-discussion-thread-62965
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11192

February 2024 (Linds)
Severance (Ling Ma)
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Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/severance-by-ling-ma---feb-2024-book-group-discussion-thread-62917
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11165

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
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11004

November 2023 (Columba)
Watling Street (John Higgs)
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Hive: hive.co.uk
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Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/watling-street---nov-2023-book-group-dicussion-thread-62830
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=10925

October 2023 (Little Nemo)
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Toshikazu Kawaguchi trans. Geoffrey Trousselot)
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Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/before-the-coffee-gets-cold---book-group---oct-2023-discussion-thread-62811
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=10860

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
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=10848

August 2023 (Serendipps)
Queenie (Candice Carty-Williams)
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Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/queenie-by-candice-carty-williams---august-2023-book-group-discussion-thread-62766
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=10808

Currently Choosinating

Not yet chozzed:
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Hanneke
Fetch
The Scribbler
Bint
Dio
Quimby
McGoohan
Westmoors

Already chozzed:
Little Nemo
Columba
Serendippers
Night-owl
Linds
Chrisull
Maclennane

Earlier book choices and discussion threads
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