The Official Unofficial Book Group Book Discussion thread
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Sep 2022
4:27pm, 6 Sep 2022
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LindsD
I just finished French Pleat, but Anne Tyler. It's my favourite of hers so far.
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Sep 2022
11:17am, 7 Sep 2022
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Columba
Recently finished Black Boy (Richard Wright). Autobiographical. He was born in 1903 in the southern USA so grew up under the Jim Crow laws. Not just a "how awful it was" book, though (it certainly is that; the conditions of life for Southern blacks were excruciating; they seem to have had no rights whatsoever); his analysis of interrelationships among people is astonishing.
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Sep 2022
10:47pm, 7 Sep 2022
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Chrisull
The announcement of the Booker prize short list leaves me in the unusual position of already having read 2 of them, as I've just breezed through Alan Garner's Treacle Walker now. Review follows of it when I've worked out exactly what I think of it (it won't be bad, he's a national treasure in my eyes).
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Sep 2022
10:54pm, 7 Sep 2022
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roberton
Looking forward to that review of Treacle Walker. I’ve only read Elidor: once when I was young, and once recently as a nostalgic “treat”. Except that despite fond memories, I thought it was mostly terrible  Very old book and aimed at children, so assume not representative of his later output. |
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Sep 2022
11:10pm, 7 Sep 2022
56,786 posts
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LindsD
Loved Elidor
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Sep 2022
11:50pm, 13 Sep 2022
26,598 posts
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Serendippily
Read Arthur and George. Liked it
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Sep 2022
8:46am, 14 Sep 2022
26,601 posts
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Serendippily
For some reason I was convinced it was about Gilbert and Sullivan so I spent the first few chapters mildly confused as to where it was heading. That is year 2005 of Owlies challenge done
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Sep 2022
9:31am, 14 Sep 2022
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Diogenes
Ah, I was under the same impression, am I thinking of another book?
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Sep 2022
2:18pm, 14 Sep 2022
26,602 posts
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Serendippily
This was about Conan Doyle and a solicitor called George. Gilbert was a William apparently. I yomped through it - neither stilling nor flowery and much less singing than feared
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Sep 2022
3:33pm, 14 Sep 2022
56,923 posts
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LindsD
Ooh I like the sound of that. I think my Mum has it.
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