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Feb 2019
7:57am, 18 Feb 2019
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panad
Does your public library offer anything in way on online (downloadable) ebooks scribbler? I know we (all public libraries) do in wales....choice may not be as brilliant as audible, but not bad.... we use borrowbox and rbdigital..
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Feb 2019
8:23am, 18 Feb 2019
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Little Nemo
You can keep the books even after your subscription ends. I joined for a while years ago and got one book a month. I can still listen to them now on my phone or via Alexa. Currently working my way through Middlemarch when insomnia strikes.
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Feb 2019
8:34am, 18 Feb 2019
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The Scribbler
Thanks panad. I suspect my little village library won't but the central one in the city certainly does. I'm currently downloading lots of podcasts which I also enjoy.
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Feb 2019
5:15pm, 21 Feb 2019
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Little Nemo
I found 2 old book gift cards and luckily they haven't expired! Typically now that I have money to splurge I couldn't find the books I really wanted in Waterstones, ended up with: Milkman by Anna Burns The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton Dead Lions by Mick Herron - I actually wanted the 1st book of this series but they didn't have it and I needed to make the amount up to more than £20 Still have £20 to go so I'll try the massive Waterstones at Piccadilly to see if they've got the books I went in for: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller The Wych Elm by Tana French Slow Horses by Mick Herron |
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Feb 2019
6:24pm, 21 Feb 2019
4,311 posts
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The Scribbler
I’m really enjoying Milkman after restarting it. It demands a careful and focused read, and the tension just ramps up and up, so I feel it’s better for me to take it in in short sections. But the writing is brilliantly evocative and unique and totally fitting the book.
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Feb 2019
6:33pm, 21 Feb 2019
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Columba
It is, it is. It's a wonderful book. Possibly easier to appreciate for those (like me) old enough to remember the constant reports of the Troubles.
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Feb 2019
6:35pm, 21 Feb 2019
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Little Nemo
You've both convinced me I've made a good choice, cheers! 
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Feb 2019
6:36pm, 21 Feb 2019
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postieboy
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is very a very engaging story even though you wonder what the hell is going on half the time. I couldn't wait and ended up downloading Closing Time. Not as good as Catch-22 but still has the nonsensical madness of the original. Yossarian hasn't changed, he's still a smart-alec and colossal pervert. |
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Feb 2019
6:41pm, 21 Feb 2019
17,526 posts
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Columba
Good heavens, I'd forgotten his being a pervert. (What about the maid with the lime green panties? That was straight enough, wasn't it?)
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Feb 2019
6:43pm, 21 Feb 2019
34,464 posts
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Diogenes
I feel like Yossarian is being unfairly branded by that comment.
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