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McGoohan
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It's less miserable than Jude the Obscure
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Actually, The Big Book of Crying written on sheets of pure unrefined misery and published by Sadness Inc, would be less miserable than Jude the Obscure
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Exactly.
Diogenes
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JTO is possibly my favourite Hardy novel. I’m not sure what that says about me.
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It says that the only other one you read was The Trumpet-Major, which suffers from being a bit shit.
McGoohan
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...for people who found Tess of the D'Urbervilles too sidesplittingly funny
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:)
Diogenes
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Far From The Madding Crowd - great title, but a bit too much of a straightforward romance. The best bit was the sheep being driven off a cliff and the subsequent demise of the dog.
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I'd say Jude is probably my favourite Hardy, too.
McGoohan
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It's possibly my SiL's favourite book of all time. I never felt she could explain why adequately (and she's an English teacher).

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Welcome to Season Eight

March 2025 (Night-owl)
One Grand Summer (Ewald Arenz, trans. Rachel Ward)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/one-grand-summer---march-2025-book-group-discussion-thread-63550
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February 2025 (Chrisull)
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (Olga Tokarczuk, trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/drive-your-plow-over-the-bones-of-the-dead---feb-2025-book-group-discussion-63501
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January 2025 (Maclennane)
I'm Starting To Worry About This Black Box Of Doom (Jason Pargin)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/i-apos-m-starting-to-worry-about-this-black-box-of-doom---jason-pargin---jan-2025-book-group-discussion-thread-63445
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Last two books of Season Seven

December 2024 (Westmoors)
Mind of Winter (Laura Kasischke)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/mind-of-winter---dec-2024-book-group-discussion-thread-63388
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11632

November 2024 (McG)
Appliance (J O Morgan)
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Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11610

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