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Serendippily
Serendippily
Sep 2019
7:13pm, 2 Sep 2019
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Serendippily
Deep in Nigeria for “the book of memory”. Good stuff
Badger
Badger
Sep 2019
7:19pm, 2 Sep 2019
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Badger
Sad about Terrance Dicks. I met him in the late 70s - half his life ago.
Night-owl
Night-owl
Sep 2019
11:19am, 3 Sep 2019
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Night-owl
Northanger Abbey read. I had some help found it hard to get into so I got an audiobook but followed book and read along as it was spoke. A "dramatic version " different voices for each of the characters

That's 16 for the year
Diogenes
Diogenes
Sep 2019
11:28am, 3 Sep 2019
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Diogenes
The Booker shortlist has been announced. Somewhat uninspiring at first glance, some old faces and some new. Atwood's book hasn't even been officially published as yet.

Margaret Atwood - The Testaments
Lucy Ellmann - Ducks, Newburyport
Bernardine Evaristo - Girl, Woman, Other
Chigozie Obioma - An Orchestra of Minorities
Salman Rushdie - Quichotte
Elif Shafak - 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

Anyone read any of these yet?
Night-owl
Night-owl
Sep 2019
11:32am, 3 Sep 2019
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Night-owl
Nope

Though The Testaments is due to come out soon so guessing not many have read that one unless they have a special copy
Diogenes
Diogenes
Sep 2019
11:32am, 3 Sep 2019
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Diogenes
Uninspiring is probably the wrong expression. There are probably some books on there that I ought to read, but none that I immediately want to read.
Chrisull
Chrisull
Sep 2019
11:33am, 3 Sep 2019
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Chrisull
Me neither. Nice to see women authors in the majority on the list though.
McGoohan
McGoohan
Sep 2019
11:48am, 3 Sep 2019
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McGoohan
It seems highly suspect to me that a book that isn't yet out is on the shortlist. WTF is that about?
Diogenes
Diogenes
Sep 2019
1:31pm, 3 Sep 2019
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Diogenes
It’s because it’s the publishers who submit books for the prize, not a panel selecting the entrants. Some of those make it on to the long list which are then read by the judges, often pre-publication.

You could submit your book for the prize.
McGoohan
McGoohan
Sep 2019
2:17pm, 3 Sep 2019
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McGoohan
"Feline Groupie, A Life by June Prendergast" by McGoohan

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December 2024 book


Welcome to 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)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/appliance-by-j-o-morgan---nov-2024-book-group-choice-63327
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11610

October 2024 (Bint)
Hangsaman (Shirley Jackson)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/hangsaman-by-shirley-jackson---october-2024-book-group-thread-63280
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11598

September 2024 (The Greppler)
Florida Roadkill (Tim Dorsey)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/florida-roadkill---book-group-september-2024-discussion-thread-63210
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11489

August 2024 (The Scribbler)
A Thousand Ships (Natalie Haynes)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/a-thousand-ships---august-2024-book-group-discussion-thread-63153
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11435

July 2024 (Fetch)
The Cranes That Build The Cranes (Jeremy Dyson)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/the-cranes-that-build-the-cranes---by-jeremy-dyson---july-2024-book-group-discussion-thread-63104
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11364

June 2024 (Dio)
Bournville (Jonathan Coe)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/bournville-by-jonathan-coe---book-group-june-2024-discussion-thread-63061
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11356

May 2024 (Quimby)
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (Gabrielle Zevin)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/the-storied-life-of-a-j-fikry---may-2024-book-group-discussion-thread-63033
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11337

April 2024 (Maclennane)
Independence Day (Richard Ford)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/independence-day-by-richard-ford---april-2024-book-group-choice-63006
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11269

March 2024 (Chrisull)
The High House (Jessie Greengrass)
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)
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))
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/the-rabbit-factor---jan-2024-book-group-discussion-62892
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11119

December 2023 (Serendippers)
The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus (Hannah Fry and Thomas Oleron Evans)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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:
~~Season Seven now complete!~~

Already chozzed:
Little Nemo
Columba
Serendippers
Night-owl
Linds
Chrisull
Maclennane
Quimby
Dio
Fetch
The Scribbler
Grepples
Bint
McG
Westmoors

Earlier book choices and discussion threads
All previous runners and riders can be found on this thread here: http://www.fetcheveryone.com/viewtopic.php?id=58751

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