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Diogenes
Diogenes
Sep 2019
4:45pm, 3 Sep 2019
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Diogenes
Ah yes, I had forgotten this was the woman who said that about all crime fiction. But she's entitiled to her wrong opinion.
beebop
beebop
Sep 2019
4:54pm, 3 Sep 2019
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beebop
She’s entitled to her opinion, and I’m entitled to think that dismissing a hugely varied range of books just because they can be described as crime fiction is a bit daft.
LazyDaisy
LazyDaisy
Sep 2019
4:59pm, 3 Sep 2019
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LazyDaisy
She sounds like an ego on stilts.
Badger
Badger
Sep 2019
5:05pm, 3 Sep 2019
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Badger
I'm guessing she disapproves of "jacket potato" because it feels like cannibalism to her.
Night-owl
Night-owl
Sep 2019
5:09pm, 3 Sep 2019
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Night-owl
One author I'm uninclined to read.
quimby
quimby
Sep 2019
5:33pm, 3 Sep 2019
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quimby
I don't think that book is for me. I did try A Little Life, but struggled to lift it. I got through The Goldfinch, although that was on Kindle. Infinite Jest sits somewhere cackling to itself as undefeated.

I didn't even manage Northanger Abbey this month. A tough month at work has meant I have preferred to watch the back catalogue of Doctor Who rather than read in any depth.
GregP
GregP
Sep 2019
5:40pm, 3 Sep 2019
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GregP
The Patterson/Clinton Thing was fun, if it’s froth you want. Asda seem to be seeking if for eight and thruppence.
Love Lettuce
Love Lettuce
Sep 2019
5:55pm, 3 Sep 2019
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Love Lettuce
In order of books I'd like to read from most to least, my thoughts on the shortlist (for what they're worth) are:

The Testament - I will almost certainly read this because I think Margaret Atwood is amazing and I've loved everything else she's written.

An Orchestra of Minorities and 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World - sound thought provoking but almost won't read them because they also sound depressing.

Girl, Woman, Other - the judge describes it as 'fierce', so I have an impression of this as an offputtingly woke read. Boring.

Quichotte - Salman Rushdie makes me skin crawl and I don't want to waste hours of my life on his self-regarding, unnecessary re-interpretation of a great work of European literature.

Ducks, Newburyport - sounds like godawful, pretentious, sub-Joycian shite.
quimby
quimby
Sep 2019
6:01pm, 3 Sep 2019
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quimby
I have to say, after not managing Northanger, I don't think I'm in the mood for Then We Came To The End. I have enough work drama at work, without reading about work drama. I will flounce off and read independently until October's choice.
Love Lettuce
Love Lettuce
Sep 2019
6:04pm, 3 Sep 2019
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Love Lettuce
You could try the reserve option - The Wych Elm by Tana French. It's crime novel, which Lucy Ellmann may not rate but many of this parish do...

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Welcome to Season Seven

December 2024 (Westmoors)
Mind of Winter (Laura Kasischke)
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November 2024 (McG)
Appliance (J O Morgan)
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October 2024 (Bint)
Hangsaman (Shirley Jackson)
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September 2024 (The Greppler)
Florida Roadkill (Tim Dorsey)
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August 2024 (The Scribbler)
A Thousand Ships (Natalie Haynes)
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July 2024 (Fetch)
The Cranes That Build The Cranes (Jeremy Dyson)
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June 2024 (Dio)
Bournville (Jonathan Coe)
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May 2024 (Quimby)
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (Gabrielle Zevin)
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April 2024 (Maclennane)
Independence Day (Richard Ford)
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March 2024 (Chrisull)
The High House (Jessie Greengrass)
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February 2024 (Linds)
Severance (Ling Ma)
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January 2024 (Night-owl)
The Rabbit Factor (Antti Tuomainen (Author), David Hackston (Translator))
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December 2023 (Serendippers)
The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus (Hannah Fry and Thomas Oleron Evans)
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November 2023 (Columba)
Watling Street (John Higgs)
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October 2023 (Little Nemo)
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Toshikazu Kawaguchi trans. Geoffrey Trousselot)
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The last two months of Season Six:

September 2023 (westmoors)
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
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August 2023 (Serendipps)
Queenie (Candice Carty-Williams)
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~~Season Seven now complete!~~

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Chrisull
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Quimby
Dio
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McG
Westmoors

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