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Sharkie
Sharkie
Mar 2020
4:26pm, 15 Mar 2020
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Don't shoot the messenger. I haven't read the new one. I enjoyed the others and most - but not all - of her other novels.
LindsD
LindsD
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4:43pm, 15 Mar 2020
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I've just started the new one but only read about two chapters.

I don't like her other novels, although I think I've only read two
Sharkie
Sharkie
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5:08pm, 15 Mar 2020
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I think they're quite a mixed bag, Linds. I bought 'Museum' when it came out and couldn't engage with it at all and didn;t get the fuss around her. Read and quite liked it some years later POST a Jackson Brodie or two.
Sharkie
Sharkie
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Raffo has just read that (non fiction) book about Jack the Ripper's victims. The one that concentrates on the actual women rather than him or how they were killed. Perhaps the contrast with story book crime is too marked!
LazyDaisy
LazyDaisy
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I loved Behind The Scenes at the Museum, but her other non-Brodie novels have been either hits or complete misses for me. I haven't read this latest Brodie yet but I've mostly enjoyed the others.
Sharkie
Sharkie
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Raffo says 'slight' not what he thinks. More that tonally the book is unsatisfactory -and he doesn't think well written. He has a theory that as with JK Rowling's last Comoran Strike novel the publishers let their prize authors get away with substandard stuff. Needs stringent editing!
Diogenes
Diogenes
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That’s interesting. I started reading the latest Strike (Lethal White?) after enjoying the TV adaptations of the previous ones, and thought much the same.

I liked “Museum” and “Life After Life.” I read “Started Early, Took My Dog” and thought it was quite average, didn’t inspire me enough to read any others.
LindsD
LindsD
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7:55am, 17 Mar 2020
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Finished Immortalists :)
Little Nemo
Little Nemo
Mar 2020
8:24am, 17 Mar 2020
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Had a bit of a wobbly moment yesterday and realised I didn't want to read anything challenging. I had a rummage in the spare room and found a Georgette Heyer but first I'm going to reread The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner. I have a tiny battered paperbook copy and the print is so small I'm having to use glasses!
LindsD
LindsD
Mar 2020
8:49am, 17 Mar 2020
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Oh that's a fab book. Good choice. I can send you books if you need them. Genuine offer.

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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

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