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Serendippily
Serendippily
Aug 2020
6:56pm, 19 Aug 2020
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Serendippily
*applauds*
Diogenes
Diogenes
Aug 2020
10:01pm, 19 Aug 2020
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Diogenes
I started Bill Bryson’s “The Body” this evening. As usual with BB’s work, it is an engaging fact-packed joy, even if I did start by reading the chapter on cancer.
Serendippily
Serendippily
Aug 2020
11:45pm, 19 Aug 2020
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Serendippily
I’m reading roots. Remember seeing the tv series growing up
GregP
GregP
Aug 2020
6:13am, 20 Aug 2020
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I’ve been saving that Dio - I loved ASH of NE to an insane degree. I’m hoping this will be more of the same?

While we’re here, did anyone actually read OS:A1927? I’ve avoided it for fear of disappointment. Like many people I’m infatuated with an America long past that probably never existed in the first place...
LazyDaisy
LazyDaisy
Aug 2020
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That's quite spooky Dio, I too started reading The Body at the weekend. But then I also started reading Penelope Mortimer's collection of short stories, Saturday Lunch with the Brownings, which is wonderful in a brilliant but very acerbic way, and I'm going to finish that before carrying on with Bill.
Serendippily
Serendippily
Aug 2020
10:04am, 22 Aug 2020
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I enjoyed Roots. I lost my original “book for every year of your life” list so I’m searching for a new 1978. Contenders are “the sea, the sea”; “the human factor”; “the bookshop” and “once a runner”. The bookshop is probably the safest choice as I like Penelope Fitzgerald but if the Greene is a goodish one I could be tempted
Bintmcskint
Bintmcskint
Aug 2020
11:55am, 22 Aug 2020
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I read The Sea, The Sea years ago (we're talking university days) and remember loving it. My first Murdoch.
GregP
GregP
Aug 2020
12:02pm, 22 Aug 2020
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GregP
I've never read it, not sure why not. It's short-ish isn't it? Perhaps we could have it as an extra unofficial official group read at some point.
GregP
GregP
Aug 2020
12:07pm, 22 Aug 2020
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Oops. This is embarrassing. I've conflated (if that be the right word) The Sea, The Sea with To The Lighthouse.
Byeckitsparky
Byeckitsparky
Aug 2020
12:52pm, 22 Aug 2020
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oh cripes - I don't think I'm going to get chance to read A Single Thread, my massive TBR pile keeps hi-jacking all my time!

Do we know what next month's book will be yet? I might be able to get ahead of myself!

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November 2024 book


Welcome to Season Seven

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:
Westmoors

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

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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