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Serendippily
Serendippily
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*applauds*
Diogenes
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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
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I’m reading roots. Remember seeing the tv series growing up
GregP
GregP
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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February 2025 book


Welcome to Season Eight

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
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11809

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
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11794

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

Worry not, all previous runners and riders from all previous rounds can be found on this thread:
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Not yet chozzed:
Little Nemo
Columba
Serendippers - on a break
Night-owl
Linds
Quimby
Dio
Fetch
The Scribbler
Grepples
Bint
McG
Westmoors

Already chozzed:
Maclennane
Chrisull

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