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LindsD
LindsD
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Brilliant! I don't think I've read that, but have read other stuff of his. *checks*. I've read Awaydays, which is also about his, erm, football 'supporting' experience iirc.
Diogenes
Diogenes
Aug 2020
11:34am, 24 Aug 2020
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Diogenes
I don’t recognise those kits
Raggedy runner
Raggedy runner
Aug 2020
11:51am, 24 Aug 2020
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Raggedy runner
Good summary, Chris, of Utopia Avenue. I’m a big Mitchell fan and this fell below expectations.
Chrisull
Chrisull
Aug 2020
11:52am, 24 Aug 2020
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Linds - no I haven't, thanks I must check that one out. I do go through a lot of books on fictional bands/musicians (Franzen - Freedom, Egan - Tales from the Goon Squad, Banks - Espedair Street, Keenan - This is Memorial Device), and none of them are ever quite right. And some are less right than others - (Franzen I'm looking at you, although it's hard to say what he got wrong, other than just it felt wrong).

Just found this list to distract me even more:

irishtimes.com
Chrisull
Chrisull
Aug 2020
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I'm almost finished on Ubik by Philip K Dick as well, which I had to read as a digression from the High Weirdness book that I mentioned on here earlier , because they started describing the entire plot and I was like - I haven't read Ubik yet and don't want it spoiled! - and I couldn't really skip that section of the book either. Ubik started off very dusty and scaly (can't think of appropriate other adjective), but has turned into a compulsive page turner, despite some bad anachronism (slot machine controlled doors?) and has more realities within reality than a Christopher Nolan movie.
LindsD
LindsD
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Some of the ones on that list look good.
Sharkie
Sharkie
Aug 2020
12:19pm, 24 Aug 2020
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Espedair Street really grated with me. Part of the problem is wish fulfilment shines through so badly in most of the books about rock/pop/other musicians written by people who aren't. If that makes sense.
Diogenes
Diogenes
Aug 2020
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Yes, Sharkie, it does to me.

I don’t even remember a band or music much from Freedom? Wait, it’s starting to come back to me... more a solo artist who no longer did anything?
LindsD
LindsD
Aug 2020
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I didn't either, Dio, and I loved Freedom
LindsD
LindsD
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LindsD
But agree with Sharks.

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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
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