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McGoohan
McGoohan
Mar 2021
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McGoohan
No, not at all. It's a modern day recounting of the practicalities of life as a sheep farmer - latest in a long family line of upland farmers. I thought one weakness of OTBH was I had no sense of actual work ever being done.
McGoohan
McGoohan
Mar 2021
8:00pm, 25 Mar 2021
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McGoohan
(That was an Xpost with Scribbs BTW)
LindsD
LindsD
Mar 2021
8:02pm, 25 Mar 2021
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LindsD
Hm. Could be quite a good companion piece. Not that tempted though. Homegoing looks good.

*reaches for Kindle*
GregP
GregP
Mar 2021
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Sorry I’m lost. Are we reading this month’s Good Housekeeping?
McGoohan
McGoohan
Mar 2021
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McGoohan
Do keep up. It's "Home Alone 3: the collectable movie tie-in sticker book". Find Macauley Culkin's face and win a prize.
Serendippily
Serendippily
Mar 2021
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Serendippily
Oo 2016 and a Ghanaian author, this could be good for Night Owl :-) Thanks Scribbler I am sorry no rhyme I’ve run out of time but your choice looks sublime
Night-owl
Night-owl
Mar 2021
8:08pm, 25 Mar 2021
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Night-owl
Thanks Scribbler I will read it Looks interesting May be late starting it just need to finish the beauty book first
LindsD
LindsD
Mar 2021
8:13pm, 25 Mar 2021
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LindsD
Bought
Night-owl
Night-owl
Mar 2021
8:19pm, 25 Mar 2021
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Night-owl
Have ordered from library
Little Nemo
Little Nemo
Mar 2021
8:48pm, 25 Mar 2021
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Little Nemo
Looks good and I can get a 2nd hand copy relatively cheaply. I'm in! :-)

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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

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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Discussion thread for all those unofficial but almost official books we discuss on the thread:
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