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Mar 2021
11:16pm, 25 Mar 2021
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Peregrinator
Thanks to TheScribbler, who last time put us all in a graveyard. And thanks to all who choosinate.

Buried books
Wrapped up in dry paper pages
fictions are tucked in tidy rows
of letters and leaves, folded tight.
Spring worms through the bindings
returning them to life.
Words delve into our innards
gripping, expanding, re-living feelings.
Afresh to grow in our minds,
thoughts, perspectives, vertigo.
A plot visited, re-seen, put aside,
passed on, replanted in other people.
Mar 2021
6:47am, 26 Mar 2021
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TheScribbler
Perry - perfect words to describe the best kind of reading.
Mar 2021
7:20am, 26 Mar 2021
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Serendippily
I loved that
Quite keatsish* :-)

*you know I only read nonsense rhyme really
Mar 2021
8:07am, 26 Mar 2021
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McGoohan
All the delicious options for the April booook are now in the sidebar >>>>>
or underneathbar for those on mobile VVVVVVVVVVV including polls and a discussion thread containing perhaps the dumbest 1-star review yet. Though I have also enjoyed this:

HM
1.0 out of 5 stars Book not well made
Reviewed in Germany on 9 December 2020
Verified Purchase
This was intended as a gift but is not suitable as it is badly finished. The pages are unevenly cut. Should I return it and order again? Or will every copy be the same?

and this:

Amazon Customer
1.0 out of 5 stars Ho-hum
Reviewed in Canada on 25 February 2018
Verified Purchase
This novel was well-written and cliche.
Mar 2021
8:07am, 26 Mar 2021
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McGoohan
But my favourite might be:

Frequent Traveler
1.0 out of 5 stars Book would not download, so I paid for it and got nothing. Amazon refused help.
Reviewed in the United States on 1 April 2019
Verified Purchase
I did not like the person asking me to reconfigure my phone from scratch when the problem was (and is) clearly with the download. I did not like the person refusing to attempt a download themselves. I did not like the wasted time. I did not like the stolen money. I did confirm that the book would not download on two different devices, taking my device out of the equation. I do not like that I was expected to invest a large amount of my own time in debugging your faulty product. I do not like Amazon very much right now, either.
Mar 2021
8:08am, 26 Mar 2021
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McGoohan
I hope Yaa Gyasi is thoroughly ashamed of herself and goes round to Frequent Traveler's house to sort that out right now.
Mar 2021
8:10am, 26 Mar 2021
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Diogenes
I thought Dr Seuss was dead?
Mar 2021
8:15am, 26 Mar 2021
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Bazoaxe
I like the sound of this book, but started a different one last night having eventually finished the Feb book. Hope to get to the April one soon but may skip the March one :-(
Mar 2021
8:33am, 26 Mar 2021
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McGoohan
Don't feel bad Baz, the beauty of the book group is that *nothing's* compulsory. Sometimes I get a watched thread reminder and it's because someone has reviewed a book from a year or more back but no-one has to read them all.

Some books I've persevered through, others I've thought, 'nope never' and other ones I have come back to at some later date. Magpie Murders is still looking at me from my TBR pile, for example. :-)
Mar 2021
8:38am, 26 Mar 2021
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Bazoaxe
I have only ever given up on one book (A John le Carre) and tend to plough on regardless. Unfortunately I dont have enough time to read as much as I would like and my last 2 books have been tough going and led to me avoiding reading anything - well apart from fetch

About This Thread

Maintained by McGoohan
The Fetch Everyone Book Group

July 2025 book


Welcome to Season Eight

July 2025 (Linds)
The Rest of Our Lives (Benjamin Markovits)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/the-rest-of-our-lives---july-book-group-discussion-thread-63735
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11915

June 2025 (Fetch)
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin, trans. Bela Shayevich, Clarence Brown or Gregory Zilboorg depending on edition)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/we-by-yevgeny-zamyatin---june-2025-book-group-discussion-thread-63689
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11908
Dystopian poll fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11910

May 2025 (Little Nemo)
The Last Days of New Paris (China Mieville)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/the-last-days-of-new-paris---china-mieville---may-2025-book-group-discussion-thread-63656
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11899
Surrealist poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11906

April 2025 (McGoohan)
The Beautiful Ones (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/the-beautiful-ones---april-2025-book-group-discussion-thread-63597
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11835

March 2025 (Night-owl)
One Grand Summer (Ewald Arenz, trans. Rachel Ward)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/one-grand-summer---march-2025-book-group-discussion-thread-63550
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11820

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:
http://www.fetcheveryone.com/viewtopic.php?id=58751

Currently Choosinating

Not yet chozzed:
Columba
Serendippers - on a break
Quimby
Dio
The Scribbler
Grepples
Bint
Westmoors

Already chozzed:
Maclennane
Chrisull
Night-owl
McG
Little Nemo
Fetch
Linds

Fetch's Positronic My Book Listing Device!: fetcheveryone.com/mybooks.php

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Discussion thread for all those unofficial but almost official books we discuss on the thread:
http://www.fetcheveryone.com/viewtopic.php?id=59469

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