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Chrisull
Chrisull
May 2021
11:20am, 28 May 2021
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Chrisull
Still deciding here, will make up my mind by tomorrow. All my TBR pile (unusually) are non-fic, and I know we mainly tend to go for fiction - but don't have to.
Serendippily
Serendippily
May 2021
5:30pm, 28 May 2021
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Serendippily
I have how to make an atomic bomb in my non fiction list. That’ll sort me, it’s possibly even longer and more intimidating than the infinitely long jest
McGoohan
McGoohan
May 2021
5:46pm, 28 May 2021
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McGoohan
Isn't that a U2 album?
Serendippily
Serendippily
May 2021
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Serendippily
So pedantic :-) Richard Rhodes: The Making of the Atomic Bomb
Peregrinator
Peregrinator
May 2021
6:31pm, 28 May 2021
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Peregrinator
Looking up "Richard Rhodes: The Making of the Atomic Bomb" gave GREAT ALTERNATIVES TO THIS - THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB by Richard Osman which then only had TTMC in hard- and paper-back as great alternatives. These two had subtely different reviews 'Such a beacon of pleasure' KATE ATKINSON, and 'A little beacon of pleasure' KATE ATKINSON.
Serendippily
Serendippily
May 2021
7:53pm, 28 May 2021
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:-) well I suppose once you have made a bomb the risk is you want to check it works. There were a number of small pacific islands - bikini was one - that suffered as a result of that
Chrisull
Chrisull
May 2021
1:50pm, 29 May 2021
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Chrisull
Ok I've made my choice... (he says checking that I'm not suddenly going to have a last minute change of mind).
Hanneke
Hanneke
May 2021
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Hanneke
Doh... Just returned from Hay...

*Waits*
Night-owl
Night-owl
May 2021
1:52pm, 29 May 2021
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Night-owl
Waits

I'm close to a bookshop
Chrisull
Chrisull
May 2021
2:02pm, 29 May 2021
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Chrisull
Lol... ok I consulted my TBR pile, and nothing really fitted the bill. I knew nothing about it before today, so if it turns out to be turgid and unreadable, I won't be offended.

It's just come out in paperback, shortish (191 pages), and short listed for the International Booker Prize (which is announced early June) - so you should be able to get it discounted on a deal (Amazon and Hive both have 2 quid discounts on it).

As I've been reading quite a bit of physics stuff recently, it ties into my current interests, and also it seems at the very least a little bit experimental. Phillip Pullman and William Boyd raving about him on the cover, and I'm intrigued by these fact/fiction kind of books, so I'm looking forward to reading it even if everyone else goes errr what...?

So When We Cease to Understand the World - Benjamín Labatut

Here's John Banville's review in the Grauniad:

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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
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Serendippers
Night-owl
Linds
Chrisull
Maclennane
Quimby
Dio
Fetch
The Scribbler
Grepples
Bint
McG
Westmoors

Earlier book choices and discussion threads
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