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GregP
GregP
Jun 2021
11:00am, 24 Jun 2021
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GregP
I haven't read this month's yet so I'll sit this one out.
LindsD
LindsD
Jun 2021
12:00pm, 25 Jun 2021
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LindsD
Question: I am stuck with my reading. I have the (bloody awful) Splinter of the Mind's Eye Star Wars book on the go - thanks Badger and McG :( and also a non-fiction that is really good, but just not relaxing.

Is this month's book going to help or just make things worse?
McGoohan
McGoohan
Jun 2021
12:11pm, 25 Jun 2021
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McGoohan
Yikes I don't think I *recommended* that Star wars book...

This month's book I really enjoyed but it is made up of five varyingly/slightly fictionalised tales from the dark side of science.
Serendippily
Serendippily
Jun 2021
12:15pm, 25 Jun 2021
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Serendippily
I am looking forward to the months choice just gone but still on infinite jest and not reading much, potentially not coincidentally. I’m often enjoying it but i can’t read too much in one go. I did read Caitlin Moran “more than a woman” which had three strong chapters and an irritating premise
LindsD
LindsD
Jun 2021
12:22pm, 25 Jun 2021
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LindsD
I didn't mean that you did, McG. I know you didn't. I just wasn't aware of its existence before. It's my own fault but it's so awful I just have to see it through to the end. Even though it makes me nauseous on so many levels.

I have this month's book on my Kindle that I just need to liberate from LittleD. I may start it tonight.
TheScribbler
TheScribbler
Jun 2021
12:53pm, 25 Jun 2021
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TheScribbler
That’s one of the Alan Dean Foster Star Wars novels isn’t it? I think my copy got culled in the move. Some of the cash in expanded universe books were awful, but some were okay. I always liked the Han Solo ones myself.
McGoohan
McGoohan
Jun 2021
1:06pm, 25 Jun 2021
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McGoohan
ADF was always a bit of a tie-in book for hire kind of writer. He's done Aliens books etc
TheScribbler
TheScribbler
Jun 2021
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TheScribbler
Quite nice work if you can get it, I imagine. Although it must feel a bit like writing by numbers after a while.
McGoohan
McGoohan
Jun 2021
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There are always differences from the films too as he gets to write from an earlier script. e.g. there were things in the Aliens novelisation that weren't in the film... until the director's cut came out.

*Points at self and shouts NERRRDDDD!!!*
GregP
GregP
Jun 2021
6:00pm, 25 Jun 2021
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GregP
Here’s weird. WWCTUTW starts with a story which is the background to the plot of the aforementioned 61 hours.

See? Educational is Jack Reacher.

And quite tall.

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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
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