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Hanneke
Hanneke
Feb 2022
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Hanneke
:) he has a nice cat...
Hanneke
Hanneke
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Hanneke
Status quo:
Diogenes
Diogenes
Feb 2022
8:36am, 5 Feb 2022
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Diogenes
The Promise seems to be quite lacking in any so far: competent but gruelling. I might be going a bit early with this judgement.
Hanneke
Hanneke
Feb 2022
10:19am, 5 Feb 2022
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I actually am loving it! The use of language is inspired! And he really puts across a feeling of being in South Africa, without laying it on thick.
Columba
Columba
Feb 2022
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Columba
I’m loving it too; though can quite see that the writing style might not be everyone’s cup of tea.
LindsD
LindsD
Feb 2022
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Enjoyed A night in with Brian Bilston. Am ashamed to admit that I didn't know that that wasn't his real name/persona.
Diogenes
Diogenes
Feb 2022
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I’ve met Brian in person, just saying :-) Some might remember I wrote a poem to commemorate the event.
LindsD
LindsD
Feb 2022
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Thats fab. I have envy
Diogenes
Diogenes
Feb 2022
9:37am, 9 Feb 2022
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Diogenes
Enjoying The Promise more now, it is building nicely.

I'm also reading From The City, From The Plough, by Alexander Baron, a novel

about a battalion of soldiers in the second world war. It is incredibly poignant, simply told but brutally honest. It was based upon Baron's own wartime experience.

"With an economy of language that belies its emotional impact, From the City, From the Plough is a vivid and moving account of the fate of these men as they embark for the beaches of Normandy and advance into France, where the battalion suffers devastating casualties."

Anthony Beevor said 'Alexander Baron's From the City, From the Plough is undoubtedly one of the very greatest British novels of the Second World War and provides the most honest and authentic account of front line life for an infantryman in North West Europe.'
DazTheSlug
DazTheSlug
Feb 2022
12:36pm, 9 Feb 2022
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From The City, From The Plough sounds like my kind of thing Dio thanks :o)
best "ordinary soldiers' experience" book I've read so far is "Unknown Soldiers" by Vaino Linna which is from the Finnish POV, so would be good to find something similar British

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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

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Not yet chozzed:
~~Season Seven now complete!~~

Already chozzed:
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Serendippers
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Chrisull
Maclennane
Quimby
Dio
Fetch
The Scribbler
Grepples
Bint
McG
Westmoors

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