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Columba
Columba
Feb 2022
5:13pm, 16 Feb 2022
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Not only time, but it's difficult to read a book like that in bed. Or indeed anywhere, except on a desk/table.

Just finished Sophie's World and am now going to re-read The Promise and then put some sort of a review on the relevant thread. Anyone else know Sophie's World? It appears to be aimed at teenagers (Sophie being 14 when the story starts, 15 when it ends) but I think many teenagers wouldn't persist with it since it encompasses (indeed, largely consists of) a whistle-stop tour through the history of philosophy, starting with Pythagoras and ending in the early twentieth century (it was first published in 1990).
McGoohan
McGoohan
Feb 2022
5:44pm, 16 Feb 2022
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Santa Badgey Top channelling :-)
Night-owl
Night-owl
Feb 2022
5:49pm, 16 Feb 2022
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Night-owl
I started Sophies World a while back I drifted away from it rather than dnf. Still have it
Serendippily
Serendippily
Feb 2022
6:12pm, 16 Feb 2022
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Serendippily
I think you would hate Roth Greppers
LindsD
LindsD
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I had the same experience Night-owl
LazyDaisy
LazyDaisy
Feb 2022
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LazyDaisy
I recall a very earnest schoolfriend of son1's recommending Sophie's World to anyone who would listen. Her earnestness rather put me off but if Columba likes it maybe I should give it a go!

I have ordered The Miracle of Castel di Sangro (secondhand copy) and have added The Caravaners to my wish list. I may be suggestible but I'm afraid I am still resistant to sci-fi :-)
Fields
Fields
Feb 2022
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I didn’t like Sophie’s world much, ground to a halt about 3/4 of the way through. I suspect it was a bit over my head
GregP
GregP
Feb 2022
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Nice post Badgo. I didn’t read the second volume of Night’s Dawn because it was staring to get very silly. Al Capone, forsooth.

I liked Sophie’s World. Sue read another of his and liked it faintly.

She’s reading the first in that Zola series at the moment and hating it very much.
Chrisull
Chrisull
Feb 2022
7:43pm, 16 Feb 2022
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Chrisull
The wonderful Ukranian author Andrei Kurkov (he of Death and the Penguin), has penned this missive from Kyiv.

newstatesman.com

I didn't know about Grey Bees, but that very much seems like my kind of book. I've recently read next to no fiction (Kunzru's Gods without men is the one exception), but for Kurkov I will make an exception.
Diogenes
Diogenes
Feb 2022
8:27pm, 16 Feb 2022
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Diogenes
The Promise is getting better and better. It’s full of surprises.

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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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