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LindsD
LindsD
4 Jun
10:27am, 4 Jun 2024
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LindsD
I saw the trailer. Might have a look. LittleD seemed interested
Columba
Columba
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9:07pm, 4 Jun 2024
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Columba
Dio, that place looks very happy indeed.

Picked up Bourneville from the library yesterday. I have one final chapter of Our Mututal Friend to go, then shall start it (Bourneville)
Little Nemo
Little Nemo
5 Jun
8:07pm, 5 Jun 2024
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Little Nemo
Haven't been to the library yet to pick up this month's book. In the meantime I've started Three-Body Problem. The first couple of pages are odd as every sentence seems to have Red Guard in it at least twice! It's readable apart from this and I think this will be the first Chinese novel that I've read which is exciting :-)
LindsD
LindsD
5 Jun
8:08pm, 5 Jun 2024
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LindsD
I haven't managed to pick it up either. Or review ID
Little Nemo
Little Nemo
5 Jun
8:25pm, 5 Jun 2024
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Little Nemo
At least you finished the right ID ;-)
Diogenes
Diogenes
5 Jun
8:26pm, 5 Jun 2024
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Diogenes
Getting on well with Bournville, but absolutely loving Brideshead Revisited, it’s masterful.
LindsD
LindsD
5 Jun
10:59pm, 5 Jun 2024
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LindsD
:) LittleN
Chrisull
Chrisull
7 Jun
10:13pm, 7 Jun 2024
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Chrisull
Finished a little amuse-bouche, Wylding Hall by Elisabeth Hand, a fictional band memoir meets folk horror. It will be very familiar in form to those who have read "This is Memorial Device" or "Utopia Avenue" where different members/hangers on feed into a disconnected but cohesive narrative. Most interesting is the folk horror aspect, the singer has disappeared but, who, why, how? Hand is an old hand (sic) at this. It would be really easy to overplay it, but it's balanced beautifully, the folklore of wrens (which is really interesting although not fully expounded on here) and folk music, intertwined. Rob Young's masterful "Electric Eden" is credited at the end as being an inspiration and for those who like their folk, there's very few mis-steps. The characters are drawn well, although one or two band members too many make it confusing at times as a couple of the voices blend into each other, but you do feel they exist as their own individuals. It mines a peculiarly British seam of countryside, old houses, barrows and bucolia (despite being a American author) and folds like a house of cards at just the right point leaving you going ah.
LindsD
LindsD
8 Jun
12:09pm, 8 Jun 2024
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LindsD
Picked up Bournville. Also need to review ID
Diogenes
Diogenes
8 Jun
12:54pm, 8 Jun 2024
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Diogenes
Despite evidence to the contrary, I’m really enjoying Bournville

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September 2024 book


Welcome to Season Seven

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:
Bint
McGoohan
Westmoors

Already chozzed:
Little Nemo
Columba
Serendippers
Night-owl
Linds
Chrisull
Maclennane
Quimby
Dio
Fetch
The Scribbler
Grepples

Earlier book choices and discussion threads
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