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LindsD
LindsD
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LindsD
Just checked. It's when it's the character's interior monologue.
Columba
Columba
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Columba
Wikipedia says that speech marks, as such, were invented in the middle of the 16th century, though before that there were other conventions for indicating speech, e.g. use of a different font.
PaulaMc
PaulaMc
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Ok. I’m finally here. I couldn’t tell you why it’s taken me so long - I talk books with Bint every time we meet and she’s always telling me to get myself on the thread.

How does it all work then? Apart from some reading, obvs.
Diogenes
Diogenes
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In the beginning there was the Choosinator. The first Choosinator was me, as nominated by a few wise men and women and I selected our first book, The Humans, by Matt Haig for September 2014.

At the end of each month the previous Choosinator selects a successor from those that have asked to be choosinators. You can be a part of the group but elect not to be a choosinator, just as you can opt out of any month’s selection.

A cycle is complete when all the current choosers have chosen one book, and then everyone goes back into the pool.

Once a book is chosen, McG creates a separate discussion book where you can discuss the work freely without worrying about spoilers.

There are 3 rules in book group

1. No spoilers in the main thread
2. Don’t let Greppers’ choose a space opera
3. No Dan Brown
Diogenes
Diogenes
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Diogenes
[discussion thread, not discussion book]
GregP
GregP
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GregP
Ah. There has been an exception. I got away with a very short space opera once - July 2019. I think it's been unofficially banned ever since.
McGoohan
McGoohan
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McGoohan
It was more of a space am dram as I recall
GregP
GregP
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GregP
I thought it was quite sweet. Think most people hated it. Something to do with it being a space opera, possibly.
Little Nemo
Little Nemo
4 Aug
1:52pm, 4 Aug 2024
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Little Nemo
Which one was it?
McGoohan
McGoohan
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2:16pm, 4 Aug 2024
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McGoohan
I thought most people quite liked it. Long Way to a Short Hairy Planet. No, I quite like some space opera, but not that one I was the outlier I think.

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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
All previous runners and riders can be found on this thread here: http://www.fetcheveryone.com/viewtopic.php?id=58751

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Fetch's Positronic My Book Listing Device!: fetcheveryone.com/mybooks.php

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Discussion thread for all those unofficial but almost official books we discuss on the thread:
http://www.fetcheveryone.com/viewtopic.php?id=59469

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