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McGoohan
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How far through it are you LN?
Little Nemo
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30%
LindsD
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I think I'm about 72% but similar feelings.
Diogenes
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Bogged down in two books currently. I won't be suggesting either for the book group.

The first, A Place Of Greater Safety, by Hilary Mantel, is very very long, 900 pages all but, in paperback. I'm learning and forgetting a lot about the French Revolution. I hope it is over soon, but I can't give up on it.

The second is Serotonin, by Michel Houllebecq. Chrisull warned me about this one, it is not for the faint-hearted or easily shocked. However, I do like it, it is funny (the blackest of black humour), original and also bizarrely mundane. I can't wait to see how it ends but somehow I rarely seem to read more than a few pages at a time.

I see the Booker shortlist was announced today. The only title I know a little about is James, by Percival Everett, which I've heard good things about but which doesn't appeal from the blurb.
Chrisull
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I've heard Serotonin picks up towards the end, after the early attritional chapters. The new one "Annihilation" is meant to be a) his last and b) and complete change in style " a novel of sadness and eerie serenity" the Guardian - theguardian.com
McGoohan
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Liebling read - and loved (IIRC) - APoGS, but I think she got into a flow and sat reading it in hours-long chunks
Chrisull
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Been listening to the Rest is history podcasts on the French revolution, which recommends that (which I have) and Simon Schama's Citizens (which I also have - but have lost currently), so may try APoGS again, if I can find Citizens to cross reference it, and along with the podcast!
LindsD
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Finished FR. Phew.
Diogenes
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Serotonin has the occasional pearl that makes you realise just how good Houllebcq is and how much you probably miss the subtleties hidden behind the superficial crassness. It goes from obscene to sublime from one paragraph to another.
Columba
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Sounds like human existence, Dio; ranging between obscene and sublime.

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February 2025 book


Welcome to Season Eight

February 2025 (Chrisull)
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (Olga Tokarczuk, trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/drive-your-plow-over-the-bones-of-the-dead---feb-2025-book-group-discussion-63501
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January 2025 (Maclennane)
I'm Starting To Worry About This Black Box Of Doom (Jason Pargin)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/i-apos-m-starting-to-worry-about-this-black-box-of-doom---jason-pargin---jan-2025-book-group-discussion-thread-63445
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11794

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Last two books of 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

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