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McGoohan
McGoohan
17 Sep
10:16am, 17 Sep 2024
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McGoohan
How far through it are you LN?
Little Nemo
Little Nemo
17 Sep
10:20am, 17 Sep 2024
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Little Nemo
30%
LindsD
LindsD
17 Sep
10:33am, 17 Sep 2024
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LindsD
I think I'm about 72% but similar feelings.
Diogenes
Diogenes
17 Sep
3:26pm, 17 Sep 2024
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Diogenes
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
Chrisull
17 Sep
3:42pm, 17 Sep 2024
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Chrisull
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
McGoohan
17 Sep
4:18pm, 17 Sep 2024
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McGoohan
Liebling read - and loved (IIRC) - APoGS, but I think she got into a flow and sat reading it in hours-long chunks
Chrisull
Chrisull
17 Sep
5:41pm, 17 Sep 2024
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Chrisull
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
LindsD
19 Sep
7:51pm, 19 Sep 2024
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LindsD
Finished FR. Phew.
Diogenes
Diogenes
19 Sep
10:38pm, 19 Sep 2024
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Diogenes
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
Columba
21 Sep
1:18pm, 21 Sep 2024
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Columba
Sounds like human existence, Dio; ranging between obscene and sublime.

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November 2024 book


Welcome to Season Seven

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:
Westmoors

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

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