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Diogenes
Diogenes
Dec 2016
10:33am, 7 Dec 2016
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Diogenes
I may create one as I want to review TPOG (in fact I am writing it now - spoiler alert: I give it 8/10, but I have a few caveats).
McGoohan
McGoohan
Dec 2016
10:36am, 7 Dec 2016
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Was it that you worked out the SPOILER was SPOILER?
Chrisull
Chrisull
Dec 2016
11:14am, 7 Dec 2016
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Chrisull
Just started Orhan Pamuk's "a strangeness in my mind" about a yoghurt and boza seller (an fermented wheat drink) in Istanbul over the decades, starts well - as he is seemingly duped into an elopement, already v.interesting, epic 740+ pages to keep me going! A good translator does make a difference, some of Pamuk's translations are very stilted, but this one is excellent.

Also finished the third in the Dublin murder squad series (Faithful place), which had at its heart, an elopement too, must pick up book 4, but the central character of book 4 was a right prick in book 3 (as a peripheral character) so be interesting to see how that pans out.
Badger
Badger
Dec 2016
11:47am, 7 Dec 2016
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Badger
When you read it, you'll probably find an interesting contrast with the protagonist of book 3.
McGoohan
McGoohan
Dec 2016
12:23pm, 7 Dec 2016
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McGoohan
Here's Dio's Unofficial Thread
http://www.fetcheveryone.com/viewtopic.php?id=59469

I'll bung it in the side bar as well.

Dio was taking about The Player of Games by Iain M Banks which has been talked about so much that it's almost like an official choice. But we could also bung into that category, The End of the World Running Club and The Watchmaker of FiddlyDee Street.
Diogenes
Diogenes
Dec 2016
12:33pm, 7 Dec 2016
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Diogenes
Thanks Macca G (You say Macca, I say G)
GregP
GregP
Dec 2016
12:35pm, 7 Dec 2016
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I say Maccers-Gooers.

Should I get Fetch to garbage-collect the 'Beyond Brontemania' wire or does it still have merit in this brave new world?
Diogenes
Diogenes
Dec 2016
12:42pm, 7 Dec 2016
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Diogenes
I think it still has it's place for general literary discussion.

I'm resuming my reading of The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing.
GregP
GregP
Dec 2016
12:56pm, 7 Dec 2016
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That takes me back. Crumbs. Don't think I've read any Doris Lessing for thirty years. I recall really loving Martha Quest, but I can't for the life of me remember why.
Diogenes
Diogenes
Dec 2016
3:07pm, 7 Dec 2016
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Diogenes
She is very good on dialogue

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

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