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Seven Little Nemos a-swimming
Seven Little Nemos a-swimming
Dec 2016
8:35am, 8 Dec 2016
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Seven Little Nemos a-swimming
Pick me! I'm local ;-)

Plus I'm a fast reader so I'd probably be more productive.

Not started The Passion yet, I'm part way through The Wolves of London so I'll carry on with that for a while first. It's part crime thriller, part horror. It's a bit too "over-written" for my tastes and the dialogue is clunky but it's moving along at a fast pace and the story is interesting.

I've read a few Jodi Picoult stories. I really loved one, really hated another and the others were OK - so I found her quite variable.
GregP
GregP
Dec 2016
8:47am, 8 Dec 2016
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GregP
There's an interview with that Essex Serpent woman in today's Times.
McGoohan
McGoohan
Dec 2016
8:50am, 8 Dec 2016
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McGoohan
Anyone read that? I was tempted by it for the shallow reason that it has a lovely cover.
Chrisull
Chrisull
Dec 2016
10:10am, 8 Dec 2016
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Chrisull
Essex Serpent - good but not quite as nice as the cover, or as weird - it sort of becomes a Victorian gothic love story with an autistic child in it and hints of supernatural. I was hoping for something a little more unconvential or modernist. Deborah Levy it ain't. :-)
GregP
GregP
Dec 2016
10:12am, 8 Dec 2016
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GregP
Thanks for that. I'll avoid, I think.
McGoohan
McGoohan
Dec 2016
10:26am, 8 Dec 2016
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McGoohan
Oh, well it's got that going for it at least. ;-)
McGoohan
McGoohan
Dec 2016
10:26am, 8 Dec 2016
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McGoohan
I mean Not Levy, not Not Greppers
Chrisull
Chrisull
Dec 2016
10:28am, 8 Dec 2016
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Chrisull
GregP - her first one, is quite a bit weirder "after me comes the flood", but not in an irritating way, a genuine strange, slightly surreal tale.
GregP
GregP
Dec 2016
10:43am, 8 Dec 2016
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GregP
Hmm. Will file under 'for consideration'.
Columba
Columba
Dec 2016
4:29pm, 8 Dec 2016
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Columba
Finished The Fountain Overflows. Enjoyed it. Would recommend it to anyone who doesn't mind sorting his or her way through long, complex sentences.

Picked up The Passion from the library, and read the first few pages while sitting in a queue for the car wash.

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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
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