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McGoohan
McGoohan
Dec 2016
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What year was it published?
GregP
GregP
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Oh lordy. Badgo - you know what I'm reading next I assume?
McGoohan
McGoohan
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1943. I was minus 19 so I wont make it on my Book For Each Year plan...
Dr TinselD
Dr TinselD
Dec 2016
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No don't do Judy Blume unless you are 12.
Badger
Badger
Dec 2016
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Yup, Grep, you mentioned it a few pages back. I actually really enjoyed Pandora's Star/Judas Unchained; everything of his I read after that had something I found really annoying in it, and a certain plot twist in TRD was the end for me. But you may react completely differently, of course.

Dio, there was a hilarious Dick Francis review in the Times in the late '80s which started with the reviewer declaring that reviewers usually try to pretend that they have actually read the whole book, and he was honestly declaring that he hadn't even started it. His argument was that he didn't need to read it to know what it was like (listing the Francis Formula); in particular, he knew that it would make an upcoming transatlantic flight feel at least two hours shorter if he could resist the temptation to start it before then.
Columba
Columba
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I think I read something by Dick Francis once, but can't remember anything about it, not even whether I liked it.

Judy Blume - yes, Younger Daughter had some Judy Blume and I read some to or with her, or just out of curiosity to see what it was she was devouring so avidly. When she was reading in order to fall asleep, she used to like something she'd read dozens of time before.

Doesn't seem to be any JB on her shelf now. May have been passed on to my niece.
Dr TinselD
Dr TinselD
Dec 2016
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I used to read her to fall asleep, especially at exam time.
Dr TinselD
Dr TinselD
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Finished The Passion. I had read it before. I liked it but will say more on the thread.

We need a new choosinator soon....
Seven Little Nemos a-swimming
Seven Little Nemos a-swimming
Dec 2016
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I am half way through The Passion so I'll definitely finish it on time.

Recently finished The Wolves of London which was an odd horror/fantasy book. Most of the dialogue was unbelievably clunky and it was more plot-driven than character based. It's actually the first part of a trilogy but I don't think I'll bother with the next 2.

Just started an Anita Shreve book - The Lives of Stella Bain. It's about an American volunteer nurse in the 1st World War who wakes up with amnesia. I like the way it's written but it's an odd story so far.
Chrisull
Chrisull
Dec 2016
11:40am, 22 Dec 2016
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Stephen King was my guilty secret as a teenager - but now it turns out, critical opinion is they might not always like the subject area, but he can write well!

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Welcome to Season Eight

July 2025 (Linds)
The Rest of Our Lives (Benjamin Markovits)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/the-rest-of-our-lives---july-book-group-discussion-thread-63735
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11915

June 2025 (Fetch)
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin, trans. Bela Shayevich, Clarence Brown or Gregory Zilboorg depending on edition)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/we-by-yevgeny-zamyatin---june-2025-book-group-discussion-thread-63689
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May 2025 (Little Nemo)
The Last Days of New Paris (China Mieville)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/the-last-days-of-new-paris---china-mieville---may-2025-book-group-discussion-thread-63656
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11899
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April 2025 (McGoohan)
The Beautiful Ones (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/the-beautiful-ones---april-2025-book-group-discussion-thread-63597
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March 2025 (Night-owl)
One Grand Summer (Ewald Arenz, trans. Rachel Ward)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/one-grand-summer---march-2025-book-group-discussion-thread-63550
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11820

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)
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Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11610

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