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GregP
GregP
Jan 2017
9:41pm, 9 Jan 2017
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GregP
Jude for me too. Hardy we can all get behind I think. And CCF.
LindsD
LindsD
Jan 2017
9:44pm, 9 Jan 2017
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LindsD
Yes I agree. But Tess is my fave, I think because I read it first.
Sharkie
Sharkie
Jan 2017
9:45pm, 9 Jan 2017
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Sharkie
Sexy working class boy dreams of Oxbridge entrance with various unsuitable love affairs on the way. What's not to like?
LindsD
LindsD
Jan 2017
9:57pm, 9 Jan 2017
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LindsD
It's too sad :(
Serendippily
Serendippily
Jan 2017
9:58pm, 9 Jan 2017
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Serendippily
A pair of blue eyes I liked and Jude and Tess but I think I'd find Hardy a bit hard going now. Whereas I loved vanity fair by Thackeray with The wicked Becky fixing a killing bow. persuasion, p&p or northanger abbey all v readable Austen I like classics. But not so much dickens who lays it on with a trowel a bit for me tho Davy copperfield had a good baddie. Master and Margarita is good to for Russian classics. Might go and have a read now!
Bintmcskint
Bintmcskint
Jan 2017
9:58pm, 9 Jan 2017
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Bintmcskint
Ah yes, I much prefer his comedies :-) ;-)
Sharkie
Sharkie
Jan 2017
10:07pm, 9 Jan 2017
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Sharkie
Vanity Fair is a complete hoot! I love bad girls who don't come to a sticky end. She doesn't really does she?
Bintmcskint
Bintmcskint
Jan 2017
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I really loved Vanity Fair. Becky Sharpe is a corker of a gal!
GregP
GregP
Jan 2017
6:53am, 10 Jan 2017
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GregP
I remember disliking The Trumpet Major but it was a long time ago and I don;t remember why.
Little Nemo
Little Nemo
Jan 2017
9:13am, 10 Jan 2017
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Little Nemo
I find Hardy just a bit too depressing and having seen the film of Jude the Obscure I don't think I could face reading the book.

Finished Nod last night, will post my thoughts on the discussion thread.

I'm also half way through Into The Woods (first Dublin Murder Squad book) and I'm really enjoying it.

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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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