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LindsD
LindsD
Jan 2020
9:13pm, 15 Jan 2020
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LindsD
Thank you.

Post Office and shrieky bloke? Don't get either of those refs.
LindsD
LindsD
Jan 2020
9:15pm, 15 Jan 2020
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LindsD
Was dunces a recommendation or is that the shrieky bloke?
Diogenes
Diogenes
Jan 2020
9:17pm, 15 Jan 2020
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Diogenes
Post Office is Post Office (Charles Bukowski)
I assumed Dippers was talking to you, but maybe not?
Serendippily
Serendippily
Jan 2020
9:26pm, 15 Jan 2020
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Serendippily
Shrieky bloke was a confederacy of dunces, a raging satire
LindsD
LindsD
Jan 2020
11:13pm, 15 Jan 2020
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LindsD
Not read either.....
LindsD
LindsD
Jan 2020
11:26pm, 15 Jan 2020
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LindsD
Bought Frayn and Hamilton.
GregP
GregP
Jan 2020
6:24am, 16 Jan 2020
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GregP
I hated Eleanor Oliphant.
Diogenes
Diogenes
Jan 2020
6:39am, 16 Jan 2020
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Diogenes
I know. I’m quite liking her. Many people seem not to like the book because they don’t like the character, find her unsympathetic. My main problem is there seems to be some huge inconsistencies between what she does and doesn’t understand, such as she has graduated and works in an office yet doesn’t know the difference between a desktop, laptop, and tablet, and she is highly informed on many things but isn’t aware of the different types of bikini waxes available.
Diogenes
Diogenes
Jan 2020
6:41am, 16 Jan 2020
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I hope you enjoy them Linds, they are both funny and full of character.
Diogenes
Diogenes
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6:41am, 16 Jan 2020
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Diogenes
(But don’t worry if you don’t)

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Unofficial books, underground discussion, MASSIVE SPOILERS.

Some of the most discussed books include:

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
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The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
(Memoir of a homeless couple walking the SWCP)
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Milkman by Anna Burns
(Superlative prize-winning fiction)
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The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley (weird steampunk)
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