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Ingo Aug 2021 11:50am, 21 Aug 2021 2 posts	0 Ingo Hi Fetchies, I am new but i will jump in… I’ve just finished 1Q84 by Murakami… In the past I loved what I read by HM, but I found this one was really difficult to get through. Pointless plodding plot, paper thin characters who act rather randomly and a fantastic setting that is neither engrossing nor emotional or intriguing. All done in a pointlessly long, wordy 1000-pages monster of a book Sad
Hanneke Aug 2021 12:00pm, 21 Aug 2021 78,311 posts	0 Hanneke Oh no! I LOVE Murakami... Not read this one and it sounds like I better not attempt it. How very disappointing!
Diogenes Aug 2021 12:37pm, 21 Aug 2021 62,248 posts	0 Diogenes Hi Ingo. Heard much the same about this one and haven’t been tempted as yet.
Serendippily Aug 2021 1:52pm, 21 Aug 2021 22,930 posts	0 Serendippily I loved wild sheep chase. I have read a few more but I figured they’d start to blur if I read too many in succession
Hanneke Aug 2021 2:06pm, 21 Aug 2021 78,326 posts	0 Hanneke Yes, they do have a tendency to blurr!
LindsD Aug 2021 3:28pm, 21 Aug 2021 49,215 posts	0 LindsD Hi Ingo Welcome to the unofficial book group thread. We have an official one too, with monthly books, if you'd like to join that. It's linked over there>>>> or possibly down there vvvv if you are on a mobile.
LindsD Aug 2021 3:28pm, 21 Aug 2021 49,216 posts	0 LindsD (I liked that, Grep)
Badger Aug 2021 3:42pm, 21 Aug 2021 14,105 posts	0 Badger (Me too - Sandford is very readable. His main protagonist is a bit of a psycho, but I don't think it's author-endorsed, with the secondary one being a walking critique of the main one's trigger-happy character)
GregP Aug 2021 4:58pm, 21 Aug 2021 128,853 posts	0 GregP That instantly made me think of Myron Bolitar and Windsor Horne Lockwood III. Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
Angus Clydesdale Aug 2021 9:24am, 23 Aug 2021 23,130 posts	0 Angus Clydesdale Bolitar is 6 feet, 4 inches tall and considered handsome by many women... 🤣🤣🤣

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Unofficial books, underground discussion, MASSIVE SPOILERS.

Some of the most discussed books include:

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
(mind-bending mystery with halls and statues)
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The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (geriatric murder mystery from Britain's tallest comedic brainbox)
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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 Player Of Games by Iain M. Banks (Sci-Fi)
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The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley (weird steampunk)
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