The Official Unofficial Book Group Book Discussion thread

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LindsD 5 Dec 1:57pm, 5 Dec 2024 71,381 posts	0 LindsD I'm not really.
Little Nemo 5 Dec 2:09pm, 5 Dec 2024 15,970 posts	0 Little Nemo That's a shame. I'm always raving about it and trying to get people to read it but it is a big commitment.
LindsD 5 Dec 3:32pm, 5 Dec 2024 71,388 posts	0 LindsD I don't hate it, I just feel like nothing happens and I don't care. I think it might have been better as a series of shorter books.
LindsD 5 Dec 3:32pm, 5 Dec 2024 71,389 posts	0 LindsD *better for me
Red Squirrel 5 Dec 4:00pm, 5 Dec 2024 24,793 posts	0 Red Squirrel
Little Nemo 5 Dec 4:52pm, 5 Dec 2024 15,974 posts	0 Little Nemo For me it was such an amazing world that I never wanted to finish it and I loved all the footnotes and tangents Anyway, I really must stop going on about it - I sound demented!
LindsD 5 Dec 4:56pm, 5 Dec 2024 71,392 posts	0 LindsD I'm sure it's me.
Chrisull 5 Dec 5:05pm, 5 Dec 2024 22,488 posts	0 Chrisull It's on my bedside TBR bookshelf. I did love Piranesi very much.
Night-owl 5 Dec 5:24pm, 5 Dec 2024 46,906 posts	0 Night-owl I have it but won't start it this year
Night-owl 7 Dec 4:02pm, 7 Dec 2024 46,911 posts	0 Night-owl I have finished Fresh Water for flowers by Valérie Perrin Translator Hildegarde Serle Beautiful 2nd book read this year by this pair and thougj I don't have favourites Perrin I would put in the good pile a book that's sad but with happy parts and a book I'm sad to finish

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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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