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McGoohan
McGoohan
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5:46am, 16 Jun 2019
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McGoohan
"Was any of it true?"
"How much did you write and how much was the editors?"
"Have you ever been to Cornwall?"
Fizz :-)
Fizz :-)
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12:07pm, 16 Jun 2019
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Fizz :-)
I’ll get WW to ask her . . .
Bintmcskint
Bintmcskint
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Bintmcskint
:-)
Serendippily
Serendippily
Jun 2019
5:54pm, 16 Jun 2019
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Serendippily
I also speed read Ulysses at uni. To the lighthouse was the following week and I enjoyed more, possibly because it was short enough to read properly
McGoohan
McGoohan
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6:05pm, 16 Jun 2019
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To The Lighthouse is in part inspired by the Godrevy Lighthouse near St Ives so I *nearly* bought a copy while I was on hol...
Diogenes
Diogenes
Jun 2019
6:11pm, 16 Jun 2019
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I have a Virginia Woolf in my TBR cupboard
Columba
Columba
Jun 2019
6:12pm, 16 Jun 2019
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Columba
Younger Daughter wrote her dissertation on Virginia Woolf, and there are copies of several of her novels on my bookshelf. I did read To The Lighthouse a very long time ago. Might re-read... When I've finished The Overstory and Volume II of Karamazov.
McGoohan
McGoohan
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6:14pm, 16 Jun 2019
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Hope you've cut her some airholes Dio
Diogenes
Diogenes
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6:33pm, 16 Jun 2019
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Diogenes
It’s alright, she’s already dead, unlike some of the others in there.
LindsD
LindsD
Jun 2019
7:58pm, 16 Jun 2019
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LindsD
I really liked The Hours so I want to read Mrs Dalloway.

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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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