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The Official Unofficial Book Group Book Discussion thread

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Columba
Columba
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2:39pm, 7 Jul 2019
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Columba
Sounds like something I'd enjoy.
Deinonychus
Deinonychus
Jul 2019
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Picked up The Book Thief in a charity shop today. Heard a lot of good things about it, but some mixed reviews as well. Anyone read it?
Little Nemo
Little Nemo
Jul 2019
3:14pm, 7 Jul 2019
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I read it a while ago, Deinonychus.

I found it slightly uneven but overall I enjoyed it and some sections were magical.
Serendippily
Serendippily
Jul 2019
4:29pm, 7 Jul 2019
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I thought it was a good read
GregP
GregP
Jul 2019
9:53pm, 7 Jul 2019
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Only rose tinted memories of Secret History stop me from wondering if Station Eleven is my favourite novel of all time.
Diogenes
Diogenes
Jul 2019
10:18pm, 7 Jul 2019
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I tried to think about what my favourite novel of all time is but each time I do I get some kind of fatal error and my brain reboots and I go back to square one.
LindsD
LindsD
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10:19pm, 7 Jul 2019
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Me too. Same with song or film.
Diogenes
Diogenes
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9:03am, 8 Jul 2019
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Normal People is doing that thing where I am really uncomfortable and annoyed reading it, and then something changes and I want to find out what happens next.
Deinonychus
Deinonychus
Jul 2019
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Normal People is the Sally Rooney book, right? If so, I also found it rather annoying. A lot of it I enjoyed, but I kept getting annoyed by the main characters and how they behaved.

[I keep getting it confused with a book called Ordinary People, which came out about the same time, and was also shortlisted for the Women’s Prize, but which I haven’t read.]
Deinonychus
Deinonychus
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I think my favourite novel of all time is The Idiot by Dostoevsky, but I’m not sure.

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Unofficial books, underground discussion, MASSIVE SPOILERS.

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Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
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The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
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The Player Of Games by Iain M. Banks (Sci-Fi)
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