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GregP
GregP
Jul 2019
11:43am, 8 Jul 2019
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My favourite song might be "Cathedral Song" by the sainted Tanita Tikaram - but you'll get a different answer in you come back in thirty minutes. Fillums change almost as often. Books not so much.
Diogenes
Diogenes
Jul 2019
11:59am, 8 Jul 2019
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Diogenes
Exactly that, Deinonychus
Sharkie
Sharkie
Jul 2019
12:08pm, 8 Jul 2019
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Sharkie
I'm reading Ordinary People at the moment.

I stand by my views on Normal People and hope Bint likes it as much as I did.
McGoohan
McGoohan
Jul 2019
12:09pm, 8 Jul 2019
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McGoohan
This isn't Ordinary People by Judith Guest is it?
Columba
Columba
Jul 2019
12:11pm, 8 Jul 2019
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Columba
I must re-read that, Deinonychus. One of those books I read late teens / early 20s, was certainly impressed at the time but can remember very little about it.
Sharkie
Sharkie
Jul 2019
12:19pm, 8 Jul 2019
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Sharkie
Nope, Ordinary People by Diana Evans - about two late 30s, London couples.

Here's a review that may (does) contain spoilers.

theguardian.com
Bintmcskint
Bintmcskint
Jul 2019
12:24pm, 8 Jul 2019
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Bintmcskint
Taking a fiction break post Therese Raquin.

Just started The Push by Tommy Caldwell
Diogenes
Diogenes
Jul 2019
1:34pm, 8 Jul 2019
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Diogenes
I finished Normal People. I was left questioning my understanding of 'normal'. I suppose the simplistic and obvious explanation is that there is no such thing as normal, which is true, but also trite. I think the book deserves a better title. I also think I should take the rest of my thioughts to a blog as there will be spoilers.
Sharkie
Sharkie
Jul 2019
10:50pm, 9 Jul 2019
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Sharkie
Just doing a bit of a book throw out and I came across 'if nobody speaks of remarkable things', which I don't think I ever got round to reading.

It's been on the shelves here in Dalston since 2003. EEK!

Given how much I completely adored Resevoir 13 I think I'll read it next.

Still haven't got further than 30 pages in with Milkman.
McGoohan
McGoohan
Jul 2019
10:57pm, 9 Jul 2019
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McGoohan
Liebling's sister gave her that 'If no-one speaks etc' book because she thought it was one of the best books evs. Our copy too has remained quite near the bottom of the TBR pile.

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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 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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