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Chrisull
Chrisull
Jul 2019
11:32pm, 12 Jul 2019
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Chrisull
Ha - Dyer is someone who interests me a lot and I have several of his books and there's lots of good things that never quite marry up to something great. And occasionally he just really annoys me too.
McGoohan
McGoohan
Jul 2019
11:34pm, 12 Jul 2019
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McGoohan
Yes, precisely that. I think I may need to blog about GD...

Before I read Dio's comments above I ploughed on into Restless and am now a chapter in.
Serendippily
Serendippily
Jul 2019
11:36pm, 12 Jul 2019
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Serendippily
I’m reading the mermaid and Mrs Hancock. I picked it up at haslemere station in the book swap
Diogenes
Diogenes
Jul 2019
11:49pm, 12 Jul 2019
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Diogenes
I need to read some GD

Seren, I got Jake Arnott’s He Kills Coppers From there, can’t remember what I replaced it with.
Sharkie
Sharkie
Jul 2019
7:06am, 13 Jul 2019
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Sharkie
Chrisull - Me too re Dyer. I've got/read loads of his - but nothing since about 2005. (EEK!) That said, one of his novels 'Paris Trance' was a big favourite of mine (and Raffo's) - although as per I don't know how I'd feel about it nearly twenty years on.

Dio - I own but have never finished The Dud Avocado - was so sure I'd love it too. Hope you fare better.

Just can't cope with Woolf. I know. Heresy.
LazyDaisy
LazyDaisy
Jul 2019
7:12am, 13 Jul 2019
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LazyDaisy
Any Human Heart is one of my all-time favourite novels, McG. Restless is an example of what I feel about Boyd - that he is capable of excellent writing but then churns out stuff that is workaday at best.
LindsD
LindsD
Jul 2019
7:16am, 13 Jul 2019
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LindsD
What Daisy said.

There was a good TV adaptation of AHH.

Finished Feet in the Clouds last night. That Achilles thing next.
McGoohan
McGoohan
Jul 2019
7:29am, 13 Jul 2019
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McGoohan
The Love Song of J Adrian Chiles
LindsD
LindsD
Jul 2019
7:58am, 13 Jul 2019
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LindsD
That's the one
GregP
GregP
Jul 2019
12:25pm, 13 Jul 2019
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GregP
I’ve not read TRTLD for fear of it being no good. This makes no sense anywhere except in my head. I’ve never read the last few Terry Pratchett novels for the same reason.

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Unofficial books, underground discussion, MASSIVE SPOILERS.

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The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley (weird steampunk)
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