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The Official Unofficial Book Group Book Discussion thread

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Little Nemo
Little Nemo
Jul 2019
1:37pm, 26 Jul 2019
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How strange, I really didn't like Beyond Black yet I loved Wolf Hall. I am tempted by the French Revolution one but it's bloody enormous!
McGoohan
McGoohan
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Liebling just said ‘it’s fabulous though and you have to keep going or you get lost’
McGoohan
McGoohan
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1:38pm, 26 Jul 2019
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The French one that is
LindsD
LindsD
Jul 2019
1:39pm, 26 Jul 2019
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I liked Beyond Black but it made me feel quite weird.
Diogenes
Diogenes
Jul 2019
2:22pm, 26 Jul 2019
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The creepiness and weirdness is unsettling, but it’s so brilliantly done, and you can’t really see how she does it. Precise details, forensic characterisation, perfectly balanced. Beyond black is absolutely what it is. Has any book ever had a more perfect title?
Serendippily
Serendippily
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2:30pm, 26 Jul 2019
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Yes. And I would not have pinned it down to the same author which I also found admirable
Diogenes
Diogenes
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Those of you that like Brian Bilston will probably know that he has a novel out now, but did you know that he is doing an accompanying book tour? I'm very excited because he is coming to Haslemere.

brianbilston.com
Little Nemo
Little Nemo
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6:30pm, 26 Jul 2019
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880 pages :-0

I've downloaded a free sample from Kindle...
Columba
Columba
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5:57pm, 27 Jul 2019
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Rather lost track... Which book is it that is "harmless fluff"?
(which might be rather a good book title in itself).

Beebop - yes, that's the one, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. I was just back from a week's holiday in the Channel Islands, which is how we got talking about it.
Deinonychus
Deinonychus
Jul 2019
11:28pm, 27 Jul 2019
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I believe that LindsD was referring to TGLAPPPS as “harmless fluff”. I certainly was.

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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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