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folanm

folanm

Joined May 2016

Books, baby books...
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Riddley Walker | Russell Hoban
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So many books, so little time.

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Hag-Seed | Margaret Atwood
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Excited to read this from the legendary Ms Atwood.

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Mythago Wood | Robert Holdstock
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The first book on my book membership account.

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Mythago Wood | Robert Holdstock

The beauty of being a member of a bookshop is you get all the goodness ordered in for you.

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The Sellout: A Novel | Paul Beatty
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Christmas gifts done right. Nice.

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Moonglow | Michael Chabon
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Excitement levels beyond anything on record. Moonglow just arrived.

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Met the man himself last year and got him to sign all of my books by him. Very excited to get into this. He is my joint favourite writer. Wish I had his brain for stories.

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American Youth | Phil LaMarche
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Another one that was on my list of "wants" for a long time. Good old gift card.

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Wanted this book for a long time - finally got it because of a birthday gift card. I'm excited.

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Born to Run | Bruce Springsteen
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More shopping. Gift vouchers rock!

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Jerusalem | Alan Moore
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Went shopping today.

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The Sympathizer | Viet Thanh Nguyen
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Next off the rank is The Sympathizer. Having just come back from honeymooning in Vietnam I am keen to get into it. Also, I have never been disappointed by a Pulitzer Prize winner.

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The Stand | Stephen King
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Half way through this amazing beast. Loving it so far. He's done a great job of creating characters that are flawed but likeable. And it's a real page turner. Excited to see where it goes.

MrBook Great tome! 8y
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Just about to start this. No idea really what it's about but I've heard a few people say it's decent.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I have that one waiting for me too, I've also heard good things and that the audiobook is excellent too. 9y
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City on Fire | Garth Risk Hallberg
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Almost finished this beast.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa That's always a good feeling, isn't it! 9y
folanm It sure is. It's a good novel by a talented writer. At the beginning of it I feel he got carried away with some tricks and using unnecessary language and words but half way through he reined it in and seemed to realise that the story was more important than showing off, and the book benefits greatly 9y
Yossarian I'm at about 2/3 in -- waiting for it all to come together (I hope). 9y
folanm Finished it last night. It is a very good book. We'll written, with decent character portrayals. I think the second half is far better than the first - he tones down the clever language and it makes the story flow far better. 9y
folanm *well 9y
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