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Dec 18 2019, 06:54 PM
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QUOTE (James_Trinder @ Dec 18 2019, 03:08 PM) I'm planning to start reading The Testaments by Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid's Tale sequel) during a long railway journey on Friday. I'll submit a review once I have finished it if anybody is remotely interested. Yes, thanks, that would be appreciated. Never read any Atwood so should be interesting.
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Dec 18 2019, 07:26 PM
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QUOTE (James_Trinder @ Dec 18 2019, 03:08 PM) I'm planning to start reading The Testaments by Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid's Tale sequel) during a long railway journey on Friday. I'll submit a review once I have finished it if anybody is remotely interested. Yes please.
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Dec 27 2019, 05:45 PM
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QUOTE (James_Trinder @ Dec 27 2019, 09:36 AM) I was unable to start reading this book on the train due to various issues but started reading it on Christmas Eve and then couldn't put it down until I had finished reading it because it was so addictive. For those of you who are unaware of the plot of the original, it concerns a dystopian future where a religious theocracy has taken over most of what was the USA due to a falling birth rate amongst other things. One of the key plot points is that certain fertile, unmarried women are now the property of the state and are forced to have children with men in positions of authority and then give up their children to the wives of those men. I would happily give this book 5/5 and say that it is a deserved joint winner of the Booker Prize in 2019. I'm currently reading "Peope once respected me as a QC, but a fox and social media ruined my career" by Jolyon Maugham
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Dec 27 2019, 07:48 PM
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QUOTE (James_Trinder @ Dec 27 2019, 09:36 AM) I was unable to start reading this book on the train due to various issues but started reading it on Christmas Eve and then couldn't put it down until I had finished reading it because it was so addictive. For those of you who are unaware of the plot of the original, it concerns a dystopian future where a religious theocracy has taken over most of what was the USA due to a falling birth rate amongst other things. One of the key plot points is that certain fertile, unmarried women are now the property of the state and are forced to have children with men in positions of authority and then give up their children to the wives of those men. I would happily give this book 5/5 and say that it is a deserved joint winner of the Booker Prize in 2019. Thanks, good to know. I may even give it a go myself.
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Dec 28 2019, 12:48 PM
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QUOTE (James_Trinder @ Dec 27 2019, 09:36 AM) I was unable to start reading this book on the train due to various issues but started reading it on Christmas Eve and then couldn't put it down until I had finished reading it because it was so addictive. For those of you who are unaware of the plot of the original, it concerns a dystopian future where a religious theocracy has taken over most of what was the USA due to a falling birth rate amongst other things. One of the key plot points is that certain fertile, unmarried women are now the property of the state and are forced to have children with men in positions of authority and then give up their children to the wives of those men. I would happily give this book 5/5 and say that it is a deserved joint winner of the Booker Prize in 2019. I'm not sure really, I once tried 'Handmaids Tale' and didn't finish it, I must though give it another try. Mine turned out (as so many of his writings) a bit dark, consisting of the life of the main protagonist (The Kid) as he wanders through the great southwest and into Mexico and later in the book running with the Glanton gang in an orgy of destruction. Dank but beautifully written. Great read.
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Jan 2 2020, 08:33 PM
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QUOTE (TallDarkAndHandsome @ Dec 27 2019, 05:45 PM) I'm currently reading "Peope once respected me as a QC, but a fox and social media ruined my career" by Jolyon Maugham Try “Let it Go”. Actually I was disgusted by that. What decent human being takes a baseball bat to a defenceless and trapped animal. But honestly, I think your online radicalisation should concern you.
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Jan 3 2020, 12:47 AM
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QUOTE (newres @ Jan 2 2020, 08:37 PM) To add, I read The Testament a while back and really enjoyed it. I haven’t read The Handmaid’s Tale, but I’ve read quite a few of hers. Oryx £ & Crake was very good. So, who are your three most favorite authors (and why?)
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Jan 3 2020, 11:09 AM
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QUOTE (newres @ Jan 2 2020, 08:33 PM) Try “Let it Go”.
Actually I was disgusted by that. What decent human being takes a baseball bat to a defenceless and trapped animal. But honestly, I think your online radicalisation should concern you. Me? Let it go? You have been the one going on about stopping Brexit. For 3 years...And then you agree with me about Jo Maugham but say I am "radicalised". You are funny.... Anyway I can't offer much on the subject of books I am afraid. I used to read a lot but only focus on the far right Twitter accounts now. 😂😂😂😂
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Jan 3 2020, 12:22 PM
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QUOTE (je suis Charlie @ Jan 3 2020, 12:47 AM) So, who are your three most favorite authors (and why?) Philip K. **** - science fiction with a social commentary Terry Pratchett - just hilarious and excellent characters Stephen King - really good at building up the suspense
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Jan 8 2020, 07:21 AM
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QUOTE (TallDarkAndHandsome @ Jan 3 2020, 11:09 AM) Me? Let it go? You have been the one going on about stopping Brexit. For 3 years...And then you agree with me about Jo Maugham but say I am "radicalised". You are funny....
Anyway I can't offer much on the subject of books I am afraid. I used to read a lot but only focus on the far right Twitter accounts now. 😂😂😂😂 I agree on Maugham but I’ll bet you’d defend Johnson. For me, Maugham is forever the bloke that battered a defenceless creature and a c**t.
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