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WATERSTONES BOOK GROUP 5/4/25 - HUNCHBACK - SAOU ICHIKAWA AND THERE ARE RIVERS IN THE SKY - ELIF SHAFAK

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This wasn’t a hit. It was agreed that it was laudable and interesting re disability but the sexual content was challenging. (Yes this is the point). Personally I was intrigued at the young members’ sensibilities being just as challenged as those of the older.

In April’s pile I like the look of Queen Macbeth by Val McDermid (the only McDermid I have read is her retelling of Northanger Abbey and some Christmas short stories).

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THIS IS WHAT I READ 1/4/25 - IN MARCH

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NOTES 18/3/25 - NORTHANGER ABBEY - JANE AUSTEN

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NOTES 18/3/25 - STRANGERS ON A TRAIN - PATRICIA HIGHSMITH

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NOTES 13/3/25 - CAN YOU FORGIVE HER? - VOLUME 1 - ANTHONY TROLLOPE

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NOTES 11/3/25 - TOWARDS ZERO - AGATHA CHRISTIE

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WATERSTONES BOOK GROUP 8/3/25 - STRANGE PICTURES - UKETSU AND HUNCHBACK - SAOU ICHIKAWA

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This was a hit. I thought it was an interesting take on traditional crime but found the interconnected stories annoying (why not just write it?) It is Japanese and in March’s book pile there are no less than three Japanese books. I’ve just remembered that we read one of the cafe books by Toshikazu Kawaguchi (more interconnected stories) when I was going before. Japanese literature is very fashionable.

In March’s pile I like the look of Murder at Mount Fuji by Shizuko Natsuki (traditional crime). What was voted in is another Japanese title …

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NOTES 7/3/25 - ELEVEN KINDS OF LONELINESS - RICHARD YATES

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THIS IS WHAT I READ 1/3/25 - IN FEBRUARY

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NOTES 28/2/25 - A HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA - RICHARD HUGHES

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COPING 25/2/25 - JUST BECAUSE OF CHRISTMAS - CYPRIAN EKWENSI - IN THE PENGUIN BOOK OF CHRISTMAS STORIES - FROM HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN TO ANGELA CARTER - JESSICA HARRISON

I finished reading these short stories today - 2 months after Christmas. I think I began them post Christmas in early January.

Just Because of Christmas is at the end of the collection so I have only just read it.

This line has made me laugh out loud:

She had often thought of marrying again, but it was too early yet to forget her husband. (Ekwensi in Harrison, 2019).

REFERENCE

Harrison, J. (2019) The Penguin book of Christmas stories - from Hans Christian Andersen to Angela Carter.

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NOTES 18/2/25 - MISS AUSTEN - GILL HORNNBY

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NOTES 9/2/25 - THE HAWK AND THE DOVE - PENELOPE WILCOCK

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NOTES 9/2/25 - A POCKET FULL OF RYE - AGATHA CHRISTIE

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WATERSTONES BOOK GROUP 8/2/25 - I RETURN

Yesterday I returned to the Waterstones book group. I had began going in December 2022 and I went for several months, possibly most of the year? I didn’t record the meetings here but I have the books on Kindle and in my physical reading diary if I saved quotes. I will have to look them up.

I think I must have stopped going when Philip became ill. I have rejoined now because a member of staff mentioned it me recently and I thought yes!

What I loved about it previously was that the members are all so young. They are young sassy females. I also love the quickfire elimination voting system. Plus the book selections are all popular new titles from their offers.

This is what was voted in for February …

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NOTES 7/2/25 - FRAMLEY PARSONAGE - ANTHONY TROLLOPE

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THIS IS WHAT I READ 1/2/25 - IN JANUARY

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