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Reading group contributor jmschrei made an interesting related comment on last week's post: "I'm really enjoying this book so far.
That quote comes from an article by Peter Green in New Republic, which reading group contributor MythicalMagpie highlighted.
As reading group contributor Jmschrei wrote: "There is a certain desperate intensity to the work that is engaging".
As Reading group contributor TheOrbys put it: "I am getting something of a feeling that petal by petal Murakami's book is opening up a bit.
And when I say old-fashioned, I mean old-fashioned: as Reading group contributor Swelter has pointed out, there are strong parallels between Yossarian and Achilles.
Reading group contributor pogwilson described her voice as "pitch perfect", a sentiment echoed by writer George Pelecanos, no less, who told America's NPR, "I don't think anyone has come close to what Portis achieved with this book.
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Some of these ideas been echoed by Reading group contributors.
It's a fine book to come out of the hat, a novel that is popular with critics and readers alike, and it received numerous nominations from Reading group contributors.
So far, Reading group contributors have expressed a preference for Kim – but if you have a favourite book, please lobby for it here and I'll take your thoughts into consideration before making a final decision next week.
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Illustration of great crested grebes performing weed display by Mike Hughes and thank you to Springwatch Flickr group contributors len_firecrest and Derek Lees for the use of their images.
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