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"In fact, he hates everyone on the planet. Everyone, that is, except Newton. And he's a dog." I'm on board already...
Just reserved it, can't wait to give it a try.
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I read this book last year and thought it was amazing, it stayed with me a long time after I'd finished, especially the ending (but don't worry I won't spoil it!). I'm looking forward to hearing what you think about it.
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Victoria wrote: "Welcome Rhiannon, are you in North Yorkshire?"Hi and thank you :-) Yes, I'm in Harrogate. I've not done a book group before, so really looking forward to it & I'm glad you decided to kick it all off again for 2015.
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Finished it this morning after a certain toddler decided 5.30 was the appropriate time to wake up! I really enjoyed it too. Not the 5.30 bit, the book. I don't want to accidentally add any spoilers for those still enjoying it, but I really liked the list of advice he did towards the end - I did a similar thing for my nephew years and years ago - it's a really interesting exercise to try - what advice would you put on your list? I seem to remember my main one was "question everything".
Victoria wrote: "Looks like there is also a spinoff, "The Humans: an A-Z" which has been selected for Books On The Underground: https://twitter.com/BooksUndergrnd/st..."You can see from his own comments at the end of The Humans that writing the book has really got under his skin, so I'm not surprised he's gone on to add to it. I'll keep an eye out for that one.
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http://books.simonandschuster.com/The...
I must admit I am struggling to get into this one I don't know weather it's the subject matter but I'm hoping that it is going to be like Forgive me, Leonard Peacock which I could not get into at all but preserved and I totally loved it by the end :)
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I'm really enjoying it so far - shades of The Rosie Project - funny and engaging.
Plenty of copies in county: http://capitadiscovery.co.uk/northyor...
Here's the blurb:
"Professor Andrew Martin of Cambridge University solves the world's greatest mathematical riddle. Then he disappears. When he is found walking naked along the motorway, Professor Martin seems different. Besides the lack of clothes, he now finds normal life pointless. His loving wife and teenage son seem repulsive to him. In fact, he hates everyone on the planet. Everyone, that is, except Newton. And he's a dog. Can a bit of Debussy and Emily Dickinson keep him from murder?"
To introduce it even better, here's what its author says about it:
"This is the book I am most proud of. I have never written anything like it and probably never will again. I have no idea if you will like it. I really hope you do. I am a nervous wreck about this one. I don’t really know why. Well, I do. Because it is personal. I put absolutely everything I had into it so if people don’t like it then they don’t like me, because all the best things I have to offer the world are inside its pages. I don’t want to tell you it is a book that features an alien in it, because you might not like books with aliens in it, and I don’t really. It is a love story and a murder story and a what-are-we-here-for? story. It is about humans. That is why I came up with the title. The Humans. See?"