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NTTVBG 3: Vanessa and Virginia – Susan Sellers (2008)

Hello, good evening, and welcome to the third meeting of the Not the TV Book Group! Following the impeccable example of Lynne and Simon before me, I have been baking, tidying, and brewing more tea than you can possibly imagine in preparation for my virgin voyage into the world of the internet book group.
We’ve already [...]

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March 7, 2010 in fiction, not the tv book group, review
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Not the TV Book Group: A Reminder

Just a quick post to remind you all to join me here at Other Stories this Sunday for the third meeting of the Not the TV Book Group. I’m already preparing myself to make hundreds of virtual cups of tea, and I really must get on with baking those cup cakes. Do join us, and [...]

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March 5, 2010 in blogs, fiction, housekeeping, not the tv book group
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The Girl with the Glass Feet – Ali Shaw (2009)

Like Philippe Claudel’s Brodeck’s Report, I would never have chosen this book were it not for the Not the TV Book Group. Unlike the Claudel, though, I wasn’t bowled over by The Girl with the Glass Feet by Ali Shaw.
That’s not to say that I thought it was a bad book. On the contrary, Shaw’s [...]

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March 1, 2010 in fiction, not the tv book group, review
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More new books and a change of NTTVBG dates

Morning all. Before I go any further, can I just say a huge THANK YOU to Simon for hosting another excellent Not the TV Book Group discussion yesterday. We were talking about The Girl with the Glass Feet by Ali Shaw and the discussion is always open if you still want to join in. And, [...]

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February 22, 2010 in blogs, book acquisitions, fiction, not the tv book group, victorian literature
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Not the TV Book Group: The Girl with the Glass Feet

Discussions are now underway over at Savidge Reads! Please do stop by and join in the fun.

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February 21, 2010 in blogs, not the tv book group
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Brodeck’s Report – Philippe Claudel (2009)

See? This is why I’m delighted to be part of a book group. If Dovegrey Reader hadn’t suggested Philippe Claudel’s Brodeck’s Report for the Not the TV Book Group, then it would have passed me by completely. I had barely heard of it, let alone actually considered reading it, and if I’m perfectly frank I [...]

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February 16, 2010 in fiction, not the tv book group, review
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Not the TV Book Group: Meeting One, Brodeck’s Report

A short one today, just to let you all know that the discussion has already kicked off over at Dovegrey Reader’s place. Please do come and join us, it’s already shaping up to be an interesting one.

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February 7, 2010 in blogs, fiction, not the tv book group
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Countdown to the first NTTVBG Meeting

Just to remind  all interested parties that tomorrow sees the inaugural meeting of the Not the TV Book Group. Our first book is Brodeck’s Report by Philippe Claudel, so please do join us tomorrow over at Dovegrey Reader Scribbles.
In the meantime, we’re all delighted that there is a lovely blog up at The Guardian website [...]

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February 6, 2010 in blogs, news & media, not the tv book group
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Not the TV Book Group: The Books!

So, as I said in my post this morning introducing the Not the TV Book Group, each of the four of us chose four books, which were then whittled down to two each this afternoon. We each told you we’d be back later today with the list of books, and now I can – along with my [...]

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January 24, 2010 in blogs, fiction, not the tv book group
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Introducing the Not the TV Book Group

I was thinking to myself only the other day there that it’s a long time since I was in any kind of book group, online or off. There was a short-lived attempt by a small groups of friends and I some years ago that lasted one, rather wine-fuelled meeting (or was it two? I can’t [...]

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January 24, 2010 in blogs, fiction, not the tv book group
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