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Without naming the book , where is the setting for the last book you read?

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OneUmberJoker · 26/09/2025 13:25

Down town Texas

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FurForksSake · 27/09/2025 10:25

@JaninaDuszejko that sounds interesting and googling has got me no where, what book is this?

StrongLikeMamma · 27/09/2025 10:22

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie?

MrsLeonFarrell · 27/09/2025 10:08

Urban fantasy Liverpool

JaninaDuszejko · 27/09/2025 09:55

Aaron95 · 27/09/2025 09:37

A flat planet which is balanced on the backs of 4 elephants, which in turn stand on the shell of a giant space turtle.

Everyone knows which author you've been reading 😁

JaninaDuszejko · 27/09/2025 09:53

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 26/09/2025 17:53

Misselthwaite Manor

Love this book so much.

I've been to Great Mop in the Chiltern Hills and met the devil.

FranticFrankie · 27/09/2025 09:47

London

Aaron95 · 27/09/2025 09:37

A flat planet which is balanced on the backs of 4 elephants, which in turn stand on the shell of a giant space turtle.

WorriedRelative · 27/09/2025 09:23

Previous book, present day Brighton

Imfat · 27/09/2025 09:13

Mongolia 12th century

WorriedRelative · 27/09/2025 09:10

Mainly Dublin, with a bit of Paris and England.

One strand of the story 1920s - 1940s then a present day strand.

DisforDarkChocolate · 27/09/2025 08:54

Glasgow, Paris and Italy

Riverswims · 27/09/2025 08:54

commercial nonsense upon Avon

CurlewKate · 27/09/2025 08:52

BerfyTigot · 27/09/2025 08:42

@CurlewKate All the Marion Todd books are set there. The first one is See Them Run. Someone on here recommended them. If you like audiobooks, the author reads them on audible.

Thank you!

AutumnCosy2025 · 27/09/2025 08:46

USA, New Jersey & New York mainly. Modern

BerfyTigot · 27/09/2025 08:42

@CurlewKate All the Marion Todd books are set there. The first one is See Them Run. Someone on here recommended them. If you like audiobooks, the author reads them on audible.

MrsMitford3 · 27/09/2025 08:30

KelsCommemorativeSausage · 26/09/2025 18:16

We just read the same book! And I do the same, every year. It's just lovely.

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Nopenousername · 27/09/2025 08:28

Bristol and the West Country

TwinklyNight · 27/09/2025 08:27

London Ontario, 1940's.

CurlewKate · 27/09/2025 08:24

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 26/09/2025 17:53

Misselthwaite Manor

Love this book! A lovely reread or are you lucky enough to be reading it for the first time?

CurlewKate · 27/09/2025 08:16

BerfyTigot · 26/09/2025 14:11

St Andrews

Ooh- I’d love to read something based there! What is it?

Cotswoldmama · 27/09/2025 06:34

Africa and American

BlueEyedBogWitch · 27/09/2025 06:30

18th century Derbyshire.

ApricotCheesecake · 27/09/2025 06:28

New York (state not city)

Tezza1 · 27/09/2025 06:21

HonoriaBulstrode · 26/09/2025 23:15

Dorset and Oxford

Ready Made Family?

Antonia Forest? I recently bought a copy of this to reread, but I haven't been game to do so, as I don't want to find myself disappointed with one of my very favourite childhood memories. I read and reread all the Marlowe books so many times.

Tezza1 · 27/09/2025 06:17

Yamamm · 26/09/2025 21:10

Three part series. Jaipur, Shimla and Paris. 1950s - 1970s.

Was that trilogy written about 15/20 years ago? Those places in conjunction ring a bell about something I read a fair while ago, but that is about all I can remember. There's been a few thousand books since then and sadly details blur nowadays.