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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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KelsCommemorativeSausage · 26/09/2025 19:53

@IsadoraQuagmire I may have been sad enough to have looked up houses in Dulwich that could be the Stephens' house, so I can imagine them better..

abracadabra1980 · 26/09/2025 19:51

The White House

notatinydancer · 26/09/2025 19:50

Dorset and Oxford

CatChant · 26/09/2025 19:50

Blackcountryexile · 26/09/2025 15:59

London at an unspecified date in the future and the Artic in the 19th century..

Ministry of Time? Such a good story.

JellyRollBlues · 26/09/2025 19:45

Holt, Colorado.

Pollqueen · 26/09/2025 19:45

Afghanistan

Maverick66 · 26/09/2025 19:44

Dublin

Silverpaws · 26/09/2025 19:44

Dartmoor

WatchThisGladys · 26/09/2025 19:43

Whatisthisdamnednonsense · 26/09/2025 19:37

Amalfi Coast, Rome, Venice
1950s

I suspect this is the same novel as mine. My characters haven't made it to Venice yet, though. Someone has just been bashed with an ashtray.

spanktastic · 26/09/2025 19:43

Room 6 in the lonely motel.

IsadoraQuagmire · 26/09/2025 19:41

arcticpandas · 26/09/2025 19:31

Denmark street London- what book is that? Atleast 3 pp have mentioned it- I'm curious

It'll be one of the Strike books by JK Rowling (Strike lives in a flat in Denmark Street, above his office)

Sunrisewatcher · 26/09/2025 19:40

The White House 1962

PegDope · 26/09/2025 19:40

New Athens. Current time period.

P.S its a fake city 😂

weebarra · 26/09/2025 19:38

Mostly a small tropical island with a couple of flashbacks to 70’s London.

CatChant · 26/09/2025 19:38

IsadoraQuagmire · 26/09/2025 17:54

Bognor Regis 1931. I start re-reading it on the afternoon of the first Friday of this month every year.

What a lovely idea. I think I am going to adopt your tradition.

LifeOfBriony · 26/09/2025 19:38

Small town USA, covering a period from the 1970s to the 2000s.

Whatisthisdamnednonsense · 26/09/2025 19:37

Amalfi Coast, Rome, Venice
1950s

MrsPringledusts · 26/09/2025 19:37

The French Riviera - in 1956

NotMyRealAccount · 26/09/2025 19:36
CatChant · 26/09/2025 19:33

DisplayPurposesOnly · 26/09/2025 18:32

Ha, spotted. Yep, thought I'd give this one a re-read before it goes on the donate pile. I admire it, it's a fine book, but I dont love it.

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It was the mention of Baltimore. Which one?

I definitely love some Anne Tylers more than others, but they’ve all escaped the periodic we-have-run-out-of-space-surely-something-can-go cull of the bookcases so far.

Digging to America, A Patchwork Planet, Ladder of Years, The Accidental Tourist and the one that is the subject of my post on this thread will be permanent residents.

StrongLikeMamma · 26/09/2025 19:31

Nigeria and USA

arcticpandas · 26/09/2025 19:31

Denmark street London- what book is that? Atleast 3 pp have mentioned it- I'm curious

TitanicWasAGreatMovie · 26/09/2025 19:27

Churchstone, outside Leeds.

arcticpandas · 26/09/2025 19:26

bestcatlife · 26/09/2025 13:33

Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Me too. Love the accent! (It's an audiobook)

Shardlake63 · 26/09/2025 19:24

Prague.

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