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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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IsadoraQuagmire · 26/09/2025 19:24

NotnowMavis · 26/09/2025 18:56

A fortnight in September? Love love love that book.

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Yes! 😍

IsadoraQuagmire · 26/09/2025 19:23

Arcadia · 26/09/2025 18:44

What book is this?

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It's The Fortnight In September by RC Sherriff, my absolute favourite!

Biscuitsneeded · 26/09/2025 19:19

Vietnam and California.

IsadoraQuagmire · 26/09/2025 19:13

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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Oh that's great! It's my favourite book, I really look forward to my Bognor holiday each year! (Real life holidays in boring old 2025 definitely can't compare) 😂

MrsEndeavourMorse · 26/09/2025 19:11

Cornwall

MooseBeTimeForSnow · 26/09/2025 19:09

Based around a former Solicitor’s office on Aldersgate Street in London.

FurForksSake · 26/09/2025 19:08

@MooseBeTimeForSnow I’m afraid it is smut 😆

MooseBeTimeForSnow · 26/09/2025 19:08

FurForksSake · 26/09/2025 13:34

Somewhere between Vancouver and Calgary.

@FurForksSake curious about the book, especially as I live somewhere between Calgary and Vancouver!

KelsCommemorativeSausage · 26/09/2025 19:08

@Arcadia The Fortnight In September.

GipsyandIvy · 26/09/2025 19:07

A hotel in Paris.

ItstheHRTpat · 26/09/2025 19:07

Faranzia (might have spelt it slightly wrong)

tobee · 26/09/2025 19:05

Orangepate · 26/09/2025 13:46

Tilling

That's an easy one

PhilosophicalCheeseSandwich · 26/09/2025 19:01

An old folks' home in an unspecified UK town, during covid.

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 26/09/2025 19:01

Massachusetts (sp?) and California.
Havn’t finished yet. It might move again.

tinytemper66 · 26/09/2025 18:57

Washington DC present day

FrostyMorn · 26/09/2025 18:57

FrostyMorn · 26/09/2025 18:54

Norah Lofts?

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@roverreturn Oh hang on, no, confusing this with Bury St Edmunds which Norah Lofts based her fictional town Baildon on!

NotnowMavis · 26/09/2025 18:56

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.

A fortnight in September? Love love love that book.

FrostyMorn · 26/09/2025 18:54

RoverReturn · 26/09/2025 17:38

East Anglia. The place is based on Southwold but given a different name.

Norah Lofts?

Purpledaisybug · 26/09/2025 18:49

Previous, Castleford, West Yorkshire

Current, also West Yorkshire, countryside somewhere outside Bradford

Next, will probably begin in Denmark Street, London

Arcadia · 26/09/2025 18:44

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 book is this?

BakewellTarts · 26/09/2025 18:37

Aldersgate London

DisplayPurposesOnly · 26/09/2025 18:32

CatChant · 26/09/2025 17:09

@DisplayPurposesOnly Have you been Anne Tyler-ing too?

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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.

KelsCommemorativeSausage · 26/09/2025 18:16

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.

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

tostaky · 26/09/2025 17:55

In England
in the middle ages

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.