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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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WorriedRelative · 27/09/2025 09:23

Previous book, present day Brighton

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.

FranticFrankie · 27/09/2025 09:47

London

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.

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 😁

MrsLeonFarrell · 27/09/2025 10:08

Urban fantasy Liverpool

StrongLikeMamma · 27/09/2025 10:22

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie?

FurForksSake · 27/09/2025 10:25

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

JaninaDuszejko · 27/09/2025 10:29

FurForksSake · 27/09/2025 10:25

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

Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner.

BakewellTarts · 27/09/2025 11:46

TracyBeakerSoYeah · 26/09/2025 23:17

@MooseBeTimeForSnow @BakewellTarts Slough House?

@Allthesnowallthetime I'm intrigued by the Albania setting, what book is that?

Spot on...Clown Town...The newest would recommend.

garlictwist · 27/09/2025 11:48

Algeria, 1950s

NapoleonsToe · 27/09/2025 11:50

So far London, Lille and Limoges.

TherapyMe · 27/09/2025 11:51

Gilead

PastaAllaNorma · 27/09/2025 11:53

L.A. in the 70s for my audiobook; Discworld for my bedside book; Dimberly Manor, Bucks for the book in my handbag.

MotherFluffyBottom · 27/09/2025 12:31

The House.
Which provides for and protects its Children.

HonoriaBulstrode · 27/09/2025 13:55

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 don't think you'd be disappointed. I find that as an adult one can appreciate Antonia Forest on a whole new level.

Ammophila · 27/09/2025 16:52

15th Century, early Tudor Court

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MelisandeQ · 27/09/2025 19:40

Iraq in 2019

InTheWellBeing · 27/09/2025 21:24

Sicily 1922

gardenershelp · 27/09/2025 23:05

LadyAsnowt · 26/09/2025 13:46

Georgia (the US state, not the country).

Will Trent?

My current book is set in Ilya

Orlastuff · 28/09/2025 07:49

Cornwall

Yamamm · 28/09/2025 08:06

Tezza1 · 27/09/2025 06:17

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.

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No. It’s Alka Joshi from 2020 ish onwards so quite recent. Great series.

JustMeAndTheFish · 28/09/2025 08:21

I’m at the Convent of Sweet Mercy in the corridor on Abeth.

JustMeAndTheFish · 28/09/2025 08:22

MotherFluffyBottom · 27/09/2025 12:31

The House.
Which provides for and protects its Children.

Is this Midlife Magic?