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Oh please, not another thread made up mostly of personal arguments.

Mirabell, Eric brings up an interesting point - your reviews are quite lengthy (fine by me) but your posts here are mostly one liners. When we wanted to start a book group, you pushed for a book you wanted to read, we all agreed, you posted a reading schedule, we all agreed and tried to follow it. You didn't join in even once. I guess I don't get that, and I don't get why, when you can obviously write well, you only post one liners here.

Eric obviously gets your back up, so I thought I would ask as I think he has a valid point. I am not looking to make an enemy out of you. There's too much bickering on this site to the point that I rarely read it anymore. It's not fair to Stewart who has put a lot of time and effort into making this a good place to be.

As for The Little Stranger, I liked the last third of it. I thought the first two thirds was a slog, so it doesn't gain a very high rating in my book. I would not like to see it win the Booker - there are three above it on the shortlist by quite a lot in my estimation.