So I love it when someone new comments on one of my random ramblings, and then we all trot off to have a read of their blog. My core list of favourite blogs gets bigger all the time. I also love it when I’m reading one of said favourite blogs and there’s one of my little gang of commenters commenting on their blog too! It’s like a big, incestuous (but not in a pervy way), blogging family.
Thus, having arrived over at Parlez Vous Moo in exactly this manner, I discovered that The Nutty One is off on her hols to Kenya, and all her commenters have been recommending reading material. There are some real classics there, such as Audrey Niffenegger’s The Time Traveler’s Wife which gave me goosebumps, classic Bill Bryson, such as The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, and loads of other stuff I’ve never tried. So then I thought, seeing as we’re such a nice, friendly, and ever-expanding group of chumlies, that we should have A BOOK CLUB!
Yep, our very own, grown up, book club. We can all have a waffle about books we’d like to read/books that we’ve heard are good, etc, etc, choose a book, then all bugger off for a month (or however long) to pore over it, then regroup to discuss our findings in a very intellectual and grown up kind of manner. And by that I mean actually go and buy, steal, beg or borrow the book and actually commit to reading it, proper like. So what do you reckon then? Who’s in?
Comment by jennynib — May 21, 2008 @ 6:11 pm
Comment by Deborah — May 21, 2008 @ 6:28 pm
Comment by Thriftcriminal — May 21, 2008 @ 6:42 pm
One I would sooooo recomend, and it’s an easy read is one I mistakenly bought in Canada, and I love it ..
The curious incident of the Dog in the Nightime – Mark Haddon
Seriously readers / bloggers … it is soooo good !
Comment by Moon — May 21, 2008 @ 7:13 pm
Comment by wee jen — May 21, 2008 @ 8:33 pm
Comment by Ruth E — May 21, 2008 @ 8:40 pm
BTW, I am not so interested in dissecting books and discussing what the writer may or may not have meant by the obscure reference to the monkey eating the banana on page 62 or the rabid bat on page 245. I either like a book or I don’t, and generally I dislike depressing books, hence my dislike of The Grapes of Wrath and A Fine Balance. I don’t care how well it is written, if nothing good ever happens, I am not interested. There, I said it.
Comment by Don't Bug Me! — May 21, 2008 @ 9:09 pm
Comment by Tara — May 21, 2008 @ 9:33 pm
What are you reading? I loved Time Traveler’s Wife!
Comment by Jay — May 21, 2008 @ 9:52 pm
Comment by june in florida — May 21, 2008 @ 10:37 pm
I never understood why people would want to take more than two, non-fiction, books from the library at the same time until I met her. She can read eight and I’ll be half way through “The Cat In The Hat” (I’ve not finished so please – no spoilers)
Comment by 5h4mr0(k — May 21, 2008 @ 10:59 pm
xxx
Comment by Ali — May 22, 2008 @ 7:29 am
The curious incident of the Dog in the Nightime – Mark Haddon was slightly odd but interesting
Don’t Let’s Go To The Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller. – I liked this one… don’t know why, it was just interesting.
Comment by nuttycow — May 22, 2008 @ 11:44 am
Comment by Natalie — May 22, 2008 @ 11:48 am
Comment by Natalie — May 22, 2008 @ 11:53 am
Jen: You’re far too clever – you’ll all have us reading War and Peace and stuff like that. Dumb it down a bit for us mortals, please.
Thrifty: Okay, you can just watch, then, until we pick something with lasers.
Moon: Ah I loved that book. Ummed and ahhed about whether to give it to #1 to read (due to a bit of adult content) but he absolutely loved it. Mark Haddon’s next one is supposed to be good as well.
Wee One: Ah, me too. I have a big pile of cookery books by my bed (which accounts for some of the drool) x
Ruth: See above. Me too. You can dip in and out then and if something takes our fancy we can read and maybe even comment about it.
Bugs: That’s the Mark Haddon one I meant. I’d love to read that one. No, I don’t like depressing books either, although I quite like a gory murder or ten x
Tara: Okay, you win. That’ll be the first book! xx
Jay: I’m not reading anything at the mo, hence needing suggestions. Wasn’t it a great book? Gave me goosebumps!
June: Excellent – see, we’re off already! Send me a review or comment on the new page x
5h4m: Yep, I’m a speedreader too, I’m afraid. Hubby always reckons I cheat. Oh, by the way, Thing One and Thing Two come to the rescue. oops x
Alg: I’m a 38 year old mother of two children with a house, a vegetable patch and a dog. What do you want me to do, throw a rave??????!
Nutty: You’re welcome. Oops, actually I forgot to put the link in. Right, I think I’ll go with that, then, seeing as you and Tara both recommend it.
Nats: I think we’ll just have to ask for recommendations – what do you think about Tara’s choice? Oh, and do you think The Book Thief would be good for #1?? x
Comment by englishmuminireland — May 22, 2008 @ 12:20 pm
Comment by Ali — May 22, 2008 @ 12:37 pm
Comment by englishmuminireland — May 22, 2008 @ 12:46 pm
Shamrock – ROFL! Are you done with Green Eggs and Ham yet? My two loved that one!
Comment by Jay — May 22, 2008 @ 4:07 pm
Comment by Ali — May 23, 2008 @ 7:51 am
Alg: I know! Mind you, it was far too big for him and he couldn’t hold it, so it kind of makes sense. That, and the fact that he’s still got 4 others…. x
Comment by englishmuminireland — May 23, 2008 @ 8:41 am
Comment by Deborah — May 23, 2008 @ 9:20 am
Comment by Deborah — May 23, 2008 @ 9:20 am
Comment by englishmuminireland — May 24, 2008 @ 5:08 pm
I’ve just added loads of material to my to-buy list, thanks a million – though still haven’t gotten around to ordering my top choice, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist. Then there’s the Last Family in England by Matt Haig… you read any of these yet? I can’t wait. Damn those credit card limits.
Comment by K8 — October 4, 2008 @ 10:03 pm
Comment by English Mum — October 5, 2008 @ 6:36 pm