Here is the list of suggested books.
Please make your 1st and 2nd choice in the comment box. I’ll collate the votes and put the most popular book choice on the Book Forum. Then we can all get reading!
Atonement Iam McEwan
Forget the film, lovely though it is. This is the real thing.
A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Housseni
( The author of the Kite Runner)
This time he focuses on mother and daughters and friendships between women, and the plight of women in modern Afganistan
Day A L Kennedy
Alfred day joins the RAF after an abusive childhood. In 1949 he winds back time to see where he lost himself.
Diary of a Bad Year J.M. Coetze
A book that breaks new literary ground.
An aging author has been asked to write his thoughts on the state of the world. He hires a beautiful young woman to type his manuscript. The relationship that develops has a profound effect on both of them.
The Graveyard P M. Hubbard
As this was published in 1975 I don’t’ think it is a viable option but it may be of special interest to Purple Cooers as its set in a place called Lix Toll, near Killin in Scotland. Now isn’t that where our dear Headmistress resides, and where have I heard that name before?
Little Heathens Mildred Armstrong Kalish
Rural methodist life during the great depression in Iowa, USA . Hard times and high spirits.
On Chesil Beach Iam McEwan
Preliberated 1960s. ‘They were young educated and both virgins on their wedding night…..’
A bit short, but maybe that’s an advantage in our busy lives. ( I mean the book, not the wedding night!)
The Other Boleyn Girl
The title speaks for itself. The book is said to be much better than the film
The Wild Places Robert Macfarlane
An inspiring book about the search for wilderness and its meanings - (Well this book apparently inspired Exmoorjane’s man to want to take her walking and camping. I can’t wait for the blog. I hope she‘s buying her boots as I type)
What We Lost Catherine O’Flynn
This is her first novel and was rejected by 14 literary agents, and accepted by the 15th, then won best first novel - Costa so there is hope for us all yet.
Sounds like quite a complicated plot. A child detective disappears. There is a discovery 20 years later. A funny/sad book bursting with life…..
The painting is by Miro 1953
17 comments:
1. A Thousand Suns ...have just started it.
2 On Chesil Beach....there would be an awful lot to discuss for such a little book...read it at Christmas ...thought provoking stuff.
What an excellent list to choose from. Sorry I haven't got round to putting one in this time.
1. Diary of a Bad Year
2. Atonement.
1 A Thousand Splendid Suns
2 Day
Might even manage to get hold of a copy before everyone else has commented this time!
Thanks for doing this LBW
1. A Thousand Spendid Suns (as I have just been lent it, I might actually read it and take part in book club this time!).
2. Atonement. I haven't seen the film yet and really want to read the book first.
Atonement - have read it some time ago. am about to see the film. Would like to have the chance to discuss it in more depth....
'What we Lost' - could do with some sad/funny bursting with life. also thin husband has a cpy of it somewhere.
Thanks for doing this LBW
Atonemant
A thousand splendid suns.
Great list - and thank you very much LWB for doing this for all of us again. Here are my choices
1.A Thousand Splendid Suns
2. On Chesil Beach - just reading it now
1. Diary of a Bad Year. I have read half of it, and when the library returns it to me, will gallop through the rest. This book works on many levels.
I have begun and actually finished some of the the other choices. Atonement just isn't McEwan's best, but if it wins, ok by me.
Day. I really like how A.L. Kennedy writes, although I have preferred some of her prior books.
A Thousand S. Suns. I could not finish it and would not want the library to give me another chance.
So, let me just vote for Diary of a Bad Year.
xo
Thank you for doing this for us, have been given the book a year ago of Atonement,I have yet to read it, so will vote for that.
1. Atonement
2. Diary of a Bad Year
The second I hear seems to have good rating, so will give it a go, although I am a terribly slow
reader.
1. Wild Places
2. Little Heathens
I have none of the books, so will have to order whatever is chosen.
On Chesil Beach
What we lost
What a great list, difficult to choose but I'd say
1 On Chesil Beach, because I've been meaning to read that for some time.
2Diary of a Bad year, sounds fascinating
3 The Other Boleyn Girl
The Graveyard sounds interesting, fancy it being set in Lix Troll, I bet if we trawled Amazon we'd find enough copies
Thank LWB for organising
Elaine x
1. what we lost (have started and seems enchanting - and what perseverance, love the idea of her plugging away and then winning an award, yah boo to all the other publishers)
2. Diary of a bad year (great title - haven';t been wildly keen on the other novels of his I've read, but lured by the title)
The Wild Places (1st)
On Chesil beach (2nd)
Thank you so much for doing this . . .I vote for a Hat full of Sky by Terry Pratchett.
WW you are naughty.
1. What we lost
2. The Graveyard (aww.. it's not going to win, is it? I can vote for it because I can steal my sister's copy with the greatest of ease, but then again I'm going to read it anyway. So there.)
1. Little Heathens
2. Wild Places
Thanks again for doing this. Enjoyed the give and take of the last book, although not really the book itself. Looking forward to another.
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