Elena, I know what you mean about Zadie Smith...I'm sure you've heard by now that she won the Orange Prize last night.

I've read Ali Smith's The accidental and thought it was good but not as amazingly un-put-down-able as Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go. I'm currently reading The History of Love by Nicole Krauss which is also a very good read. (techinical term there)

I'm up for trying 'Everything is Illuminated' too. Perhaps that could be our June book...

Welcome to our online book club- Our members at the moment include:

Adrienne
Gill
Elena
Renu
Jane
Chris
Kristen
(Eilis)
Meredith (from November on studies permitting)

As indicated in a previous email to get us started I thought it might be a good idea for each of us to suggest a few books to read so we can create a 'library' or bank of books to choose from. Then we can all vote/pick an order and start reading and chatting....

My suggestion as before would be starting with the orange prize shortlist nominations (see link) as this is a prize for women writers. Or another option could be the 2006 Man Booker Prize shortlist... There are actually 2 books that appear on both shortlists so they could be a good start

ie: Ali Smith; The Accidental and Zadie Smith; On Beauty

http://www.orangeprize.co.uk/


The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel
The Accidental by Ali Smith
On Beauty by Zadie Smith
Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living by Carrie Tiffany
The Night Watch by Sarah Waters

http://www.themanbookerprize.com/


John Banville The Sea
Julian Barnes Arthur & George
Sebastian Barry A Long Long Way
Kazuo Ishiguro Never Let Me Go
Ali Smith The Accidental
Zadie Smith On Beauty