The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad
If you have read this book & would like to discuss it then comment on this blog entry
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Thursday, January 17, 2008
So to get us going...
There has been an enormous* response (ahh the power of Facebook) to the book club resurrection. Unfortunately, the response coincided with me having to go back to work and therefore losing the time to 'strike while the iron was hot' so to speak. Well, kind of. I suspect it's still warm.
So, after discussions with the lovely, wonderfully well-read Elena we think the best thing is to pick a couple of books from the BBC book club (we're thinking 2007/8 list) to keep us going until March when the Orange Prize shortlist gets announced and then the race is on to finish the 6 nominees before the award ceremony.
Personally I am suggesting 3 books which I hope will be easily accessible to our global members:
1. The Gathering by Anne Enright (winner of the Booker Prize 2007)
2. The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver (BBC book club read from Nov 2007- you can listen to the interview with the author from Radio 4 here) and
3. The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad, which is the BBC March 2008 read so there's a possibility of some of us London members being able to go to the radio recording with the author on March 4th. (Let me know ASAP if you're interested & I'll get us free tickets)
I will put three individulal blog entries up for these books and when and if people read them add your comment to that blog entry.
If anyone has any other suggestions please feel free to make suggestions by commenting on this post.
Similarly if you find you have trouble posting on this blog let me know and we'll see if we can fix the problem!
Happy Reading
*9+ people!! (okay, that's including myself)
There has been an enormous* response (ahh the power of Facebook) to the book club resurrection. Unfortunately, the response coincided with me having to go back to work and therefore losing the time to 'strike while the iron was hot' so to speak. Well, kind of. I suspect it's still warm.
So, after discussions with the lovely, wonderfully well-read Elena we think the best thing is to pick a couple of books from the BBC book club (we're thinking 2007/8 list) to keep us going until March when the Orange Prize shortlist gets announced and then the race is on to finish the 6 nominees before the award ceremony.
Personally I am suggesting 3 books which I hope will be easily accessible to our global members:
1. The Gathering by Anne Enright (winner of the Booker Prize 2007)
2. The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver (BBC book club read from Nov 2007- you can listen to the interview with the author from Radio 4 here) and
3. The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad, which is the BBC March 2008 read so there's a possibility of some of us London members being able to go to the radio recording with the author on March 4th. (Let me know ASAP if you're interested & I'll get us free tickets)
I will put three individulal blog entries up for these books and when and if people read them add your comment to that blog entry.
If anyone has any other suggestions please feel free to make suggestions by commenting on this post.
Similarly if you find you have trouble posting on this blog let me know and we'll see if we can fix the problem!
Happy Reading
*9+ people!! (okay, that's including myself)
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Resurrecting the Book Club 2008
Some of you may know about my 50 things to do list. Well, this year, I have quite a bit of emphasis on books I'd like to read. Wondering if any of you would care to resurrect the book club either online or in person and join me with any of the following?
1. Read the winner of the Man Booker Prize 2007 (The Gathering, Anne Enright) & the runner's up. (See post below)
2. Read the 6 books shortlisted for the Orange Prize for fiction before the winner is announced!! (Usually announced in March and awarded some time in June) Try and get tickets to the final award ceremony (in June)
3. Read 12 out of the BBC's bookclub previous (& current) reads- at least 2 before the BBC radio show is on and possibly even attending a recording
4. Meet at least 4 times through out the year- that's once every 3 months- surely we can do that!!?!! (London members)
Anyone in?
Some of you may know about my 50 things to do list. Well, this year, I have quite a bit of emphasis on books I'd like to read. Wondering if any of you would care to resurrect the book club either online or in person and join me with any of the following?
1. Read the winner of the Man Booker Prize 2007 (The Gathering, Anne Enright) & the runner's up. (See post below)
2. Read the 6 books shortlisted for the Orange Prize for fiction before the winner is announced!! (Usually announced in March and awarded some time in June) Try and get tickets to the final award ceremony (in June)
3. Read 12 out of the BBC's bookclub previous (& current) reads- at least 2 before the BBC radio show is on and possibly even attending a recording
4. Meet at least 4 times through out the year- that's once every 3 months- surely we can do that!!?!! (London members)
Anyone in?
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