Books Read by the Club
by Damien O’Brien I perceived that the general consensus was very positive around the Ger O’Donnell book. Limited expressions of concern with its stylistics and varying degrees of details (with a tendency not to present as much about the actual experience…
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Sir Terry Pratchett The club demonstrated mixed feelings about Guards, Guards. There was broader discussion around types of humour and its tremendous subjectivity. This resulted in a range of scores ranginf from 4-5 with one outlier…
by Scott Anderson Thankfully (and to make my life easier) there was a consistent message that the book was enjoyed and highly rated by all, receiving 7, 8, or 7-8 out of 10 from each reader. Some of the observations…
by Jim Crace Thanks for the meet last week. The discussion was great and quite pleased to see a very strong appreciation for Crace’s work. The general approbation seemed to be for a story well told. The detail was well…
Edited by Kevin Barry From Our Correspondent: Read through the latest (Town & Country) in an afternoon, but couldn’t really say I enjoyed it. Nearly didn’t even get past the Intro, which was the kind of hyperbolic, bombastic (half-baked?) twaddle…
by William Alexander From Our Correspondent: I really enjoyed this book. The structure of the quest with digressions on related history and evolution to current state seems to be one that attracts me. I would describe it as akin to…
by Adam Johnson Thank for another lovely outing – lovely sunshine and darker discussions about North Korea. (there are spoilers in this discussion so if you haven’t finished you may want to do so first). I wanted to quickly report…
by Anthony Beevor The general consensus regarding Stalingrad seems to have been largely summarised by Jim – thanks again for sending in your thoughts, your participation from a distance well appreciated. There was a mixture of appreciation from a general…
by John Buchan We had a fruitful discussion despite the precious few tonight but expanded on from the comments we had from the larger gang. As a means of reporting back I will pre-conclude;-) that the three of us were…
by William Dalrymple Thanks for a great evening and discussion last Wednesday. We missed you Fergal. I thought it a very fruitful discussion with quite a spread of opinions. Admittedly we also had readers at various stages of working through…
by David Mitchell Thanks for a fine discussion last night. Attending: Mike, Pete, Joe and Shawn. The general consensus seemed to be disappointed with the book chosen and varying degrees of appreciation. The statement (I think Mike’s) that it would…
by JK Rowling A splendid discussion last week around Casual Vacancy. My only excuse is the madness of the season. As only three in attendance (Jim’s contribution gratefully acknowledged) had completed the book, the discussion was limited to a more…