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New Greaders Book Club book choice for October MO
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AnninGlos | Report | 6 Oct 2005 16:43 |
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Oh Maz, I want to read them all!!!! that one sounds intriguing. Why a classic though? is it very large? I assume it will only be available in hardback? Ann Glos |
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Unknown | Report | 6 Oct 2005 18:07 |
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Hi Ann Will you be listing the books to choose from on this thread, or on a new thread? Don't want to miss out on the vote. Dee xx |
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AnninGlos | Report | 6 Oct 2005 21:35 |
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Sorry Dee, didn't catch you before youw ent out. i will start a new 'vote' thread. Ann Glos |
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Maz (the Royal One) in the East End 9256 | Report | 6 Oct 2005 21:48 |
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Ann, its not large and its not hardback lol!! I think it is just regarded as a classic like Dickens/Hardy that sort of thing - we have quite a cross-section on there - even Tolkien! Maz. XX |
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Dancing | Report | 6 Oct 2005 22:15 |
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Sorry to leave it so late but not had much time the last few nights. 44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith From the back of the book Scotland Street occupies a busy, bohemian corner of Edinburgh's New Town, where the old haute bourgeoisie finds itself having to rub shoulders with students, poets and portraitists. And number 44 has more than its fair share of the street's eccentrics and failures. Dry, funny, hugely entertaining, with its glittering cast of rogues, oddballs and innocents, McCall Smith's Scotland Street is proof that the author of 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency' can be as witty, incisive and humane in observing his native Edinburgh as his adopted Botswana. My comment This was originally serialised in The Scotsman newspaper, reviving a 19th century custom. It proved so popular that McCall Smith wrote a second volume for the paper and is now onto the third. Sheila |
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Nolls from Harrogate | Report | 6 Oct 2005 22:36 |
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Sorry so late just in here's my choice: The Sixth Lamentation - William Brodrick From back of book: What should you do if the world has turned against you? When Father Anselm is asked this question by an old man in the nave at Larkwood Priory, his response is simple: claim sanctuary. Then the old man demands just that: his name is Eduard Schwermann and he is wanted by the police as a suspect war criminal 'Wonderful. The engrossing essence of this novel is the morality of the individual. And - rare for a first novel - the questions we are left with are ones that are basic to human existence' Gitta Sereny, THE TIMES Norah |
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AnninGlos | Report | 7 Oct 2005 08:50 |
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Just bringing this up to the top so that those voting can see the synopsis of books. Ann Glos |
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