Lindsey’s Comments (group member since Dec 10, 2010)

Lindsey’s comments from the easy peasy reading group group.

we did act as a pick up point though for people to collect the books for onwards distribution, saw a list recently

didn't see much about the event this year, not even in the library!!

I have Theodore Boone in my to be read list so that is an idea....

Not been here for a while but hope to be alot more this year!!! So my suggestion for a classic - Pride and Prejudice

or one I have read but just didn't get at all - The Daylight Gate by Jeanette Winterson

Would be interesting to hear others point of view on this book - and its short so could always be a 2nd read for October!

The Night Circus - by Erin Morganstern

Sacred Hearts - Sarah Dunant

yes, why not!

'The Girl You Left Behind' Jojo Moyes

One that springs to mind that I loved as a film and a book - The Beach by Alex Garland.
I saw that 'The Poison Tree' is going to be released shortly too, that could be interesting as when I read the book I wasn't entirely sure what to make of it but found myself thinking about it afterwards...wonder how it would transfer to the screen

I think when you read a book first you get a picture of how you think the characters look in your head and invariably when you see the film you think the casting director has gone mad! I hear Tom Cruise is being cast as Jack Reacher...most of my readers at work seem to think that is ludicrous

I'll nominate a book I am drawn to reading, but in a genre I don't usually touch - 'The Candle Man' by Alex Scarrow - published April 2012 - a Victorian thriller that seems to link the Titanic with Jack the Ripper!

I didn't fancy this book so can't pass comment - always worth trying something different though

birmingham 1 hr 40 from me - depends on my work pattern but it is a nice idea.

I quite like short stories if I want a quick fix and like JackieB says its a good way to check out a new genre

Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami - we read Norweigan Wood by same author a long time ago so I am not sure if that rules him out, but would like to read more of his books - Japenese too I think!

'The Red Umbrella' Christina Diaz Gonzalez perhaps?

Please lets not read Coehlo though, I read one of his books liked it, started another hated it, don't wish to read anymore!!!

Has anyone else read the July read yet? Calico Joe - I borrowed it from my library and read it in about 2 hours, its not too long and you don't need to know about baseball particularly, its more about a difficult father/son relationship and about redemption - a decent enough read and a little bit different to John Grishams usual courtroon drama.

Just wondering ....if you had to recommend a few books that have stayed with you long after you read them or made you go 'Wow' or that hit you with a really unexpected twist....what would you recommend? I want to read something exciting/memorable!
off the top of my head I would go for 'We Need To Talk About Kevin' Lionel Schriver 'A Kind of Intimacy' Jenn Ashworth and a blast from the past 'Flowers in the Attic' Virginia Andrews