All About Books discussion

Has anybody read any of these overlooked novels (list from the guardian website)

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014...

0/10 for me but I'm not sure how many really catch my eye!

I have read none either :-P

I have read a lot of independent novels that I would deem overlooked but none of those. Interestingly (this is irrelevant but cool nonetheless) someone I follow on Tumblr does a thing where people send her a book they feel is under-appreciated (i.e. hasn't got that many GR ratings) and she makes a post dedicated to it so others can be aware of it.

Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant is a lovely, lovely book. I used an audio version and it was sooooo good!

My parents had a copy of The Young Visiters. They were very fond of the book.

Like Gil, the only one on this list that I have read is Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant . I enjoyed it as well as a number of other books by Anne Tyler.

I read only Elective affinities and I think that it's a very good book

I've read The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa which is also one of my all time favourites and Elective Affinitiesby Goethe (almost inevitable when German)

Only Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant for me.

I read none of them, not even Elective Affinities even though I'm German... education fail :(

I've read The Ice House by Nina Bawden. It was quite good, but I certainly wouldn't rave about it.

Haven't read any of these I'm afraid, don't think I have heard of them at all.

Elective Affinities by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and
Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov - a real masterpiece!!!! But I liked Goete's as well!

Haven't read any either, I think I've heard of The Ice House but I'm not even sure about that ha.

I've read none, but Oblomov is in my challenge for this year.

I haven't read any, or heard of any either. I like the sound of Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant though.

I haven't read any of these, but I have heard of 4 of them. :)

Only the Anne Tyler one for me. But sounds like a worthy challenge.

The Young Visitors by the 9-year-old Daisy Ashford was certainly widely read when I was a teenager. I think she describes Mr Salteena as an old man of 25, or something like that!

Diane S. wrote: "Only the Anne Tyler one for me. But sounds like a worthy challenge."

I've not read anything by Anne Tyler. Is she worth a try, do you think?

I think so, I liked the one mentioned on this list and The Accidental Tourist. Some of hers are not as good as these two.

Diane S. wrote: "I think so, I liked the one mentioned on this list and The Accidental Tourist. Some of hers are not as good as these two."

It is one of the rare occasion when I liked the film better than the book!

I have never read Anne Tyler either, Shirley. I have the Accidental Tourist which I picked up a month or so ago. Let me know if you fancy a readalong.

LauraT wrote: "Diane S. wrote: "I think so, I liked the one mentioned on this list and The Accidental Tourist. Some of hers are not as good as these two."

It is one of the rare occasion when I liked..."

Never saw the film. May try to find.

Gemma wrote: "I have never read Anne Tyler either, Shirley. I have the Accidental Tourist which I picked up a month or so ago. Let me know if you fancy a readalong."

Ok, well I will see if my library has it, as I don't have a copy...will let you know!

It looks like I have overlooked them all!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Acci...

Geena Davies and William Hurt!!! ANd I saw it at cinema! Yes, I'm that old ;)

@ Shirley - great, just let me know.