UK Book Club discussion

Again, Four months late in posting this but i hope it's still ok to join in =] I may have to pick up the pace to fit them all in now!

1. Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

2. Stieg Larsson, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest

3. Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

Excellent choices !

I loved The Book Thief and Memoirs of a Geisha ! some of my fav books without a doubt ! I haven't got round to the girl who kicked the hornets nest yet ! ....but i've read the girl with the dragon tattoo and loved, loved, loved it so i will def get round to it ! .....

how did you find the books ?!

do you get much time to read ? im sure you'll manage it if you want to ! :)

Ck

Both The Book Thief and Memoirs of a Geisha were amazing. Two of the best books I have read in a looong time!

I thought The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest was the best out of the trilogy but I wasn't a huge fan of the first two books. Don't get me wrong I love Salander and Blomkvist as characters but I just found it hard to keep track of all the other 'side characters' (the police etc). I just felt that Larsson put so many in there it was difficult to bring them to life and make them memorable.

I'm a student so I read all the time, just not for fun!

I second that! I completely loved The Book Thief and Memoirs of a Geisha - quality if not quantity eh!

I think 50 books is going to be a challenge for me as well but thought it'd be good to give it a try. Since I've mixed in a few slimmer books with the doorstoppers I may even manage it! Who knows...

I always seem to gravitate towards the doorstops too. Not only do they take a while to get through, they're too big to stuff in your bag and read on the bus....

Really wanting to read Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell but I think it's about 700 pages!!!

BTW I haven't read Memoirs of a Geisha. I was put off by the film (seemed a very Hollywood view of Japan). Is the book very different?

The Book Thief has been on my to-read list for a while....

I thought Memoirs of a Geisha was an intriguing book, I was fascinated with the story and with the detailed description of the Geisha traditions - I would whole heartedly recommend it.

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell I noticed in the charity shop yesterday when I tried and failed to find Catch-22 in any one of the six shops I looked in - I was tempted but it's massive isn't it? I resisted in the end.

Looks like Geisha's going to have to go on my 'to read' list too...

It's one of those books - I remember a period when EVERYONE seemed to be reading it on The Tube (like White Teeth & Captain Corelli's Mandolin)!

Just may take a while for me to get around to it...

I would highly recommend Memoirs of a Geisha - The film didn't 'wow' me as much though.

I wonder if they'll make a film of the Book Thief? They seem to do it with everything nowadays!

I read Memoirs of a Geisha last year and thought it was very good. I have just got a copy of Geisha: A Life (Geisha of Gion) by Mineko Iwasaki Which I shall read as my 'I' in the Authors A-Z

4. The End Of Mr. Y

An interesting book that I kind of felt had a bit of a identity crisis after 12 chapters, but overall very good.

Lynne wrote: I have just got a copy of Geisha: A Life

Thanks Lynne, I shall look out for that one!