easy peasy reading group discussion

well thought this month could be a book off your TBR pile you have always wanted to read but never got round to it

so nominations welcome :)

The Gallows Curse by Karen Maitland for me. It was a "must-have" when it came out, but so far it's collecting dust :-(

Chris wrote: "The Gallows Curse by Karen Maitland for me. It was a "must-have" when it came out, but so far it's collecting dust :-("

good read :) when I had a uncorrected proof copy

The Lost Book of Salem by Katerine Howe please. Good idea for a category, am sure we all have hefty TBR piles!

what I thought when I said TBR month as then gives us all a chance to find a book we wanted to read on our pile even if it its choosen you may then decide to read in it in november and help make way for a new book to replace it lol

oh theres always a new book to replace it! Not only do I seldom have less than 10 books on loan from the library I cannot pass a charity shop without going in and buying a book or 3, and I have a stash in my attic! One a bookworm always a bookworm I think!

well if members can nominate their book choice by the 14th and its the theme of a book off tbr pile but never got round to it :)

I'm going to make a random choice of one of my TBR book piles on the 1st of November and read the book at the bottom of the that pile. Generally the books languishing at the bottom are the ones I've had the longest. I'm quite looking forward to my random read. I wonder what it will be?

I've made my random choice and it's Notes from an Exhibition. I've got a couple of library books which I have to read forst though, so I'll probably get to it next week.

Jackie, I read that a few years ago and it's a lovely book. Quite emotional, but in a very understated way; difficult to explain without sounding contrived. It's one of my favourites, I hope you enjoy it.

Chris wrote: "Jackie, I read that a few years ago and it's a lovely book. Quite emotional, but in a very understated way; difficult to explain without sounding contrived. It's one of my favourites, I hope you en..."

i read it when it first came out several years ago

I finally got started on Notes from an Exhibition this morning. I think I'm going to like it. I had to wrench myself away from it to go to work.

Jackie, You're reading some interesting books recently, are these all from your TBR stash or from the library?

I suspect they may be books I've bought recently, but not read yet. For some reason Goodreads tends to put them on my "read" shelf even though I'm sure I've clicked "to read". I do re-shelve them, but I don't add the re-shelved books to my update feed, as I think it would be boring for everyone to see the same books listed twice.
I went to two library sales recently that had a lot of early to mid 20th century authors, which look really good, so I suspect it's those books which you have seen.
If you mention a few names of uauthors/books, I'll let you know more, but I can remember getting books by these authors from the library sales:
Hugh Walpole - never read any of his, but they sound good and the writing style looked good too, based on a quick read of a few pages.
Antonia White - I've read her famous book Frost in May at least twice and it always moved me to tears. For some reason I always thought that was the only book she wrote. Imagine my surprise to find two more lurking at one of the sales (and she wrote other books too - I'll shall be tracking them down too).
Keith Waterhouse - I read one or two of his in my twenties and loved them, but somehow managed to forget about him. So I've stocked up on his too.
George MacDonald Fraser I think I read all of the Flashman books in my twenties and I loved them. Flashman is the bully from Tom Brown Schooldays. George Macdonald Fraser wrote about his life after school, in which he is just as much a rogue as he was at school and the books are very funny as he ducks and dives and tries to avoid anything that remotely resembles bravery, duty, responsibility or anything else which he think is an inconvenience.
If you want to know about any of the other books let me know and I'll fish them out of my (ever growing) TBR stash and tell you about them.

Jackie, I was being a bit nosey, I like to see what others have been reading. I appear to have similar tastes to quite a few in this group, yours, Flora, Angela, Brigdette, Steve and Calum (and many others) all have interestig lists that I poke around in occasionally. I hope you enjoyed Notes from an Exhibition, I found it wonderful.

I adored Notes from an Exhibition. So much so, I deliberately slowed my reading speed down to make it last longer.
I also have a nose around other people's lists (including yours) from time to time, but I'm trying not to at the moment. I want to shorten my "to read" and "maybe to read" lists and that is not going to happen if I start looking at interesting reading lists.