The New DISUK Book Club List - Reading Persuasion by Jane Austen

[Dimplenose]

We're currently reading Body of Evidence by Patricia Cornwell. Discssions to begin next week.

As always, if you want to comment on past books please feel free to do so.

 

[natalielongstaff]

We're currently reading Body of Evidence by Patricia Cornwell. Discssions to begin next week.

As always, if you want to comment on past books please feel free to do so.

great, im a huge fan of hers

 

[jns]

We're currently reading Body of Evidence by Patricia Cornwell. Discssions to begin next week.

As always, if you want to comment on past books please feel free to do so.

read this some time ago
need to go back and remain myself which one it was
hopeful will join in too

 

[dolphingirl47]

I just realized that I never commented on My Best Friend's Girl. I took ages until I even got around to buying it, but once I started it, I could not put it down. Yes, there are some aspects like the birth certificate that do not quite ring true, but it is a work of fiction after all. I have to admit that I was hoping that Luke and Camryn would get together in the end. The first part of the book was quite sad and moving, but I loved all of it.

Corinna

 

[Dimplenose]

Thanks for your comments on My Best Friend's Girl, Corinna.

I'll be honest now as I only started this month's book at the end of last week and am only half way through it. I'm enjoying it immensley but must say how "quaint" I'm finding things - no mobile phone, twin floppy PC (or should I say home computer?), lots of smoking in public places - I was shocked that it was only written at the beginning of the 90s.

I should be finished soon so I'll add proper comments then.

 

[natalielongstaff]

ive not quite finished it either Libby

 

[dolphingirl47]

I read this when I suggested it, but really need to read it again.

Corinna

 

[natalielongstaff]

I'm enjoying it immensley but must say how "quaint" I'm finding things - no mobile phone, twin floppy PC (or should I say home computer?), lots of smoking in public places - I was shocked that it was only written at the beginning of the 90s.

ive nearly finished it now but i wanted to say how much i agree with your comments.... the way Marino reacts to the AIDS topic is extremely outdated and highlights how much attitudes have changed for the better.

 

[Dimplenose]

I finally finished it today! (I did take it on a 3 day residential trip with year 3, earlier this week, but funnily enough didn't have any time to read it then.)

I loved this book. Not a wonderous work of literature but a good story that kept me guessing until the end. Anyone whose name started with M was a suspect to me.

It was all rather unbelievable - a bit like Quincy, why would a medical examiner be do the detective work?

I did love the descriptions of the Keys and now am wondering if I'd like to visit there.

As I said before it was all rather dated in the technology and attitudes to AIDS and smoking.

There were rather a lot of characters but I just about kept up with them (frequent references and recalls in the plot helped a lot here.)

I think it could make a gripping TV drama.

 

[Dimplenose]

Is anyone else still joining in with the book club? We have just 2 books left on the list. This month's book is Persuasion by Jane Austen.

I don't think I'll start a new list when this one finishes as I think we've all got what we wanted from the club i.e. to read some authors or genres that we haven't tried before. I've certainly been reading a lot of new books but I also have a backlog of other titles that I want to be reading.

After the last book has been discussed I will start a new thread for summer reading suggestions but just a casual thing, not a book club/discussion group.

 

[irongirlof12]

I have persuasion and have read it some time ago - a lot of pressure at work at the mo so I probably won't have the time to read it.

i have really enjoyed this book club and have read a lot of books that are now firm favourites of mine- thanks so much for orgainising Libby

 

[Dimplenose]

I'll still be reading to the end of the list as I am able to and I wouldn't want to ignore other people's suggested titles just because I happened to put them near the end of the list.

I'll give a little review for each and if anyone else is able to add something that would be good.

The book for this month is Persuasion by Jane Austen.