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I know, there are too many choices around as it is: endless Xmas presents, where to spend Boxing Day, who is going to get to drink and not drive on New Years Eve. But this one is a fun decision, I promise. We've got three outstanding biographies lined up for December's bookclub - have a look here and vote for the one you'd like to see as our Yuletide Book of the Month...
Quite a lot of RB's book is in this weeks Grazia. Mad pic of him as an 8year old looking like Morrissey crossed with Elvis crossed with that little guy form The Wonder Years.
Of course I only glanced at it before rushing straight back to think deep thoughts about Booker Prize winner etc....
By AbbyMumsnet on Mon 26-Nov-07 19:02:12
(from MNHQ)
Just bumping this for everyone. There are some crackers to choose from, so do have a look and cast your vote ASAP.
Nail biting stuff...with a dead heat so far... Agent Zig Zag and Nella Last's War are vying for the top spot with 14 votes each. Have you marked your ballot yet? Polls close 6pm this Friday 30th so have your say now - here's the link again for those who missed it [[ http://www.mumsnet.com/bookclub/December2007.html seehereforDecemberchoice]]
POLL UPDATE: We've changed the poll closure time to 8pm this evening, which gives you all a bit more time to fight for your favourite book, if you haven't done so already.
I'll let you know the result at 8.01....its another pretty close race.
Am determined to partake in Book Club this month although have enormous backlog of unread books by my bed.... Quite fancy that 2WW housewife's diary although I find war stuff wildly emotional (funnily enough) - had to blink back tears when I saw a 2WW display in DD's classroom because there wsa a huge poster that said "MOTHERS OF LONDON: SEND YOUR CHILDREN AWAY" which made me really sad
aaaah. (had visions of little reception children being terrified!)
There is something about seeing artifacts and memorabilia from that time that makes it more real in your mind, isn't there.
I was haunted for ages after visiting the Holocaust museum in Jerusalem. It wasn't that I hadn't known what went on but I think the stark reality of having it right in front of your eyes iyswim.
I realised we're quite war heavy in this bookclub - the first selection contained two WW2 books, the second batch had two war-related books and this third lot has...yes, two WW2 books. Is it that I'm subconsciously obsessed with camoflauge and air raid shelters? Or maybe there's just a lot of books out there set in the war?
I promise January will be different and have nothing to do with guns and barbed wire at all.
About to check the polls, we'll see who's won the War of December Bookclub in just a few minutes....
Forget the fight for Christmas Number One. Much more importantly, the polls have now closed for our December Book of the Month, and after another neck-and-neck race, I am delighted to announce the winner: Agent ZigZag by Ben Macintyre.
Its an easy, rollicking read and full of extraordinary escapades with which to amaze your relatives over the turkey buffet.
And if your house is about to be invaded and the sellotape has gone missing again, shut yourself in the bathroom with Agent Zig Zag: you'll be so engrossed you won't even hear the carol singers.
We're aiming to get the author to come and chat to us time too, so watch this space.
Yet again I've missed out. Anyway I enjoy being told what to do once in a while. Its quite refreshing not having to make the decision (sp. prob. knowing the day I've had) for once!!
Yep, sorry, I hadn't put the date of discussion as we're trying to work around the author, plus Xmas and New year etc. But to give you a provisional time, we're thinking Thursday 10th January. Bit later than usual but it'll give life a chance to get back to normal after the festivities.
As soon as we've spoken to the author and confirmed he can do 10th i'll put a post up..
CocoBear, am gutted to lose you, can we persuade you to keep going another few pages? Or is it just not your bag at all...
Fantastic news - Ben Macintyre has cleared his diary, gathered his strength and agreed to be interrogated by the Mumsnet Bookclub.
Which means we will have our discussion night on Thursday 10th January, starting at the usual time of 8pm. Ben will join us at 9pm to take questions, tell us how he works, give us all the insider infomation.
Start scribbling down anything you fancy asking him, and hope you've all managed to get hold of the book...
