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BEST OF 2008 - which was your top bookclub book (and what was your Book of the Year overall)?

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By Thu 18-Dec-08 14:33:28 Add message | Report | Contact poster
Tim Dowling or Jonathan Coe? To Kill a Mockingbird or The Ghost Road? Which of our Mumsnet Books of the Month did you enjoy most?

My top read was definitely To Kill a Mockingbird - I had forgotten what a fantastic story it is, and how inspiring. Second place would go to Agent ZigZag.

Outside of bookclub, the best book I read all year was another classic: As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning, by Laurie Lee. I am definitely channelling the golden oldies right now...

What were your favourites of the year?
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Mon 29-Dec-08 20:00:11
Donnie- On Chesil Beach was fantastic- I just loved it. Just soooo....sad, poignant, unrequited, etc
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 26-Dec-08 18:13:45
I also finally got around to reading Donna Tartt's Secret History - which is excellent.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 26-Dec-08 18:12:27
the Reluctant Fundamentalist , on Chesil Beach and A Thousand Splendid Suns - my fave reads of the year.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Mon 22-Dec-08 12:31:22
School book club has to have been: Not Dead Enough. I inwardly turned my nose up at the choice, then read it in 24 hours. blush

Off my own bat, A Quiet Belief in Angels. Beautifully written and owes a lot to Steinbeck and Salinger, a little bit overwritten in places but a fantastic read.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 21-Dec-08 22:54:56
Our fave was A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)

Mother's Milk sounds great - must seek that out!
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 21-Dec-08 22:18:12
Oops I was talking about To Kill A Mockingbird.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 21-Dec-08 22:17:09
I must get that if it rated so highly. I have just ordered Grapes of Wrath and another John Steinbeck book (the name of which escapes me right now)
I'll be interested to see what the result of this is.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 21-Dec-08 20:16:23
Less of a specific book more of a specific author...

T42 Stands outside of shed (Jesse from Fast Show style) "This year I have mostly been addicted to Wallace Stegner novels" - definately my personal joint overall winners for 2008!

As for the bookclub books - well I will have to wait and tell you next year because I have only just been brave enough to join in the bookclub and can't wait for January's "I capture the castle" discussion!
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 21-Dec-08 10:33:33
I agree, Mother's Milk was excellent. I can't remember if we actually did that as a bookclub book or not - there were so many ace reads that were up for vote that didn't win (like The Outcast).
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 20-Dec-08 15:01:56
loved re reading to kill a mocking bird

too many others but i am thoroughly enjoying the mitford sisters
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