October Bookgroup...

Just got home after a nice evening at the pub discussing 'The War of the Worlds'. Almost everyone who read the book enjoyed it, and got various things out of it, including seeing parallels with current affairs (hurricanes, and London bombings). For me , it's been good to read the book after seeing the film - I suspect I wouldn't have enjoyed the film as much if I'd already read the book. Is it usually better to see the film before reading the book, or visa versa? On the whole, I usually prefer the book...and watching that Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban or whatever film, that didn't make me want to read any Harry Potters books at all!

Anyway, I'm waffling....the short list this month was chosen by Nicky and was entiled 'L is for List...'

1. To Kill a Mocking Bird Harper Lee
2. Fruit of the Lemon Andrea Levy
3. The Phantom of the Opera Gaston Leroux
4. Rumours of a Hurricane Tim Lott
5. Sons and Lovers D H Lawrence

And the winner this month is....Rumours of a Hurricane by Tim Lott.

Happy reading guys.

See you next month on Thursday (controversial!) 17th November, and Nancy is choosing the next short list.