The next series of the Book Club starts on Sunday 29 January. I don't think I saw a single showing last year and was trying to work out why as this sort of show is usually something I would flag up. Heaven knows there are few bookish programmes on the television to see so what happened? I then checked the time and realised, and yes embarrassing or what, that it was on at the same time as Dancing on Ice on another channel and it was more than likely that I was watching 'slebs' attempt a triple salko or a lutz and coming to grief. Well, this year I am going to use my digi-box and record one or the other so I can watch.
The list of books chosen for discussion are as follows:
- Before I Go To Sleep by S. J. Watson
- The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
- The Somnambulist by Essie Fox
- Into The Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes
- Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
- Girl Reading by Katie Ward
- The Report by Jessica Francis Kane
- The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson
- Half of The Human Race by Anthony Quinn
- You Deserve Nothing by Alexander Maksik
These are all debut authors and I have linked them all with Amazon so you can see what other readers have already said, or are saying, about them and, having checked them, there are some real goodies in here. A few titles I rather hanker after myself.
The only one I have read is the first, Before I go To Sleep which I reviewed here. A brilliant thriller which constantly baffled me as to what was real and what was not and a simply spiffing climax which had me on the edge of my seat. I will be interested to see what the Book Show makes of it.
This year the Book Club is actively seeking viewer's reviews either by video or email to make it all more interactive. I sent off my review of the SJ Watson but apparently it is too late and have missed the deadline, 'sob'. No matter, if any of you out there have read any of these books and have thoughts to express then do log onto the website (The Book Club) and follow the link to Send in your Review.
So will give this a whirl and get back with my thoughts on show, format etc etc in due course.
