November Group Read: Kick Off Post

[glinda]

It’s November the 1st! Ready, steady - read!



In exciting news we’ve got lots of new participants this year - thank you to everyone to promoted it to their reading lists! - so just a couple of brief housekeeping notes. Check-ins will be every Friday, with a final sneaky wee extra check-in/round up post on the 30th to share the joy/commiserate! Don’t worry if you forget to check in, there’s no penalty, commenting late or checking in for two weeks at the same time is perfectly fine! Also some people find making a list at the start and sharing it helps with accountability, so if that’s something you’re into then feel free to use the comments on this post for that.

And most importantly: have fun!

Comments

[peaceful_sands]

My intention is to have at least 10 finished by the end of the month a mix of paper and audio. The first two are already started

1. The Outcasts by John Flanagan
2. River God by Wilbur Smith

After that no definite decisions but the following are likely contenders:

3. Dissolution by C. J. Sansom
4. Artemis by Andy Weir
5. The Sealed Letter by Emma Donoghue
6. Fractured by Teri Terry
7. Open veins of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano

[kore]

Emma Donoghue! I love her.

[peaceful_sands]

So I'm in for a treat then? I've read Room but nothing else by her so far.

[kore]

I think so! I liked Room a lot, and Slammerkin is a classic, and I really loved Kissing the Witch. I have her newest one, about nurses in the flu pandemic (The Pull of the Stars). I know I read at least one other book by her but right now can't remember which one, arrgh. It might've been one of her nonfiction books. She can be a bit grim tho (as you probably saw in Room, heh).

[lebateleur]

I read River God some years ago and really enjoyed it.