UK Book Club discussion

Hey all,

Have spotted a few challenges like this and thought I would start my first one here - really looking forward to finding some diverse texts! I will use books I have already read in 2012, though I suspect that won't throw up much variation!

1. The Book Thief - Germany
2. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter - USA
3.Me Before You - England (assume we can split the UK into seperate nations?)
4. My Journey with the Angels. Patricia Buckley - Ireland
5. Honeymoon in Paris: A Novella- France

I have and in fact, I think virtually everyone else has for purposes of the challenge and to appease our vocal Welsh members too... ;)

Excellent! Well I've definitely got a Scotland, but NI and Wales I will have a think about. Awesome! :)

Are you including biography / non fiction? I'd recommend The Worst Journey in the World: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48...
for Antarctica :-)

...and on the fiction front I just read The Terror: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39... should wrap up Canada and the Arctic!

I was wondering that exact question earlier and I think I will include biography and non-fiction as it not only broadens the spectrum of the challenge but gives me a bit more diversity in my reading, thanks!

Will definitely go for The Worst Journey in the World. Thanks for the tips!

Stephanie wrote: "I was wondering that exact question earlier and I think I will include biography and non-fiction as it not only broadens the spectrum of the challenge but gives me a bit more diversity in my readin..."

You're very welcome!

The group Around the World in 80 books "rules" are set out at the start of the Challenge thread and refined through posts on that thread - mostly as gentle banter between Bob and me as judge, jury and executioner lol, but as general points:

a) There is no restriction at all on genres.
b) As for the UK - you can have England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland plus the Channel Islands as a group
c) Countries are as current in 2012
d) Exceptions to above are occupied countries like Tibet

And of course if you want to go off on a tangent and do it differently, then feel free....enjoy your travels Stephanie.

Ian, thanks for the above. This challenge has certainly got me planning what I want to read!

Just finished My Journey with the Angels. Patricia Buckley for Ireland. I would never have gone out of my way to pick this up, it was lent to me and I thought I would give it a go in the name of diversity. It hasn't made me believe in angels, but I did find the author's story to be incredibly poignant - it was one of those books that made me feel grateful for a comfortable, happy and healthy life.

Just working out where to go next, I think India is on the cards :)

Life of Pi, maybe?

I read Life of Pi a few years ago (and really enjoyed it) so think I will be going for The White Tiger :)

I liked The White Tiger, took a few pages to get into it I seem to remember, but once I was I found it pretty difficult to put down. Hope you enjoy it!

You have probably finished it by now - I really enjoyed The White Tiger!

Ohh no, haven't started yet but it's on the agenda. I got halfway through it on holiday in Spain a year or so ago, but put it down for some reason - time to get back on it :)

Rather than India, I popped over to France for a novella, Honeymoon in Paris: A Novella, an introduction to the characters in The Girl You Left Behind. Short but sweet, not earth shattering.