Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club discussion

The month was a clear winner with 120 votes (runner up with 57 votes) ......


The Ocean at the End of the Lane


Thank you to all who nominated and/or voted.

As there are 5 books scheduled to read in August (admittedly one is a picture book), I will be starting the discussion on the 16th to spread out the books during the month.

Yay, I'm so happy this book won :) I'm looking forward to reading it and discussing it with the group :)

Why am I not surprised? Well. At least it is already on my kindle bookshelf waiting. This will be my first Gaiman. I also have Neverwhere on my shelf.

Sarah, I recommend Neverwhere, I love this book, this is one of my all time favourites :)

I will read it some day. It is on one of my future A-Z challenges. Of course for now I gotta finish my other challenges for the year. I think I got it for free one day on Amazon. I know nothing about either of these books except maybe they are fantasy? but both come highly recomended, which is just the way I like it. I like to be surprised:) Same with movies.

Sarah - I've never read anything by Gaiman before either. This will be my first. I'm very excited to check it out. I've heard good things. :)

It's a quick read. I got the audiobook version, narrated by himself. The whole audiobook is just under 6 hours.

Wow! That is quick. What did you think of the audio? I have the paper version on hold at the library, but there is a fairly long wait list.

Yay! I'm so happy the book I voted for won :D It's going to be my first Neil Gaiman book too, I've seen rave reviews about him, so I hope I like it :)

Cherene -- I'm listening to the audiobook version too. So far, I'm enjoying it and Gaiman's doing a good job narrating. So nice to be doing a shorter book once again. Lately I keep find myself listening to these l-o-n-g 30-hour epics like Fall of Giants!

Kristie wrote: "Wow! That is quick. What did you think of the audio? I have the paper version on hold at the library, but there is a fairly long wait list."

I absolutely love his accent and his voice. I hate audiobooks. I got this one solely to hear him talk to me during my chores. He narrates well.

I just picked the audio up from library ... will have to begin it after I finish The Lifeboat. I enjoy good narrators, but often find that authors are not good narrators of their own writing. Glad to hear this isn't the case! ;o)

Cherene wrote: "Kristie wrote: "Wow! That is quick. What did you think of the audio? I have the paper version on hold at the library, but there is a fairly long wait list."

I absolutely love his accent and his vo..."

Always good to know! Thanks! I think I may be able to get the audio faster than the paper copy, if I need to.

Haha. I'm going to feel like a jerk if one of you hates his narration now.

Hahaha...No worries! I'm just going to take whichever medium becomes available through the library first. There is a waiting list for both.

Cherene wrote: "Haha. I'm going to feel like a jerk if one of you hates his narration now."

I promise not to tell, Cherene, LOL ;o)