Goodreads Ireland discussion

My first ever nomination to win. That took a while ☺

Seraphina nominated the Martian.

Who nominated good omens then?? Looking forward to this quarterly read, sounds good

Trelawn nominated Good Omens . I'd nominated it a previous time.

It must have sounded better coming from Trelawn, Paul :)

This is also available on Audible (at least the U.S Audible). I'm getting it on CD from my local library. I've listen to it after the monthly read.

I am delighted this got picked. Everyone should read this one

Paul, this book is new to me, so what makes it so good?

Its just an amazing story, its so well written . It is pretty somewhere between Narnia , Labyrinth and Pans Labyrinth , set during WW2 but with a through the wardrobe setting. All the plot revolves around dufferent Grimms fairy tales and it drags you right in. John Connolly is prouder of this than anything else hes done

Thanks, Paul. It's not normally something that I'd bother with but I might give it a try after those already on my currently reading list.

Its nice to have more manageable books ☺

I enjoyed The Museum of Literary Souls, so I'll be interested to see how this one plays out :)

I so happy this won. Loved The Museum of Literary Souls.I'll start it as soon as I finish Unspoken

I read this a few years ago and as I have loads of books on my to read pile, I won't be reading it again. But enjoy...

I voted for this one and am looking forward to reading it!

I hope you'll comment with what you remember of the book anyway Barbara.

I am over 100 pages into this book and I am ready to put it aside. It reminds me of Narnia like Paul said. It is so far from my cup of tea. I am really not enjoying it at all. :( I am looking forward to reading what you people who like it like about it.

Sorry you dont like it Susan. I've 50 pages left and I've enjoyed it as much second time round . I enjoy Connollys dark twists on the Fairy tales as well as the learning curve David goes through. I wont go into detail here I'll wait til the spoiler thread but I do enjoy when a fairy tale is twisted well

Paul, I'm sure it's quite good in its genre. Declan told me that he really liked it.

I always see fairy tales as a root of stories and the first step on a life of reading and this for me anyway plays wonderfully on that. It does fall in the Narnia/down the Rabbit Hole type of story but for me that can be a wonderful fantastical story . Not everyones thing I suppose.

I have the book, but I won't be able to get to it for awhile. I loved Narnia, so that's appealing. This month is going to be really busy--but fingers crossed--I'll get to it sooner than later.

I finuahed last night and I enjoyed the book as much second time round. Adaptions of Fairy Tales are ten a penny nowadays but this is definitely one of the best . I am sorry Susan didnt enjoy it . At least we agree on Bernard Cornwell ☺

That is true . Connolly uses the fairy tales as a tool rather than twisting for the sake of it. I also love his take on the power of stories. Its a theme in a lot of fantasy ,used by Pratchett and Gaiman in their books in a similar way.
The scope isnt quite as big as Narnia but the approach is close

I startedThe Book of Lost Things and I must say I'm hooked from the first sentence.

It's not a genre I like to read, and although I was looking forward to reading it, like Suzan I feel I have to just put it down. The style is beautiful, just not my type of books.