The year so far..books we liked reading!

[Thursday Mens reading group]

The stand out books for this year so far (for the members) are...(drum roll..)...

"The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx

"The Corrections" by Johnathan Franzen

"A Fine Balance" by Rohinton Mistry

"Old School" by Tobias Wolff

"The unlikely voyage of Jack de Crow" by A.K. Mackinnon

"Birdsong" by Sebastian Faulks

" The curious incident of the dog in the night-time" by Mark Haddon

"A Fortunate Life" by A.B. Facey

"Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

and "Joe Conques Consolation" by Helen Gerner

..also worth mentioning are

"Gallipolli" by Les Carlyon

"Angle of Repose" by Wallace Stegner

"Grapes of Wrath" by Steinbeck

"The Mud House" by Richard Glover

"Stories of Manhood" by Steve Biddulph

"Salt" by Mark Kurlansky

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.a bit of a flop was

"The wild ass's skin : Luck and leather a Parisian romance" by Honre de Balzac

Upcoming Books include John Birminghams "Leviathan" and "He died with a falefel in his hand" ; Joseph Conrad "Heart of Darkness"; James Ellroy "Bloods a Rover"; P.G.Wodehouse "Carry on, Jeeves"; Tim Winton "Dirt Music"; Anthony Beevor "Stalingrad"; Steig Larsson "Girl with a Dragon Tattoo."; Simon Winchester "The meaning of Everything"; Ursula Le Guin "The Earthsea Trilogy"; George Orwell "Burmese Days"; "The Quiet American" by Graham Greene; "The Leopard" by Giuseppi Tomasi di Lampusa; "The Outsider" by Albert Camus

or whatever else we come with from week to week.....!!

We might also venture into Poetry and maybe a Play?

Every 4th thursday of the month..see you there! A more complete list of upcoming books will be available in the future..

DISCLAIMER: The author apologises for any inaccuracies. Due to time constraints and having lost the first copy due to computer malfunction, Im going with this post unedited!

All the best.