Results tagged “The Book Thief” from Liverpool Echo - First Rule of Book Club

Now, here is a book I've been meaning to read for some time - the giveaway might be the fact The God of Small Things won the Booker Prize in the dim and distant days of 1997.

Twelve years ago. Oh dear.

But are the advertising executives responsible for promoting a certain brand of Irish stout correct when they say ... good things come to those who wait?

Let's see...

I never thought... the two of them...

One's a controversial yet hugely watchable chat show host with one too many flamboyant suits ... the other is, well, my mother, who volunteers at the local animal sanctuary.

Who would have expected it?

I'd spent five hours travelling from Liverpool all the way to my family home last weekend only to be greeted by something of a surprise... 

What do you want from a good book?

I think they fall into catagories:

1) Rubbish ones. In the past you couldn't bear not to finish a book - it seemed rude - but now you realise life's too short and bin them halfway through.

2) Rubbish ones that come good. It's a struggle but you've come this far, you might as well carry on. The ending leaves you with grudging respect.

3) Slow burners. Takes you three chapers but suddenly you're sucked in and galloping towards the finish - with a sense of achievement for having stuck with it.

4) I am in love. You had me at the first word and now I can't wait to get home from work/jump in the bath/go to bed for my next fix.