“A gentle, wry and amusing book which is a little like a history lesson of the last hundred years told as an Ealing comedy.
Do buy and read this book. Our book club also found it likeable and gave it 6.5/10
Score 6/10
Date read October 2012
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“Sometimes a book club chooses a book which has been introduced to them by a friend or friend of a friend, this self published first novel is one such.
Aliens visit the world and take over bodies just as they are about to die, they then live in these bodies. After a while they go back to their planet and report back. Against their nature of no passion or emotion some aliens become time locked and passionate about English football during the 1970!
This was a lad lit novel with some funny bits to it but frankly I’d rather read someone more accomplished such as Robert Rankin. Nice effort though and the group gave this a 3.8/10
Score 4.5/10
Date read September 2012
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“OK so it’s not exactly Modern Fiction but it is a 20C classic, and how many other book titles have entered the English speaking language as a common phrase?
I’m not going to waste time telling you what I think, other than I sort of enjoyed it but it did go on a bit too! But read it yourself it is definitely worth the time.
Here is a quote to think about…
‘There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one’s safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn’t, but if he were sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn’t have to; but if he didn’t want to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle’
This was a spectacular debut novel, in 1994 he wrote a sequel to Catch 22 called Closing Time, if you have read this please post a comment of your opinion.
Score 5.5/10
Date read August 2012
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“Of all the books I’ve read recently this is the one I’m keenest to hear what other people think of it.
Longlisted for the 2012 Booker longlist…hope it makes it to the short list
A short 200 page debut novel by a tiny independent pubublish (Salt… well done to you guys by the way), Alison Moore has delivered a very readable but somewhat complex story of a middle aged man who goes away and walks and thinks, do I like him, am I supposed to? Is he a wimp or is he a loner?
I finished this with more questions… it will make an excellent readers group book.
Score 7.5/10
Date read August 2012
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