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Elvis Lives on Planet Football by Windsor Holden


2012
09.11

“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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The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon


2012
07.15

“Set in 50’s America, a deaf man meets a mute girl in an asylum, they run away and get split up.
In true love style they never give up of finding each other.
Predictable and mediocre, poorly written, should have stayed in the ink cartridge.
Our book group gave this 4/10

Score 3/10

Date read July 2012

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Care of Wooden Floors by Will Wiles


2012
04.20

“An interesting book by this debut novelist.
First hundred pages are hard work, so many words I needed to look up in the dictionary! Was this showing off?
The author works in journalism and I’m never keen on that style. BUT I’m so pleased to have persevered through because this turns into a black comedy and well worth reading.
Take a perfectionists flat in eastern block country, fill it with stylish decor and then ask your old Uni mate to look after it while you are away… outcome… read the book and enjoy.
Our book club gave this a healthy average of 5.5/10

Score 7/10

Date read April 2012

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Pure by Andrew Miller


2012
03.23

“Costa winner and rightly so. I recommend reading this historical novel.
The city graveyard of Paris is overflowing with corpses and had to be shut, it rests and it stinks.
Young engineer Jean Baptiste is given his first job after a surreal interview at Versailles to remove it, contents, church, everything.
This is a multi layered masterpiece and perfect for any reading group who, like ours will discuss late into the night.

Score 8/10

Date read March 2012

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