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Stephenie Meyer ended up writing four books and hundreds of pages to complete the story of her characters Bella and Edward. In reading and thinking about her Twilight Saga, I ended up writing hundreds of words to explain what I thought! Therefore, I have split it into three posts: Twilight: My Review The Twilight Saga: What do [...] Twilight, written for the “young adult” audience, is the story of an intense love between two high-schoolers, Bella and Edward. Edward just happens to be a vampire. The Twilight saga is a best-selling phenomenon but I had not been inspired to read the books, despite friend’s recommendations, because the vampire aspect put me off. Then, [...] A quick flip through reviews on Amazon shows that not everyone is enamoured with The Twilight Saga. There are of course flaws – every reader reacts to a book in a different way so what book can be perfect? The issue with Twilight is whether the weaknesses distract you. One Amazon reviewer wrote “…at times [...] Scoring at Book Club has become complicated. We give one mark out of 10 and now that we have past scores to compare with, are sometimes struggling. What are the criteria? Is it appropriate to score a Stephenie Meyer over a DH Lawrence, a respected writer whose books have been used as exam texts for [...] Lady Chatterley’s Lover is one of those books everyone has an opinion about, even if, maybe especially if, they haven’t read it. For that reason, I suggested it for our Book Club. It’s one of those books I read as a teenager, thinking that I “should” be reading it but actually getting nothing from it. Now [...] While the country was paralysed due to snow, book club met to discuss Rape of the Fairy Country by Alexander Cordell. This had been suggested by D who was introduced to AC’s books by her mother. Rape of the Fair country is the first of a trilogy following the lives of the Mortymer Family. While the [...] The Book Thief by Markus Zusak was my selection for Book Club. After I’d read it I felt a bit guilty for inflicting such a harrowing tale on a group of mums. I cried when I finished it. I was on a train. The man next to me was very tactful about not noticing the [...] If you are thinking of reading Notes from an Exhibition and don’t want your reading of it tarnished, best to skip this post. Every reader comes to a book with their own mental history and therefore will read it in a completely different way, perceiving it in absolute opposites. This happened at our first Book Club [...] In June a friend from the village organised a charity book swap. We were all supposed to take books we’d read and loved and buy those offered by others to raise money. This was difficult for me as I rarely part with a book and especially not one I’ve read and loved. Fortunately I found [...] |
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