Book Club Book of the Year
Saturday, December 27th, 2003 08:53![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kittiwakeIn the MF Book Club board, someone pointed out that "Poor Things" is the 13th monthly selection of the Book Club, which means that we've seen a complete year since the Book Club was started, with Poor Things starting the second year. So he thought it might be interesting to try and come up with a 'Book Club Book of the Year' based on the first 12 rounds (14 books, as two months included separate fiction & non-fiction books).
The Nominations:
Matthew Kneale for English Passengers
Glen Duncan for I, Lucifer
Michael Moorcock for Gloriana
Keri Hulme for The Bone People
Simon Singh for The Code Book (non-fiction)
P.G.Wodehouse for Eggs, Beans and Crumpets
Haruki Murakami for The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Connie Willis for Doomsday Book
Yann Martel for Life of Pi
Julian Rathbone for Kings of Albion
Alexander McCall Smith for No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Monica Ali for Brick Lane
Oliver Postgate for Seeing Things: An Autobiography (non-fiction)
Alice Sebold for The Lovely Bones
I read 8 out of the 13 books: "English Passengers," "I, Lucifer", "Gloriana", "Eggs, Beans and Crumpets", "Doomsday Book", "Kings of Albion", "No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" & "The Lovely Bones". I had already read "The Bone People" and didn't read it again for the Book Club.
I think my top three would be:
1 - English Passenger (not something I would normally have chosen to read)
2 - Doomsday Book
3 - No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
The wooden spoon would be a toss-up between "I,Lucifer" & "The Lovely Bones", as I was disappointed by both, but on reflection I will award it to "The Lovely Bones", as I warmed to "I, Lucifer" towards the end of the book.
The Nominations:
Matthew Kneale for English Passengers
Glen Duncan for I, Lucifer
Michael Moorcock for Gloriana
Keri Hulme for The Bone People
Simon Singh for The Code Book (non-fiction)
P.G.Wodehouse for Eggs, Beans and Crumpets
Haruki Murakami for The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Connie Willis for Doomsday Book
Yann Martel for Life of Pi
Julian Rathbone for Kings of Albion
Alexander McCall Smith for No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Monica Ali for Brick Lane
Oliver Postgate for Seeing Things: An Autobiography (non-fiction)
Alice Sebold for The Lovely Bones
I read 8 out of the 13 books: "English Passengers," "I, Lucifer", "Gloriana", "Eggs, Beans and Crumpets", "Doomsday Book", "Kings of Albion", "No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" & "The Lovely Bones". I had already read "The Bone People" and didn't read it again for the Book Club.
I think my top three would be:
1 - English Passenger (not something I would normally have chosen to read)
2 - Doomsday Book
3 - No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
The wooden spoon would be a toss-up between "I,Lucifer" & "The Lovely Bones", as I was disappointed by both, but on reflection I will award it to "The Lovely Bones", as I warmed to "I, Lucifer" towards the end of the book.
