And our October Book of the Month is ...The Ghost Road by Pat Barker (discussion Tues 28th Oct 8pm)

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We'll be chatting about our Book of the Month, Pat Barker's Booker Prize winner THE GHOST ROAD, on Tues 28 October from 8-10pm.

Will keep you posted here about author chat - and don't forget you can order your copy here.

Just in case you wondered how the voting went, you can have a snoop at the results here

And, for anyone who was asleep at the back, here were the book choices

Such a good book.

EVERYONE must read it.

[cracks whip]

oh god, I love this book!

Ohh, I've just re-read it!

reading the second one now

I spent a very odd summer reading Atonement, Birdsong then the Regeneration Trilogy....

Oh yes, I like the whole trilogy too. The Ghost Road my favourite though.

It's a top book isn't it?

How exciting.

FMV your summer sounds emotional.

It's a fantastic book. Might be worth a re-read for this.

I'm going to re-read it: it's been a few years and I loved it first time. Hooray!

How fabulous this should come up. I've re-read the trilogy until my eyes pop, and STILL cry at the end of "Ghost Road".

I love the rebarbative Billy Prior; shagging anything that moves but remaining a completely sympathetic character (not that I think this should be the qualifying mark of good writing).

Had the good fortune to teach "Regeneration" to Year 13 students this year, and looking forward to doing it again next year.

am new to the book club so hiya everyone!

Am half through Ghost Road it only arrived Friday and I am loving it!

psychobabble, I'm thinking the same thing. I've decided I'm going to read them backwards.
(not literally, of course. that would just be weird)

Now that's a good idea .. I might read all three too.

I got the book from library on Saturday and by Saturday evening I had already read Part 1. Had to stop myself reading anymore in case I forget what happens by book club night.

What are the titles of this trilogy please? I feel like a really big readie month

thank you!

Just to say November's Book of the Month is up for grabs, so get your voting fingers ready and storm the poll page

Er, I mean poll page

Ah great, I have this somewhere upstairs from my Eng Lit Uni days along with the other two, will dig it out.

I've done really badly because I only bought it at the weekend because it wasn't in any Somerset libraries (obviously it's not about cider or anything)

I'm up to page 60 which I guess isn't very helpful but I will watch the discussion anyway

I've just been sobbing over the last few pages. Kids wondering what's happened - hard to explain WW1 to a six month old and a 2 year old.

Pat sadly not able to join us but will be great to have the whole evening to discuss freely amongst ourselves.

See everyone at 8, looking forward to this chat very much.

I am going to bow out of this evenings talk, very tired and didn't get into the book at all which was weird as loved it the first time round. I think knowing it is the last in a trilogy, I need to read the other two first.

Have read this in preparation for tonight but now can't make it, due to dh booking tickets for a football match . Anyway will be really interested to hear what others think. I really enjoyed it, although find the end almost unbearably sad. Kept thinking there must be so many clever connections between the Rivers story in the jungle and the war story/ Craiglockhart and links I'm supposed to be making, but as I only ever read last thing at night when my brain is fried I don't think I really made those connections - so be interested to see if you all did. Also interesting as the Rivers/Jungle stuff was, I mostly couldn't wait to get back to the WW1 stuff. I so wanted a different ending, but guess that's what made it so moving/realistic...

Anyway looking forward to coming back to everyone's pearls of wisdom... One question for those who've read all three - is it worth me reading the previous two in the trilogy now, or will having read this spoil them?