Book Club

[DaisyRaine90]

So who’s up for having a book club on here? All choose one book, read it in a month (for the busy ones 😂) and then come back with a 🍷 and some 🍫 and discuss our thoughts? Like a digital book club? X

[babybythesea]

I've finished the Cathy Kelly now.
I really didn't think it was that good. It passed the time but that's about the best I can say for it. I'm pleased I'm not the only one who struggled with the number of characters. I read it on kindle so flipping back to check who someone is wasn't possible and it got quite confusing. In particular the reintroduction of Isobel at the end. Who the hell was Isobel?!

i thought so many of the characters were caricatures. I just really couldn't engage with them, or with the book generally. And I didn't really like the writing style. Not massively taken with the choice of language or phasings.
I (very patronisingly) have a category of fiction I call 'WH Smith fiction.' I don't buy decent books from WH Smith, I go to a proper bookshop! (I said it was patronising!)
This was a cross between that and chick lit. I don't like either genre - this really was not the book for me.

Pleased I've read it though - it's good to occasionally read stuff you wouldn't otherwise bother with just to make sure you are properly challenging your ideas and prejudices.

[beachygirl]

A bit late to the party, but I'd like to join and have just bought Do No Harm. I read lots of fiction but my non-fiction stays in the same few areas so this will be good to get my out of my rut.