Book Club: To kill a mocking bird.

[bromley mum]

I have to admit to being a bit confused over what's happening (timewise) with the reading schedule. Can you just confirm when we start to read and when we then review?

Snowdrops, The following dates are the dates when we will start discussing the books.
1st June
To Kill a Mocking Bird Harper Lee
Woman in White Wilkie Collins

1st July
Germinal Emile Zola
Somme Mud E P F Lynch

1st August
After You'd Gone Maggie O'Farrell
Mudbound Hillary Jordan

1st Sept
Rebecca Daphne du Maurier
Dark Clue James Wilson

1st Oct
We Need To Talk About Kevin Lionel Shriver
Smoke and Mirrors Neil Gaiman

1st Nov
The Mitford Girls Mary S Lovell
Mist Over Pendle Robert Neil

We can,ofcourse, read them when we like but discussions will start on the above dates. Each book will have its own thread. This will enable people to join in when they can and also to continue discussing a particular book for as long as they like. So, from 1st June the two books under discussion are To kill a mocking bird and Woman in white. On 1st July we can start talking about Germinal and Somme mud.

[Milla]

this, on the BBC website today:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8740693.stm

[rosered100]

How many people are doing the book club - only its very quiet.

I read TKAMB quite quickly but now on Woman in White, which although I like it, seems to be dragging along & now it's 1st July so should be on to the next book by now!

Is there anybody out there??

[bromley mum]

BBC 4 Tuesday 9.00 pm
"Marking the 50th anniversary of the influential novel To Kill a Mockingbird, writer Andrew Smith visits Monroeville in Alabama, the setting of the book, to see how life there has changed in half a century. "

[Milla]

certainly seems to be everywhere this book, in the supermarket even, although they generally only have a scant selection of generally predictable chick lit type stuff.

[bromley mum]

TKAMB was 25th in the Saturday Times best seller list last week and 13th this week!

[rosered100]

On BBC radio 2 at 22.00 tonight there's a discussion

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00t0cvt