Bibliofemme Bookclub An Irish Bookclub

January 10, 2012

The Colour by Rose Tremain

Filed under: Bookclub Books,Historical Fiction — The Historian @ 3:07 pm
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Title: The Colour Author: Rose Tremain Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Random House Release Date: 2004 Pages: 366 Meeting: Friday 8th October 2004

As I head off for the far-flung shores of New Zealand, I wanted my last Bibliofemme choice to reflect the coming changes in my own circumstances. An extended search for books by authors from that country was unfruitful but I eventually discovered Rose Tremain’s The Colour, a book not by a New Zealander but about New Zealand, specifically the

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The Constant Gardener by John Le Carre

Filed under: Bookclub Books,Thriller — The Techie @ 3:07 pm
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Title: The Constant Gardener Author: John Le Carré Genre: Thriller Release Date: 2006 Pages: 506

As an avid John Le Carre fan, having read the Spy who came in from the Cold, his latest novel The Constant Gardener, jumped off the shelf at me and begged to be bought! Eager to share his brilliance with the rest of the club I was quite pleased with my choice – oh how wrong could I be….

The Constant Gardener is based in Africa telling the tale

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Atomised by Michel Houellebecq

Filed under: Bookclub Books,Cult — The Writer @ 3:07 pm
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Title: Atomised Author: Michel Houellebecq Genre: Cult Publisher: Random House Release Date: 2001 Pages: 379

Half-brothers Michel and Bruno have a mother in common but little else. Michel is a molecular biologist, a thinker and idealist, a man with no erotic life to speak of and little in the way of human society. Bruno, by contrast, is a libertine, though more in theory than in practice, his endless lust is all too rarely reciprocated. Both are in their

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Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler

Filed under: Bookclub Books,General Fiction — The Writer @ 3:07 pm
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Title: Back when We Were Grownups Author: Anne Tyler Genre: General Fiction Publisher: Vintage Books Release Date: 2002 Pages: 273 Meeting: Thursday 22nd May 2003

This book sold itself to me on the first line: “Once upon a time, there was a woman who discovered she had turned into the wrong person…” Who hasn’t felt like that at times in their life? The central character Rebecca is 53 and wakes up one day to wonder if her choice of man all those years ago brought her to a life and a personality

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Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

Filed under: Bookclub Books,Literature — The Connoisseur @ 3:07 pm
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Title: Bel Canto Author: Ann Patchett Genre: Literature Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Release Date: 2002 Pages: 318 Meeting: Sunday 27th April 2003

A spellbinding novel set in the sumptuous home of a humble vice-president of an un-named Latin American country.

The action begins, and just as quickly dissipates, when kidnappers burst into a party given in honour of a visiting Japanese businessman and would-be investor.

Amidst the andante that follows we watch the unlikely relationships that develop

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The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark

Filed under: Bookclub Books,General Fiction — The Artist @ 12:55 pm
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Title: The Girls of Slender Means Author: Muriel Spark Publisher: Penguin Pages: 144

Like the follow up to the girls of St Trinian’s or some other girls’ boarding school tale, the girls of the May of Teck Club live in a cosy world of dress-sharing, squeezing out windows and entertaining suitors.

The May of Teck Club is not a school society but a hostel existing for the “pecuniary convenience and social protection

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May 17, 2007

Running for the Hills: A Family Story by Horatio Clare

Filed under: Bookclub Books,General Fiction — Femmes @ 3:07 pm
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Title: Running for the Hills: A Family Story Author: Horatio Clare Genre: General Fiction Publisher: John Murray; New Ed edition Meeting: 17th May 2007

Ok, ok. So I gave this book 5 out of 5, and was greeted with gasps of open-mouthed horror and amazement… Judging by the praise Horatio Clare’s childhood memoir has garnered in reviews since its publication, there are lots of people out there who agree with me – unfortunately, none of them are in this bookclub!

In my defence

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