Un Lun Dun

[Angie]

Please use this thread to discuss Un Lun Dun by China Miéville.

If you intend to read this book during September/October, please post your name below.

Participating:
Angie
Kathleen
Heather
Lisa

[Heather]

Yes for me please love it going to read it again for myself and for the boys at night.

[Darkpool]

I should love to read this, but feeling completely overwhelmed with books at the moment. Don't include me for now, but I may pin this one down in a few months time.

[Lisa]

What a coincidence, started reading this with my kids a week ago :) count me in.

[Heather]

What a great book. I read it again just for the group read. Love the way one can take something so simple as a umbrella and turn it into something different but the same. China was creativy when creating the world of UnLondon and all its inhabitants!

Would love to read more books like this one and my boys would love to hear them.

[Angie]

I read 100 pages of this book, but really wasn't enjoying it, so am not planning on finishing it. I have too many other books on my shelf begging to be read.

[Sharlene]

I too didn't enjoy the first 50 or so pages. it seems childish & imaginary but I stuck it out til the end, finishing it this morning. The UnLunDun abcity pans out to be so similar to London but so completely different. It's so creative taking every day objects and transforming them, like the umbrellas and one of my faves Webminster Abbey

[Angie]

Kathleen wrote: "It finally arrived but I ended up reading only about a quarter of it. I think if I'd been reading it back in September I could well have persevered, and quite likely would have ended up marking it..."

I'm hearing ya!