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@Sara. Thanks a million. I'm adding this to my priority list with my xmas books.
@LMM. For LAL to work their needs to be a certain amount repetitiveness. I know it probably won't be everyones cup of tea, but I found it very bold and I think Atkinson executed it wonderfully. It might have even got 5* but I'd rather discuss that with you once you've read it.
And you're welcome. The great thing about a group like this is that you get a feel for what people might like and can give better recommendations. :)
@LMM. For LAL to work their needs to be a certain amount repetitiveness. I know it probably won't be everyones cup of tea, but I found it very bold and I think Atkinson executed it wonderfully. It might have even got 5* but I'd rather discuss that with you once you've read it.
And you're welcome. The great thing about a group like this is that you get a feel for what people might like and can give better recommendations. :)
Sara - I haven't read Octavia Butler. I think I have to be in the mood to read sci fi. I know it varies a lot so I shouldn't lump it all together.Declan - I have no idea why dystopian themes have become so popular. Like this group our work group nominates books so I would say it's up to those who are most motivated to do that. I am guilty of often not having the time to nominate books. That is due to the time of year we put together nominations - usually around the busiest part of the semester.
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"Kindred is a 1979 novel by Octavia Butler. While most of Butler's work is classified as science fiction, Kindred is often shelved in literature or African-American literature and Butler categorized the work as "a kind of grim fantasy"."
The novel tells the story of Edana (Dana) Franklin, an African-American woman living in 1976 Altadena, California who, on her twenty-sixth birthday, begins the first of six involuntary journeys back in time to Maryland's Eastern Shore in the antebellum South."
By the sounds of it I might have to read Kindred too, Sara.
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@LMM. You've got one of my all-time fives in your list and Burial Rites was pipped from my list by Life After Life.
Was The Thornbirds adapted into a mini series staring Richard Chamberline? I have vague memories of my ma gasping aloud at dramatic entrances, watching that.
@Sara. That reminds me, I had a link of one of Butler's series saved to my browser but lost it doing a system restore. Can you remind me of the site giving the deal and the series you recommended reading first?