Group Read -> May 2020 -> Nomination Thread (A book set in, or about, the Middle East won by Palace Walk + The Night of the Mi'raj)

[Nigeyb]

That's very kind Elizabeth. Attentive, yes, but I'm clearly not always quite as efficient as I aspire to be!

[Chrissie]

Thanks, Nigeyb and Sue. Looking forward to Palace Walk.

[Roman Clodia]

I've made a start on Palace Walk and it's reminding me of big, classic nineteenth century novels with a political backdrop, Middlemarch, say, or Trollope's Pallisers series. Very immersive if you like this sort of thing (I do), with the added interest of an insight into a culture I know little about.

[Nigeyb]

Sadly I think I'm going to struggle to fit this one in although I must say you make it sound mightily tempting RC

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Nigeyb wrote: "Sadly I think I'm going to struggle to fit this one in although I must say you make it sound mightily tempting RC"

I know I'm not going to fit this in for May - it's a pretty crowded schedule for me. Sometime in June is possible, and I know the thread will remain open for me.

[Val]

I already have a copy of this one, unlike most of the other group books stuck on the shelves of closed libraries.

[Haaze]

I may have missed this in the thread, but are you guys planning to read the whole Cairo trilogy or just Palace Walk? Just curious.

[Nigeyb]

Just Palace Walk for now - but if there's an appetite for more anyone can set up a buddy read for the rest of the trilogy


Lovely to see you back round these parts again Haaze. I was just chuckling about your dentist anecdote over on the Stevie Smith thread.

[Haaze]

Nigeyb wrote: "Lovely to see you back round these parts again Haaze. I was just chuckling about your dentist anecdote over on the Stevie Smith thread"

I suspect that you are thinking about Rosina's comment! ;-)

[Nigeyb]

Ah yes. Easily confused 😬