Ian's Genre Challenge

[Em]

Must read some more Cormac McCarthy - I loved (that's not the right word, maybe admired is better) The Road, bleak though it was!

[Ian, Former Moderator]

I just love his prose style. Takes a bit of getting used to with the very long sentences but the descriptive passages in All the Pretty Horses were stunningly good at times......must write my review.

[Ian, Former Moderator]

Read . Found some of them very moving, particularly the work of Wilfred Owen and a bit of Siegried Sassoon. The absolute stand-out was Owen's "Dulce et Deceorum est" with it's vivid imagery of a gas attack.

[Dalia]

Ian- have you read Pat Barker's Regeneration Trilogy? They feature Owen and Sassoon, one of my all time favorite series of books....

Ian wrote: "Read [bookcover:Poems of the Great War 19141918]. Found some of them very moving, particularly the work of Wilfred Owen and a bit of Siegried Sassoon. The absolute stand-out was Owen's "Dulce et D..."

[Ian, Former Moderator]

Yes Dalia, read all 3 one after the other and enjoyed immensely.

Reading for this month gay/lesbian genre challenge....also about WW1.

[Liz, Your Friendly Moderator]

Dalia wrote: "Ian- have you read Pat Barker's Regeneration Trilogy? They feature Owen and Sassoon, one of my all time favorite series of books....

Ian wrote: "Read [bookcover:Poems of the Great War 19141918]. F..."

I love them too :)

[Dalia]

Pat Barker's other books are so different in voice, she is so talented. She hasn't had a new book in a while though, hope she is still writing. :-)

Liz wrote: "Dalia wrote: "Ian- have you read Pat Barker's Regeneration Trilogy? They feature Owen and Sassoon, one of my all time favorite series of books....

Ian wrote: "Read [bookcover:Poems of the Great Wa..."

[Ian, Former Moderator]

Her last one Life Class was in 2007 but her husband died in 2009, so possible she's had other things on her mind.

[Dalia]

maybe she killed him and there is a murder mystery book coming?

Ian wrote: "Her last one Life Class was in 2007 but her husband died in 2009, so possible she's had other things on her mind."

[Ian, Former Moderator]

Finished The Absolutist by John Boyne. Couldn't put it down and read it in just 3 sessions. Beautifully written tale of gay love, cruelty, guilt and prejudice set in Norwich and the trenches of WW1.

[Ian, Former Moderator]

Dalia - some sort of karma going on here - Pat Barker has a new novel out. Available on kindle on 16th August - presumably also in other formats. Called Toby's Room.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B008L0NSFU...

[Dalia]

Makes sense, her husband's death probably had her thinking about loss. Can't wait to read it though. I used one of the Goodreads tool and saw a chart of all my books read by year of publication, I used to read a lot of older books but am only reading new books. After this month I want to go back and start going through the some of the older books I haven't read yet. Willa Mather comes to mind.

[Susan]

Ian wrote: "Finished The Absolutist by John Boyne. Couldn't put it down and read it in just 3 sessions. Beautifully written tale of gay love, cruelty, guilt and prejudice set in Norwich and the trenches of WW1."

That's great to hear, Ian, as that's my pick for this month's genre....looking forward to it even more now!

[Ian, Former Moderator]

Chemical fiction September - read by James Frey. Good but not great sequel to the wonderful . About struggling to recover from addiction and friendship.