ROOM Progress and non spoiler please look at this before you read...

[Sam (VanillaFountain)]

So this month there are 3 books that I am going to read, but since I offered to lead this thread, I thought it would be best if I read room first. There should be quite a few of us in this thread as it was neck and neck with So when are you starting? I thought it would be good if we could all start at a similar time so we can try and get a really good discussion going. So please let us know when you plan to start, I was gonna start on the 1st but can start earlier if anyone wants to? Thanks for reading my essay ;)

[Sam (VanillaFountain)]

*Tumbleweed*



Anyone?

[Kirsty]

You could start early - what to do is look at who voted for Room in the polls and then mail them. Let me know if you have any issues.

[Sam (VanillaFountain)]

Ok, I'll give it a try...

[Ness]

I'm in the middle of The Night Circus at the moment but I still plan to start Room on the 1st and then hopefully start WfE halfway through December. Looking forward to them both :)

[Sam (VanillaFountain)]

Thank you Ness :)

[Jo]

I've already read it, so will wait till everyone's finished before commenting as everything I want to say is a spoiler ;)

[Kerry Bridges]

Jo wrote: "I've already read it, so will wait till everyone's finished before commenting as everything I want to say is a spoiler ;)"

This

[Sam (VanillaFountain)]

Interesting, I'll look forward to your comments ladies :) Think I shall start once I have finished

[Katrina]

I started reading yesterday and finished this morning. So glad it got picked I really enjoyed reading it. Hopefully will finish the magic toy shop this weekend!

[Sam (VanillaFountain)]

It's a really easy read isn't it Katrina? I'm on page 79 and I started it last night around 9 but I haven't rushed, I'm enjoying it a lot but finding it quite upsetting too.

[Katrina]

Sam wrote: "It's a really easy read isn't it Katrina? I'm on page 79 and I started it last night around 9 but I haven't rushed, I'm enjoying it a lot but finding it quite upsetting too."

I had to not think about the circumstances but just that it was all he had known. Very impressed with the book

[Ness]

I started Room yesterday. It's such a fascinating book, I love that the narration shows the total enthusiasm and excitement of a 5 year old for all the little details ... which makes it all the more desperately sad as the poor boy misses out on a whole world outside his prisoned room.

The limitless love of the Mother too as she shields Jack from knowing the truth about a life outside ... How she has to pretend for his sake that what they see on the TV screen is just fantasy and not real. Very moving. It's gripped me from the start.

[Sam (VanillaFountain)]

I fully agree with you Ness I've found it very hard to put down.

[Ness]

It's my day off and I really want to curl up with my book and read all day ... but I've got hours of ever-so boring coursework to do. Argh!

I don't want to put Room down ...

[Sam (VanillaFountain)]

Oh no! bless you, it is really hard to put down, I really enjoyed it. I am really struggling to find time for Water For Elephants at the moment :S

[Sam (VanillaFountain)]

Yes me too Amina, if anyone wants mine give me a shout... :)

[Hannah]

I started reading tonight (finally!) and I'm about 112 pages in. Thoroughly depressed but not in a bad way! My daughter is 2 so she's starting to learn what life is all about and I keep imagining Ma and Jack as me and her and what it must be like to pretend and raise a child in this environment.

[Sam (VanillaFountain)]

Hannah I have a six year old and I felt the same way, and I forget how innocent he is and how much he just can't understand some thing the way we do... I think it's very easy for a mother to connect with this book. :)

[Vicky]

I started reading it yesterday and I can't put it down, I just want to know what happens! Hopefully i'll be finished in the next couple of days so will update my thoughts on the other thread!

[Ness]

Me too Vicky. I'm going to take a couple of hours out now sit down with Room. I've been so frustrated this week that I've not had time, even on my lunch hour to get my book out. I've been recommending Room to everyone but I'm mostly met with "Oh no, it sounds too depressing" ... or "No, I think it'll upset me". It is an upsetting read sure but, it has so many uplifting moments too and I think it's so accurate on how that environment could affect an adult and child. It is a fascinating book.

[Kerry Bridges]

I particularly liked Room for that very reason Amina. Bad things happened, but they weren't shied away from or sentimentalised, they were dealt with in a believable and sympathetic way.