The next meeting will be held at Christine Scott's house on 30th September 2016.
The chosen book is House of Secrets by Barbara Wilson.
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Genre
Crime, thrillers
Rating of this book will be on a score out of ten. This will be made up of points 1-3 for the plot, 1-3 for the characterisation and 1- 4 for the readability factor. The consensus reached by the Books, Burds and Booze book group will be published after the meeting to discuss it.
Reason for choosing this book - Christine knows the person who wrote it and would like the group to read and discuss it.
Reason for choosing this book - Christine knows the person who wrote it and would like the group to read and discuss it.
Author
When Barbara Wilson graduated from Edinburgh University in 1988, she decided she was going to explore the world. She began teaching English in the south of Italy and fell quickly under its spell as well as falling in love with the handsome Italian man she eventually married. She lives in the heel of Italy to this day.
During the meeting forms will be handed out to score the book on the criteria noted above.
September 30th meeting - Review of Book
Unfortunately House of Secrets wasn't as well received as some of the other books that we have read. The consensus seemed to be that it wasn't a terribly good novel. Comments seemed to focus on the range of characters being unlikeable, to the story not holding together well.
While we recognise that it wasn't a very popular read, it is important to remember that this is the author's first novel. Writing a novel of any description is fraught with difficulty and it is an achievement in itself to have managed to complete one.
September 30th meeting - Review of Book
Unfortunately House of Secrets wasn't as well received as some of the other books that we have read. The consensus seemed to be that it wasn't a terribly good novel. Comments seemed to focus on the range of characters being unlikeable, to the story not holding together well.
While we recognise that it wasn't a very popular read, it is important to remember that this is the author's first novel. Writing a novel of any description is fraught with difficulty and it is an achievement in itself to have managed to complete one.
I found that I was aware of the author and that the language used was pretty often not what the person would have used. I think Phyl told me that this is called authorial intrusion. I was aware of that quite a lot and did not enjoy the book.
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