Wednesday, 19 May 2010
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Upon seeing his own striking portrait Dorian Gray is bewitched and offers his soul if only the painting will age while he remains eternally youthful. Believing himself incorruptible, Dorian indulges in a life of pleasure and excess. But what has become of his portrait?
Chapter 7 - The Picture of Dorian Gray
The lucky person to be picked to choose the new book was Mike. He was ecstatic to have been picked it was like he had won the lottery. He decided to pick The Picture Of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.
Chapter 5 - Book Club Review
It has been some time since I last updated the book club blog but is because I have been so busy reading. The last book that we read was picked by Loli who chose war horse as it was always a book that she had wanted to read but had never had; and if you ask me that's what book club is about only the advantage is that you get to share it with your friends and family as well.
Warhorse was only a small book of 182 pages so we pretty much finished it quite quickly however there was a delay in arranging a meeting as it is difficult for us all to get together. Sarah started and finished the book within 5 hours which is probably a record of some sort, there are a few slow readers in the group which it took them a little bit longer but at least we all finished this one.
Loli arranged the meeting which took place in a very funky pub in Moseley, unfortunately Sarah and Val were absent (which has been marked down on the register ha ha) It was a lovely venue an the food we ordered was very nice even if Mike did get freaked out by the Calamari.
Loli was very organised and had even wrote down some book club questions for us to work through.
I wont go into too much detail about the book in case you would like to read it but we all decided that it was a nice book but was targeted at children as the book was small, very fast moving and did not go into much detail when there were times that you would of liked the author to be a bit more descriptive. It is quite an emotional book and highlights some key aspects of the 1st World War. We gave the book a average score of 6/10.
Personally I am glad I read the book as it was different to what I would normally read. I don't particularly think I would recommend the book to another adult but may recommend it to a child or teenager. Overall good choice Loli.
Warhorse was only a small book of 182 pages so we pretty much finished it quite quickly however there was a delay in arranging a meeting as it is difficult for us all to get together. Sarah started and finished the book within 5 hours which is probably a record of some sort, there are a few slow readers in the group which it took them a little bit longer but at least we all finished this one.
Loli arranged the meeting which took place in a very funky pub in Moseley, unfortunately Sarah and Val were absent (which has been marked down on the register ha ha) It was a lovely venue an the food we ordered was very nice even if Mike did get freaked out by the Calamari.
Loli was very organised and had even wrote down some book club questions for us to work through.
I wont go into too much detail about the book in case you would like to read it but we all decided that it was a nice book but was targeted at children as the book was small, very fast moving and did not go into much detail when there were times that you would of liked the author to be a bit more descriptive. It is quite an emotional book and highlights some key aspects of the 1st World War. We gave the book a average score of 6/10.
Personally I am glad I read the book as it was different to what I would normally read. I don't particularly think I would recommend the book to another adult but may recommend it to a child or teenager. Overall good choice Loli.
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