Thanks for joining Emily’s Walking Book Club October Live Discussion Thread.
The first 15 mins will be on our Black History Month pick - our impressively Marmite book, By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah. Then we will move on to share anything else we’ve enjoyed reading this month.
So, thinking Marmite, did you love or hate this book? Or somewhere in between? Was there one thing in particular about it that you loved or hated? Tell me!
Hello Emily, I'm new here and yet to join the walking book club/live discussions. I will look out for the next meet and book to read. Very much looking forward to exchanging views on the next book!
You might have seen over on Instagram, that I LOVED reading Brother of the More Famous Jack by Barbara Trapido. So much so that I think it might feature in our 2023 picks - I am longing to discuss it, and rather a lot is set in Hampstead.
"I have not so long ago read Little Gods by Meng Jin. I loved this book, I found it utterly absorbing and talking about memories she covers this very well in this book. And I loved the way she weaves physics into it."
I wonder has it made anyone think differently about the experience of migration? Does it feel like more of a shared experience after reading the book? Is it easier to empathise with other migrants?
Any other books you'd like to recommend? Feel free to leave your suggestion here another time, if now doesn't suit!
Lovely to meet you Emilie today - thanks for joining the thread.
Thank you to Book Fairy in Chief and Jayshree for emailing your recommendations to share.
Sorry to miss other members of our club, but perhaps Friday in half-term hasn't been such a good time for us.
Please feel free to leave a comment or book recommendation below if you visit this thread another time!
Signing off our October Live Thread... thanks so much for reading.
Hello Emily, I'm new here and yet to join the walking book club/live discussions. I will look out for the next meet and book to read. Very much looking forward to exchanging views on the next book!
You might have seen over on Instagram, that I LOVED reading Brother of the More Famous Jack by Barbara Trapido. So much so that I think it might feature in our 2023 picks - I am longing to discuss it, and rather a lot is set in Hampstead.
Jayshree emailed with this:
"I have not so long ago read Little Gods by Meng Jin. I loved this book, I found it utterly absorbing and talking about memories she covers this very well in this book. And I loved the way she weaves physics into it."
Thank you to the Book Fairy in Chief who emailed to recommend:
The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie - apparently so gripping that she read the whole thing in just one day.
Moving on to what else we've enjoyed reading this month...
As the discussion is awfully quiet today (!) I'll recap a few of the things that came up our walk and zoom, for future readers:
I wonder has it made anyone think differently about the experience of migration? Does it feel like more of a shared experience after reading the book? Is it easier to empathise with other migrants?
Jayshree just emailed me to say that she liked how much Gurnah covered in the book, and was sorry to hear that others didn't enjoy it
Hi everyone,
I think most people have been in the love not hate camp, thankfully. But maybe that's just because the haters didn't show up to our meetups!