Twitter Book Club - continued

Last month our Twitter Book Club was born. And d'you know what? It didn't go too badly at all!

HERE is a link to a blogpost I wrote about it.


The concept;

• Agree a book you're going to all read. 
• Buy it. 
• Read it. 
• Talk about it. (this is the important bit)
• Give it marks out of 10

So last month, Circe by Madeline Miller was chosen.

I'm delighted to say that more than 20 people asked to join the Book Club. 

I'm equally delighted to say that more than half of these people read the book and joined in the discussion on Twitter. 

It was universally loved. 

I'll give you a couple of quotes from people. 

"I adore her writing, it’s so lyrical and mysterious, a very fitting tone, whilst still being accessible and light. I’m really quite new to Greek Mythology, I know the real basics but not much else and I love the way other characters are described and their relationships weaved in. Enough to spark and interest and to not make you feel ... lacking but done smartly enough to let those with more knowledge fill in the gaps"

"It made me want to go back to the old Ray Harryhausen films as well. And I can't help thinking about how excruciating it would be to give birth to a Minotaur!"

"I loved the tone of the book, how the Gods had (often flawed) personalities. Great feminist undercurrents- strong women throughout, good slant on relationships." 

"I've never really been interested in Greek Mythology and this book has certainly changed that. I'm also really interested now in how the original myths shaped the worldview of Greeks and then Romans."

Anyway, there was loads more too (you'll have to join in if you want to hear all the comments!). 

So we then gave it points out of 10. 

14 people marked it. The lowest mark was 7 and the highest was 9 and the average was 8.375. 

Boom! That's a pretty impressive start. 

We have now chosen August's Book Club book. 

We shall be reading Normal People by Sally Rooney next. 

I am a bookshop. I would like you to buy the book from me. So, if you'd like to get involved, please paypal £8.99 to biggreenbookshop@hotmail.com, using family and friends and then send me a DM, letting me know your address.

Alternatively, you can buy it from the website (it's £9.99 on there, cos paypal take a quid if you buy it this way and i'm not charging P+P). Link HERE

The Book Group will start the book discussion on the second Tuesday of each month from now on, from midday. The conversation can continue for a day or so, or for as long as you like!
We will then give marks out of 10 on the Thursday.
So in August we will start the chat on Tuesday August 13th.
That should give us all plenty of time to read the book!

If you want to join the Book Club, tweet me (@biggreenbooks) with the hashtag #BGBookClub

and i'll add you to the group!

If you have any questions, please get in touch and i'll try and answer them. 

Thanks!