So this month, the #BookadayUK baton has been handed from Borough Press to Doubleday, and as I was so rubbish at keeping up with last month’s hashtag, I have decided on a Sunday to do a little round-up of the week’s topics.
So here we go!
July 1st – A book that made you laugh out loud – One of the easiest questions to answer so far, without a doubt the book guaranteed to make me howl on the bus is The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 and 3/4. Everything about it is utterly perfect.
July 2nd - Favourite SF/Fantasy novel for world UFO day! – Not genres I bother too often I have to admit. But seeing as he is always shelved in that area of bookshops I’m going to go for
Under The Dome by Stephen King. I literally finished it last night and it completely blew me away. I had to be stopped from hurling myself straight into
The Stand, a little King break of a day or two is probably wise to get the old blood pressure back to norms.
July 3rd – Favourite novel in translation – Another fairly easy one to answer,
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink (translated by Carol Brown Janeway) is utterly devastating and remarkable. The translation is so perfectly done that you do not wonder for a second what nuances and emotions you may be missing. The film holds its own too.
July 4th –
All time favorite American novel for 4 July Independence Day – This is basically asking me to name my favorite book. I adore American Literature and could hand you a list of books that have rattled my mind and solidified my soul, but it goes without saying, its this:
July 5th -
Most delicious novel about food – This one has me stumped I have to say. Not being a foodie I’m not really drawn to books of a culinary bent and if I
have read any, they haven’t left much of an impression. So, with that in mind, I’m going for
The Silence of The Lambs by Thomas Harris, a book with, surely, the most devastating foodie character ever written.
July 6th –
Which book will you put down today to watch the Wimbledon final? – Today I’m reading
How To Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran. I can’t say I’m going to put it down as such, I will probably read WHILST the tennis is on, and with a big wedge of cheese on toast.
