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Which book did we like most? 2009

' Wed, Thur, Fri ' reading groups   ' Monday ' reading group No. 1 " The Room of Lost Things " Stella Duffyy Group   No. 1 " The Revolutionary Road " Richard Yates No.1 " Deaf Sentence" David Lodge   No.2 " The Reluctant Fundamentalist" Mohsin Hamid No.2 " The Belivers" Zoe Heller   No.2 " The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society " Mary Ann Shaffer No.3 " The White Tiger " Aravind Adiga   No.3 " Molly Fox's Birthday " Deirdre Madden

Readers comments

• I joined the group only with "The Senator's Wife", so I didn't read the previous books.
• Outstanding examination of the "other side of the coin" in the tale of the fundamental evangelist preacher- that of his victim, Jack.God spare us from Christian charity!
• I find the question of religion, particularly that of redemption very interesting and moving. And I like the language Robinson uses very much.
• It was such a good read and I just loved the English humour. Nice when you laugh out loud whilst reading a book.
• A close race between The Believers and Deaf Sentence; but The Believers ultimately provided more food for thought.
• It was a very difficult decision between 'Mudbound', 'Home', "White Tiger" and 'Room of lost things'. A close run. In the end, I chose Mudbound, because I enjoyed reading it most. I especially liked the writing style, how subtle the character were drawn, the story and that I had been 'within' the story, despite the fact that the time-setting is so far from now. Yes, I liked that one best of the ten books I had the chance to read.
• It was so true to life, amusing, cynical, sad, moving ... it had everything. And it was well written.
• mudbound, in my view, shows dramatically to what extremes people can go in their treatment of others (I just watched "the pianist" - the same topic, different part of the globe). and I think, it is very well written.
  my second choice would be the solitude of thmas cave.
  thanks a lot for sending the e-mail reviews, which I much appreciate.
  often I feel I wouldn't contribute much in discussions, that's why I haven't come for a long time. Do you charge an attendence fee meanwhile?
• "Deaf Sentence" was the book which left me with the warmest feelings - the one I liked most, but just maybe a touch too warm for such a choice. Thus, I vote fur the Believers - it is an amazing feat to create a cast of characters where every single one is more or less dislikeable - and yet make the readers care.
• Amazing how unspectacular events in one day can form the content of a good book.