The Anti-Room bookclub #1… get voting

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The Anti-Room bookclub #1… get voting

September 8, 2008 by Sinéad Gleeson

Thanks to everyone for the suggestions in this post about how to get the ball rolling in our inaugural Anti-Room Classics bookclub. As much as we’d love to meet the delightful Rosie in person, it seems like it suits most folk to meet up online. As today is the 8th of September, why don’t we say eight weeks from today, Monday November 3rd? We can all jump online here at a flexible time (I’m suggesting 9pm, but we’ll go with what suits everyone) and have a natter about the chosen book.

As per everyone’s suggestions, here’s the shortlist. Cast your vote and whichever gets the most, we’ll go for.

* North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

* Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

* Lady Audley’s Secret by Mary Braddon

* The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

* Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

* Something by Jane Austen to make up for the pretty dull Lost in Austen on UTV

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Posted in anti-room book club, Books | Tagged Bookclub | 12 Comments

12 Responses

on September 8, 2008 at 7:16 pm | Reply Aishwarya

Lady Audley’s Secret!
on September 8, 2008 at 10:01 pm | Reply Honoria

And my vote for Elizabeth Gaskell pushes North and South into the lead! Woohoo!

But I just had a thought… should there be a Booker book club too? Or is that throwing a spanner in the works. That’s what I’m here for .
on September 9, 2008 at 10:24 am | Reply Q

Oh I love the idea of a Booker club. We could read all the short listed novels and then vote as our own jury! Me and tragicrighthip did that for the IMPAC ( except I didn’t read two of the novels as one was out of print and then I ran out of time) and it was fun.
on September 9, 2008 at 11:31 am | Reply Sinéad Gleeson

Q – you know tragicrighthip?!

I’m voting for Jane Eyre as I can’t remember most of it and I’ve been meaning to reread it.
on September 9, 2008 at 11:33 am | Reply Q

yah we’re buddies from Toronto ( I lived there for 12 years). She’s tres cool.
on September 9, 2008 at 11:37 am | Reply Women Rule Writer

Wide Sargasso Sea

OR

Jane Eyre

Is that cheating?
on September 9, 2008 at 11:50 am | Reply Rosie

booker club, please.
on September 9, 2008 at 12:34 pm | Reply Penny Century

Ooof, I have absolutely no desire for a Booker club, mostly because I have to do a LOT of reading books I’m not interested in for work, and barely have time to read what I want to read!

And I’m voting for my own suggestion, Lady Audley!
on September 9, 2008 at 2:29 pm | Reply Women Rule Writer

No Netherland = no Booker Club for me.

Looks like Jane Eyre is winning…
on September 9, 2008 at 5:35 pm | Reply thenationallottie

Oh Woman in White gets my vote. Does it matter that we have already read the book? I’ll happily read a book 6 times if I like it.
on October 6, 2008 at 10:59 am | Reply Honoria

So have we settled on a book for the book club? Is it Jane Eyre?
on October 6, 2008 at 2:02 pm | Reply Sinéad Gleeson

I might do a wee mailout to everyone who posted her and get them to come back and log a vote. What do you think?