YC Reading

With the summer drawing to a close, and the last "official" book club of the academic year over and done with, it is time for our members to take a little breather from the club. We currently do not have a book that we are reading, however members (old and new) are more than welcome to read any of the books we have already read throughout the year.   I am busily promoting the club to new students and potential members, where we will meet next on Tuesday 30th September (time and location TBC).   Without further ado, to kick off the new academic year and the 2nd year of book club, we will be reading 'The Goldfinch' by Donna Tartt.       'The Goldfinch' is a story of 13 year old Theo, the survivor of a bomb attack that kills his mother. He finds himself wondering into a museum to take shelter and there he delves into mysterious wonder when he meets an elderly man and a feisty red haired girl, who tell him to take an antique ring to a ...

Sam: Having read 'The Cuckoos Calling' earlier in the year, I was eagerly anticipating the release of Silkworm and it did not disappoint. At the end, I just could not believe that I had not worked out the culprit earlier. All the clues are there in the book, Rowling has tied everything up yet I think, like many I hope, I just made one presumption at the beginning of the book about events which distracted me from the culprit and their motives. I did not have a clue until that final showdown who had done it or why. I found the motive and the characters very believable. Occasionally I did get confused between the characters as there were so many which probably reflects the busy world of publishing and all the 'big' personalities, Rowling has encountered in her own experiences. The development of Robin and Strike's relationship and the revelations about their other relationships seemed to ring true and add dimension to the character. I found myself intrigued...