What a reading year we had in 2010! We enjoyed some fantastic books during the last year and after a vote by our members the top three titles were separated by only one or two points. The top honours went to Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. We loved his writing style and subtlety of this story.
Next came the classic The Painted Veil by Somerset Maugham. We love our classics and this one was popular with all of our group. It drew a few of us to read more of Maugham's books.
And number three, down the ladder by only a few points, was Lionel Shriver's We Need to Talk About Kevin. This contemporary novel challenged us in many ways. It is confronting and emotional to a point where our discussion became totally absorbing and raw, but certainly not to the point that we would shy away from it.
Lower down the scale foundered The Wanting by Richard Flanagan and Tuscan Rose by Belinda Alexandra. Far from our favourites, these books helped to round off a great year of reading. We take pride in the variety of genres that we are willing to try and this year we will continue to challenge ourselves with a mix of classics and newer fiction. 2011 here we come!
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