BCF Bookclub 2025 - Part 4

[lunababymoonchild]

I’m opening nominations for the subject for the last group read of the year.

 

Nominations?

[Madeleine]

First book in a series?

[lunababymoonchild]

17 minutes ago, Madeleine said:

First book in a series?

 

There’s an idea!

[lunababymoonchild]

The only thing I can come up with is : the natural world 

[Hayley]

Ooooh, I love both of those ideas! 

 

I think I'm going to have to second The Natural World. Mainly because 'first book in a new series' sounds perfect for the new year!

[Madeleine]

Good idea, I'm happy to go with first book for the next read ie New Year.

[lunababymoonchild]

The Natural World it is.

By Natural World I mean you can read Brer Rabbit if you want. Or The Jungle Book etc. However you want to  interpret it.

[lunababymoonchild]

Currently reading The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame (because I’ve never read it and I forgot that I had it)

[France]

3 hours ago, lunababymoonchild said:

Currently reading The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame (because I’ve never read it and I forgot that I had it)

That was the book that made me realise that books didn't just tell stories, they  took you to somewhere totally magical.

[poppy]

8 hours ago, lunababymoonchild said:

Currently reading The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame (because I’ve never read it and I forgot that I had it)

 

I didn't read this until I was an adult, either, but absolutely love it and it's often on my re-read and listen to pile.

[Nataweeee]

heyyy, would i be able to jump in on this? the next book i was planning on starting happens to fit the theme lol.

[lunababymoonchild]

6 minutes ago, Nataweeee said:

heyyy, would i be able to jump in on this? the next book i was planning on starting happens to fit the theme lol.

Absolutely! You’re more than welcome. 

[Hayley]

I'm struggling to think of what to read for this one! I might go for The Mercies, which I believe is based on the true story of a terrible storm and its consequences.

[lunababymoonchild]

26 minutes ago, Hayley said:

I'm struggling to think of what to read for this one! I might go for The Mercies, which I believe is based on the true story of a terrible storm and its consequences.

Why not?

 

I have a Tarka the Otter omnibus and a James Herriot omnibus that I have my eye on - and no, that’s not why I chose the category 🙂

 

I read James Herriot as a teenager.
 

They will have to go some to beat The Wind in the Willows, though. 
 

I am also considering Watership Down.

[poppy]

Another suggestion is My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell or one of his other animal books. 

[Madeleine]

I can't think of anything for this category either.

[France]

Can I suggest Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton (which I read before this topic started).  It's a wonderful account of how the author found a very young leveret and raised it, always aware that it was a wild animal and should not be a pet.  It's one of those books that stays with you.

[lunababymoonchild]

1 hour ago, Madeleine said:

I can't think of anything for this category either.

Moby Dick? As mentioned, I read James Herriot as a teen and he had me laughing out loud.  Animal Farm? Nature, Ralph Waldo Emerson?

[Madeleine]

I don't fancy Moby Dick, I read Animal Farm at school, and read all the Herriot books when they first came out!

 

thanks for the suggestions but I think I'll give this category a miss.

[lunababymoonchild]

56 minutes ago, Madeleine said:

I don't fancy Moby Dick, I read Animal Farm at school, and read all the Herriot books when they first came out!

 

thanks for the suggestions but I think I'll give this category a miss.

I’m sorry to hear that. I hope that you’ll consider the next category in the new year.

[Madeleine]

Oh yes definitely, I do try to do most of them! In fact I've still got the folklore one outstanding, which I do intend to catch up with.