Portsmouth's Teen Reading Group - Recently Updated Pages

This month, we are reading...

Librarydave — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 10:37:57 CDT

Award-Winning Teen Fiction!
The Traitor Game, by B R Collins

"There was a folded bit of A4 paper wedged into the locker. It said Michael Thompson. Michael slid it out, and flipped it open. It said I KNOW WHERE ARCASTER IS. That was when the bottom dropped out of everything."

Winner of the 2009 Branford Boase Award award for teenage fiction, which is awarded annually for an outstanding first novel by a first-time writer of a book for young people. . Check out this review by Mal Peet in The Guardian

The Truth - Terry Pratchett

Librarydave — Fri, 08 May 2009 04:56:26 CDT

Discworld - The Truth
Terry Pratchett
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Figuratively, a word is made up of individual letters but they have only a theoretical existence. The very concept of letters having their own physical existence is, philosophically, extremely worrying. Indeed, it would be like noses and fingers running around the world all by themselves.
The truth will out, or at least it's going to try to, any minute. New printing technology means that words just won't obediently stay nailed down like

usual. They can now be taken apart and used to make other words. Which is downright dangerous. There's a very real threat of news getting out there. Of people finding out what is really going on. And the powers that be aren't happy - they want that to be far from the truth.
If they are to call a halt to this madness of free speech, they may have the succumb to their despotic tendencies. But will they, in this brave new world, still be able to have the last word?

Financial Times	Daily Telegraph
Fluent, intricately plotted and very funny.	If you are unfamiliar with Pratchett's unique blend of philosophical badinage, you are on the threshold of a mind-expanding opportunity.

The Crew by Bali Rai

Librarydave — Fri, 08 May 2009 04:55:41 CDT

The Crew, by Bali Rai

Portsmouth's Teen Reading Group

Librarydave — Wed, 06 May 2009 04:48:03 CDT

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Greetings! As the title of this website suggests, we are teen readers from Portsmouth

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We want to share with you our views and opinions on the books we’ve read, both as a group and individually. We also want your opinions, to find out what you think about books you've read, and share them with others, making recommendations and discussing various aspects.

The books we read vary from ‘teen reads’ to adult books, covering many different issues, cultures and situations. The best thing is that we read books we wouldn’t normally pick up and often end up enjoying them. There are also plenty of books we have hated, but that's OK. We believe that you are not obliged to read the whole book – it isn’t a punishment!

The Small Print (literally small)

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Portsmouth's Teen Reading Group takes no responsibility for the content or security of any external site or third party advertising, whether accessed via this site or otherwise.

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Furthermore, site users are responsible for their own postings. Whilst we delete comments that are offensive, libellous, 'off-topic' or spam, readers may occasionally find some comments controversial. The responsibility for the posting lies with the poster himself/herself and not with Portsmouth's Teen Reading Group.

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Loving fiction twenty-four-seven.
Create a story in 247 words! A brand new online writing competition from the publishers, Blomsbury!

Check out the website www.247tales.com

Google's Setting up Something new... Which is Bad...

Google, the Internet giant which everyone uses in their day to day lives, is setting up something which is receiving more complaints about anything else that has ever been released by them... It is named Streets View, and instead of using just Google Earth and Google Maps to view the world from a birds eye view, Google has now made it possible to view a 3D image of a house anywhere in the world.

Okay, it has not happened in Britain yet, but there are reported sightings of vehicles emblazoned with Google's multicolored lettering and carrying massive, 3D cameras round snapping up private pictures of homes across the country. Several complaints have risen concerning the way theft may be increased, because criminals will now be able to plan an escape route even if they are on the other side of the world. There have also been complaints about the way several persons have accidentally been captured on image and yet still sent to the Internet without the persons permission.Google's CEO tells everyone that faces are automatically blurred by the software they use, but have not yet said anything concerning numerical car plates. There are worries that criminal activity will increase with this new information and massive database of 3D pictures of homes across the world.

Although it has not happened in Britain, the Internet giant has already admitted that it will. Pictures like above mentioned have already been collected and published to the web in major areas throughout America.

By Steve

Book about penguin family with two fathers tops list of 'challenged books' in USA.

"And Tango Makes Three," released in 2005 and co-written by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, was the most "challenged" book in U.S. public schools and libraries for the second straight year, according to the American Library Association.

"Don't Look Back In Anger"

Archaon6044 — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:10:10 CDT

As you may guess, this page is devoted to that ever on-going piece of work "Don't Look Back In Anger". Any ideas from anybody are welcome. There are two versions currently running.

The misleadingly named "Definitive" version, which is the raw work, forming the core of the story, establishing characters and themes. It's also as mad as a march hare; it doesn't even have a fixed perspective! Feel free to do almost ANYTHING with this version because we have.....

The edited version. This work is, as it sounds, the edited copy of the "Definitive" version. The characters, races and ideas are fleshed out, and a stroyline (heaven forbid) will emerge. Some characters have changed, but its still the same epic at heart. This is behind the "Definitive" copy, as this version is still in the process of being rewritten from the original. The person (largely) in charge of this is Sawendro, with Archaon providing additional material, and Children being (occasionally) consulted.

For both versions, there are downloads available at the bottom of the page.

Enjoy!

Right peeps, Update time, for anyone who's still interested.

work on this project is progressing (shock horror etc). due to University commitments needing to be made by both myself and Sawendro, we have had to take a sabaticle from this project, although we did still hold MSN confrences, and we managed to work out pretty much what we want, though it's still pretty flexible.
basicly, now that work has begun again, we've taken a step back from what we already have, and between us, we've been attempting to create a back-story, or a supporting framework for our ideas. Currently this consists of history, sociology and so on about the (Blood) Marinii, a sub-faction within them, which i don't believe is mentioned in any current version, The Weria, and their origins, and the little-mentioned Kroat, whom we are giving a good fleshing out.
we also intend to create backstories for all the existing characters, though some have been altered considerably from what is written on these psted versions.

Also, Sawendro has involved some friends from Uni in this project, and the result is that the new home for the DLBiA project is Here. It is a wetpaint wiki.

we are still looking for input from the community, so please come along and drop some ideas.

Sorry to have taken so long, but we have all been playing the game of life these last 6 or 7 months, though we are now beggining to get back into it

Archaon6044

The crew - Bali Rai

Librarydave — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 05:48:01 CDT

"A bit unrealistic in places, but then I did read it a long time ago"

"Death of a Cheesemonger"

Sawendro — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:49:33 CDT

This page is for Children's "Death of a Cheesemonger". He asks for you not to be confused by the seemingly disjointed story - it's all intended (apparently). He also claims it's a work in progress.

Ladies and Gentlemen, give it up for....."Death of a Cheesemonger"! Coincidentally, this story is availble for download at the bottom of the page!

N.B - These characters are not the same as those in "Don't Look Back In Anger"

So, You Think You Can Do Better?

Sawendro — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:57:06 CDT

Come you creative creatures, come to the carnival of creativity. This page is dedicated to discussion of works in progress. For those who can, just create a page for your work! If not, contact someone who can, and we'll work something out!

Now, get writing!

Music

13steve13 — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:19:55 CDT

This page is for the purposes of discussing music!

This should keep Child and Steve happy!

Feel free to dance!

*Beginning of Dance - Time Warping*

-Sawendro

Child has been listening to Oxygene by Jean Michel Jarre, which be brought in HMV for £15. This may seem a lot for a 30 year old album, but it did contain a most intresting DVD, so Child thinks the price was justified.

He was also going to get a few Kraftwerk albums, bu could not find any. this is all part of child's ongoing quest to understand the best in music, and makes a nice addition to his alrealdy eclectic collection.

For some reason not even known to himself, he has taken to writing about himslef in the third person. He wonders if this might work on his blog.

13steve13 has been listening to My Chemical Romance (TheBlack Parade), Green Day (Boulevard Broken Dreams), Cascada (Miracle) and Limp Bizkit (Take a Look).

Sawendro breaks your colour mould. And your grammatical conventions. And your mind.

Steve likes color mould, say hello to it, Harry.

Non-book related discussion

Archaon6044 — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:07:26 CDT

7 New Attatchments! See end of Page! Thanks! Steve
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This page is for discussion of non-book topics (apparently that can't be classified as "random" - thanks to Martin for pointing that out) that we want to talk about.

I noticed we seemed to have quite a few threads not about books and we were cluttering up the home page with them, so I thought that we could set up a page devoted to things not of the book world.

Go nuts!!! (like the crazy squirrel!)

LibraryDave says: This is Martin

(I can assure you I never said this at all! - LibraryDave)

The Spinnaker Tower in Gunwharf Quays, a shopping complex wih restaurants, a cinema, shops etc.

An arial map of Portsea Island, which forms the majority of Portsmouth. There are only about 3 roads off the island.

Boris Johnson: the MP who described Portsmouth so terribly. He is generally seen as a buffoon. He is a member of the Conservatives (about the equivalent of the American Republican Party) (Who said that? - Sawendro)

(He really looks like that guy off Little Britain - 13steve13)

He is also the next potential Mayor of London. Scary thought.

He IS the sitting Mayor! How long until the rebellion? The book is open.....

you know he's going to ascend to godhood, i place 10p on never - Archaon

The day of the triffids - John Wyndham

thechildrenoftherevo — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:47:36 CDT

May 2007

The triffids are a monstrous species of stinging plant; they walk, they talk, they dominate the world. The narrator of this novel wakes up in hospital to find that, by missing the end of the world, he has survived to witness a new world. But the new world that awaits him is fantastic and horrific.

"John Wyndham achieves a razor-edge balance between wry satire and stark tragedy. The story cuts deep into the imagination, leaving the reader shaken by its violent insights"

The novel contains many themes which are common in Wyndham's work: a depiction of the Soviet Union as an opaque, inscrutable menace, a central problem made worse by human greed and bickering, and a firm determination on the part of the author to not explicitly detail the origin of the threat faced by the protagonists. In addition, there is a rather central theme to the book - the survival and rebuilding of humankind.

The author first started writing short stories and detective novels for the American market in 1925. During the war he was in the Civil Service and afterwards in the Army. In 1946 he returned to writing and went on to become one of Great Britain's most serious and literate pioneers of intelligent science fiction.

This month's book is brought to you because reading group member thechildrenoftherevolution requested we make it so.

And make it so we have...

WARNING! PLOT SPOILER AHEAD!!! WARNING! PLOT SPOILER AHEAD!!! WARNING! PLOT SPOILER AHEAD!!! WARNING! PLOT SPOILER AHEAD!!!

Triffids are plants capable of rudimentary animal-like behaviour: they feed on decomposing meat, are able to uproot themselves and move about on their three "legs", possess a deadly whip-like poisonous sting capable of killing those struck, and appear to communicate with each other. The narrator and protagonist is Bill Masen, who has made his living working with Triffid plants. Thus being something of an expert on the subject, he speculates on the plants' origins, believing that they were deliberately bioengineered, possibly by real-life biologist Trofim Lysenko in the Soviet Union. (The novel was written at a time when Lysenkoism was still current in the Soviet Union and had not been debunked in that country. While the scientists of capitalist countries did not support the theory, prominent communists of those lands such as Edward Thompson had sometimes defended it to the public). Masen further speculates that Triffid seeds were spread world-wide when an attempt was made to smuggle them out of Russia; the escaping plane was presumably shot down, literally scattering the seeds to the winds.

Whatever their source, when Triffids begin sprouting all over the world, it is soon ascertained how commercially useful their various oils and proteins can be. Along with the resulting world-wide slew of Triffid farms, many households keep them as a curiosity, almost a garden pet, making sure to have the sting docked at regular intervals. In commercial exploitation, the stings are left intact as docking impairs the quality of the plants' oil.

The story proper opens with Masen in hospital, his eyes bandaged after having been stung by a Triffid penned at one of the farms. He discovers that while he has been recuperating, the light from an unusual meteor shower has rendered most people on Earth blind. (Bill later muses that the shower may in fact have been the misfiring of a space-based weapon system, though, as with the Triffids' origins, the truth is never revealed.) After wandering aimlessly through London, watching civilization collapsing around him, Masen rescues a sighted woman who is being used as an unwilling pair of eyes by a blinded man. He learns that she is a novelist named Josella Playton, whose work has earned her a rather infamous and mostly undeserved reputation, one which continues to dog her throughout the entire book. The two of them quickly fall in love.

A signal draws them to a larger group of sighted survivors lead by a man named Beadley, who are planning to flee London before it becomes a disease-ridden deathtrap, and establish a colony somewhere in the countryside. Unfortunately, another unblinded man named Coker takes it upon himself to try and save as many of the blind as possible; he stages a disturbance and kidnaps both Bill and Josella. Both are forcibly put to work leading squads of blind people around sections of the rapidly-decaying city, attempting to collect food and supplies. Masen sticks with this out of a sense of responsibility, until the people in his charge begin dying of some unknown plague (possibly yet another military experiment run amuck.) He leaves, and attempts to locate Josella, but his only immediate lead is an address left behind by the uncaptured and now-departed members of Beadley's group. Thrown together with a repentant Coker, he travels to the address in Wiltshire. They succeed in finding the place, but the group has splintered; neither Beadley nor Josella are there and the group's new leader is less than willing to help the new arrivals. Remembering a chance comment Josella made earlier about a certain country home in Sussex, Bill sets off in search of it, while Coker remains behind to try and help the "new" group.

As all of this is happening, the Triffids are quickly regrowing their stings and taking full Darwinian advantage of the new edge over humankind that events have given them. Undocked specimens in captivity break free, and growing numbers of them become bolder and more aggressive every day. Bill is joined by a young sighted girl named Susan, whom had become a near-prisoner in her home due to the plants. They succeed in locating Josella, who is sheltering at the described house with the blinded owners. Bill and Josella consider themselves to be married, and see Susan as their daughter. The group settles down and attempts to create a self-sufficient colony, but with only marginal success; the Triffids grow ever more numerous, crowding in and surrounding their small island of civilization. Years pass, during which the situation slowly but inevitably deteriorates. Then one day a helicopter-pilot representative of Beadley's faction lands at the farm and tells his hosts that Beadley and his followers have cleared the Isle of Wight of Triffids, and established a successful colony there. (And that Coker survived to join them.) Despite their ongoing struggles, the Masens are still reluctant to leave their home, but their hand is forced by the arrival the next day of a large armored vehicle, operated by a squad of "soldiers" who represent a despotic new government which is setting up feudal enclaves across the country. When the leader of this gang announces his intention to take Susan away to another enclave, the Masens disable his transport and flee in the night. They join the Isle of Wight colony, and settle down to the long grim struggle ahead, finding a way to destroy the Triffids and reclaim Earth for humanity

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian

13steve13 — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:48:52 CDT

A story of dry comical romance, the horrible news of the death of a loved one and the sibling rivalry between sisters Nadezha and Vera. Shortly after their mothers death, their dad informs the pair that he has found new romance while abroad. Nadezha recites the story of how two families clash, constantly sprinkling comical remarks between the lines of each page.

The one thing which worries Nadezha is the 40 year age difference. A Breif History of Tractors in Ukrainian is neither written in Ukrainian or about tractors, therefore it is a great read for teenagers and adults alike. A laugh from beginning to end which will touch your heart.

January 2008

13steve13 — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:46:04 CDT

This month (January), we are all reading are own books (again)... This is because the group met in a local book shop and selected some items for the On The Edge collection for young people. Watch this space for February's stunning selection!	Child's reading Beowulf, translated by Shamus Heeney
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Child is also reading The Children Of Men, and once he has done so, he is going to watch the film.	Child is also rading Pigs Might Fly, a history of Pink Floyd. O, I do love the Floyd! Having read the book, I think that it could have spent more time dealing with Pink FLoyd versions 2&3. Only about half the book deals with the post syd floyd

Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn

13steve13 — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:42:43 CDT

Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn

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The publishers, Pan Macmillan, have given sets of this novel to twelve reading groups around the country.

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We are one of them!

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You can comment here on this, the first "Tale of the Otori", or go direct to Macmillan's own Wetpaint wiki

http://talesoftheotori.wetpaint.com to discuss with fellow Otorions, should you so desire.

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Nobody seems to be making any contributions or comments on their wiki at the moment so, as veterans of web 2.0, you might like to start the ball rolling. Have fun!

Child X by Lee Weatherly

13steve13 — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:40:55 CDT

Juliet is passionate about acting and has been given the chance to star as the lead role in the play Northern Lights (based on Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass). But at home, her life is not so happy. Her family starts to disintegrate after her father suddenly and unexpectedly leaves home. What exactly is Juliet’s relationship to her flamboyant actor uncle? And what terrible secret is her mother hiding?

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The Curious incident of the dog in the night-time - Mark Haddon

13steve13 — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:38:14 CDT

Christopher is 15 and lives in Swindon with his father. He has Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism. He is obsessed with maths, science and Sherlock Holmes but finds it hard to understand other people. When he discovers a dead dog on a neighbour's lawn he decides to solve the mystery and write a detective thriller about it. As in all good detective stories, however, the more he unearths, the deeper the mystery gets- for both Christopher and the rest of his family.

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A murder mystery like no other, this novel features Christopher Boone, a 15 year-old who suffers from Asperger's syndrome. When he finds a neighbour's dog murdered, he sets out on a journey which will turn his whole world upside down.

Be warned: this is NOT an issues book. It is an unusual and brilliant story of Christopher, a teenager with Asperger's Syndrome, and is both hilarious and compelling. Shown through his unwavering eyes, his family and relationships come under sharp scrutiny in this unforgettable novel.

Rebel Cargo by James Riordan

13steve13 — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:37:34 CDT

Please note that our next meeting will be Wednesday 11 July at the usual time.

We will be joined by none other than Mr Riordan himself.

We are truly not worthy! Have your most challenging questions at the ready!

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Rebel Cargo by James Riordan

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Abena is a rebellious Ashanti girl sold into slavery on the notorious Transatlantic route from West Africa to Jamaica. Mungo is an English orphan who becomes a cabin boy, only to be kidnapped and sold as a white slave. Fate brings the two together and Mungo, risking life and limb, saves Abena from a terrible death. Together they escape and set out towards the Blue Mountains - where rumours tell of a stronghold of runaway slaves ruled by a legendary leader called Nanny. But can Abena and Mungo slip through the hordes of Redcoats and baying bloodhounds sent to drag them back...? Based on historical events, the novel unflinchingly describes the conditions of black and also white slavery in the 18th century, when profits took precedence over human life, and ends on a strong note of hope.

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James Riordan is the author of many collections of legends, folk tales and children's picture-books. He is also a particularly gifted novelist. His first novel Sweet Clarinet won the NASEN Award and was shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Book Award. Match of Death won the South Lanarkshire Book Award, The Gift was shortlisted for the NASEN Award and The Prisoner nominated for the Carnegie Medal.

From Left: Alec (Archaon), Martin (Child), Kate (Spoon) and Harry (Saw)

We aren't always this crazy looking, honestly!

Manga

13steve13 — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:35:09 CDT

Varying Manga

Vampire Game by Judal - Centuries ago in an epic battle, King Phelios defeated the Vampire-King Duzell. Using a powerful spell Phelios destroyed Duzell but he perished as a sacrifice for using such a strong spell. As both laid dying, Duzell swore that he would be reincarnated to find Phelios' reincarnation and when he did he would drain Phelios' blood, rip his body limb from limb and laugh while his soul writhes, damned for eternity to a lake of fire. A later, Duzell is reborn as a wildcat called a kyawl. Unfortunately, he can't find the reincarnation of the now Saint Phelios. Luckily, he is adopted by his nemesis' great-granddaughter, the 15-year-old princess Ishtar, through whom Duzell may be able to find the reincarnation of Phelios. The fate of the ages is reborn, and the vampire game begins.

Yotsuba&! by Kiyohiko Azuma is centered on the antics of Yotsuba Koiwai, a five-year-old adopted girl who is energetic, cheerful, curious, strange, and quirky—so strange and quirky, in fact, that even her own father calls her a weirdo. She is also initially ignorant about many things a child her age would be expected to know, among them doorbells, escalators, air conditioners, and even playground swings. This ignorance results in humorous stories where she learns about, and frequently misunderstands, everyday things.

At the start of the series, Yotsuba and her adoptive father, Koiwai, relocate to a new city with the help of Koiwai's best friend, an impressively tall man nicknamed Jumbo. Yotsuba makes a strong impression on the three daughters of the neighboring Ayase family, Asagi, Fuka, and Ena, and many of her misadventures come from interactions with them.

The series has no continuing plot—the focus is Yotsuba's daily voyage of discovery. Significantly, many chapters can be identified as taking place on successive days, which reinforces the sense of that we are following the characters' daily life. The tone can be summarized by the motto, used on chapter title pages and advertising, "Today is always the most enjoyable day" ("Itsu de mo kyō wa, ichiban tanoshii hi").Ghost In The Shell by Masamune Shirow - Originally a Japanese cyberpunk manga, Ghost In The Shell has been adapted into two movies - Ghost In The Shell, Ghost In The Shell 2 : Innocence - as well as a TV series - Ghost In The Shell Stand Alone Complex (and the second series GITSSAC 2nd Gig) - with a third movie - GITSSAC Solid State Society due for UK release in August 2007

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The central theme of this manga is the blurring of the boundary between man and machine, as "cyberisation" is now widespread, indeed Major Motoko Kusanagi, the lead character, has an entirely prosthetic body. When is the boundary between man and machine crossed?

Vernon God Little - DBC Pierre

13steve13 — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:33:57 CDT

Vernon Gregory Little has secrets, but none of them - or so he assumes - have anything to do with the recent massacre of 16 students at his high school. This novel depicts simple humanity in a complex world and poses questions about culpability and priorities in a hypocritical, media-saturated world.

The riotous adventures of fifteen-year-old Vernon Gregory Little in small-town Texas and beach-front Mexico, Vernon God Little suggests that desperate times throw up the most unlikely of heroes.

WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2003 WINNER OF THE 2003 WHITBREAD FIRST NOVEL PRIZE Named as one of the 100 Best Things in the World by GQ magazine in 2003, the riotous adventures of Vernon Gregory Little in small town Texas and beachfront Mexico mark one of the most spectacular, irreverent and bizarre debuts of the 21st century so far. Its depiction of innocence and simple humanity (all seasoned with a dash of dysfunctional profanity) in an evil world is never less than astonishing. The only novel to be set in the barbecue sauce capital of Central Texas, Vernon God Little suggests that desperate times throw up the most unlikely of heroes. 'A showpiece of superb comic writing . . . Out of the detritus of a morally bankrupt society, Pierre has fashioned a work of comic art.' Sunday Telegraph 'In a just world, this ridiculously funny first novel would come free with every television set . . . Not since reading John Kennedy O'Toole's masterpiece, A Confederacy of Dunces . . . have I laughed so much or felt such sheer delight at the discovery of a wholly fresh comic voice . . . this novel reads like a modern day fairytale.' Mail on Sunday

The Sea - John Banville

13steve13 — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:33:12 CDT

When art historian Max Morden returns to the seaside village where he once spent a childhood holiday, he is both escaping from a recent loss and confronting a distant trauma.

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The Grace family appeared that long-ago summer as if from another world. Drawn to the Grace twins, Chloe and Myles, Max soon found himself entangled in their lives, which were as seductive as they were unsettling. What ensued would haunt him for the rest of his years and shape everything that was to follow.

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Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2005.

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(Read what The Guardian's Culture Vulture Blog had to say about the Booker Prize result)

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(And also these comments by The Independent's Boyd Tonkin)

Portsmouth's Teen Reading Group - Recently Updated Pages

This month, we are reading...

The Truth - Terry Pratchett

The Crew by Bali Rai

Portsmouth's Teen Reading Group

Google's Setting up Something new... Which is Bad...

Book about penguin family with two fathers tops list of 'challenged books' in USA.

"Don't Look Back In Anger"

The crew - Bali Rai

"Death of a Cheesemonger"

So, You Think You Can Do Better?

Music

Non-book related discussion

The day of the triffids - John Wyndham

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian

January 2008

This month (January), we are all reading are own books (again)...

Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn

Child X by Lee Weatherly

The Curious incident of the dog in the night-time - Mark Haddon

Rebel Cargo by James Riordan

Manga

Varying Manga

Vernon God Little - DBC Pierre

The Sea - John Banville