Monday, September 8, 2008

The Bridge Across Forever by Richard Bach

Hi Everyone,
Sorry about the late post re. last week's BookClub meeting where we discussed The Bridge Across Forever by Richard Bach. Busy busy :)
I think I can safely say that this was, according to the members who read it and myself, the worst book so far that nominated for BookClub. It's really an autobiography of Richard Bach himself. What an absolute ar*ehole! I never thought it would be possible for a book, well at least in the genre of spirituality & self-help, to make me want to puke. The sad thing is that you have to read his book to realise what an arrogant person he is. This guy has a serious "god-complex." How he ever got married to begin with, let alone being married 3 times, I will never understand...and then to tour America giving seminars to the public about how to make marriage work!
So, a new direction that I'm trying to move in with the Bookclub is to get attendees to write a brief sentence about their opinion of the current book and a rating out of 10...and here they are;
Sec: 6/10 (Sec was the only member to finish the book...so maybe it got better in the end :). "Struggle to finish it!"
Pope Buckfast: 0/10. "Worst book ever! Too sh*t to finish!"
TristanPeter: 3/10. Didn't finish due to "not enough time and didn't really want to. Author is an a**hole"
Shel1: 3/10. Didn't finish.
Damo: 3/10. "Got to page 130. Not finished yet also. The author has no personality...shallow. Didn't want to finish it seeing as the guy divorced in 1999. How stupid he looks!"
TristanC: Didn't read it so no rating.
HisRoyalBadness: Didn't read it so no rating.
Sean: 3/10. "Complete bo**ocks particularly because he has had 3 wives!"
Rachel: Didn't read it so no rating.
So, there you have it. Our new rating system :)
The book for next Tuesday is A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hoseini nominated by Caitriona followed by Choke by Chuck Pallahniuk, nominated by Sean. Sorry Shel1, yours if next after Sean's because he was asked to nominate beforehand.

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