book sixteen: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

3pm, Sunday 24 May 2009.

Thanks to Ellie's for hosting with a delicious home-baked spread!

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by New York writer Jonathan Safran Foer.

Wendy brought the shortlist.

Ratings (out of 17):

James: 17 "Outstanding"

Steve: 16 "Life changing"

Leigha: 15 "The most interesting narrators I've ever come across"

Ellie: 16 "Absolutely loved it - will tell lots of people to read it"

Tim: 13 "Good story, pity about the gimicks"

Wendy: 14 "Disturbing - not a happy book"

Maree: 15 "Challenging"

Emma (postal vote): 12 "Found this a really sad book & all the clever stuff (gimmicks) really irritated me."

Average: 14.8