To celebrate the launch of our book club, they are giving away a book light to new members on joining. By joining their book club you have the option to:
Rate and recommend books your favourite books
Post your thoughts to the forum
Suggest a book for Laura's Corner
Nominate your own book club
The book club will feature a rotating panel of reviewers including Bert Wright who is the administrator of the Irish Book Awards, a celebrity author and a librarian from one of the 369 public libraries in Ireland.
They are trying to establish Bord Gáis Energy Book Club as a great source of information for book clubs in Ireland.
The results of their online survey have just been announced and have found that the Irish are still big readers with nearly three in every four reading six or more books a year. It also found that we Irish like to hoard our books with 72% having at least 50 books on our shelves and 42% of us having more than 100. More than half of us put the book on our shelves when finished reading, only 1% throw it out while more than one third swap with friends and 13% donate to charity. The bed is still the most popular reading place according to 56%, followed by the sitting room with 25% and 18% prefer to read while commuting. Despite the advent of e-readers and iPads, 95% still prefer the paperback. Among the top ten books we would take to a desert island are Life of Pi, Pride and Prejudice, Lord of the Rings, Ulysses, the Bible and How to Survive on a Desert Island. We are nothing if not practical!
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