Good books for a beginner

[jts]

So, just to make sure I understand, do problems to improve tactics/get my head around key concepts and find out my biggest mistakes and rectify them? Ignore the rest for the time being?

By the way, it's fun to play go in person, but it's likely that at a club the player you challenge will not yet be able to remember your game. You're likely to get better advice on kgs (For free), because you get an automatic game record.

I don't think there's anything wrong with attack and defense. It is not going to be the most efficient way to improve, but no book is, yet; you may find it just as fascinating as any other book.

In the beginning is, iirc, more oriented to advice that is specifically and exclusively about the opening. Opening theory made easy, otoh, is more focused on ideas that are important throughout the game, which you can use as the building blocks of your opening strategy.

[Boidhre]

So, just to make sure I understand, do problems to improve tactics/get my head around key concepts and find out my biggest mistakes and rectify them? Ignore the rest for the time being?

By the way, it's fun to play go in person, but it's likely that at a club the player you challenge will not yet be able to remember your game. You're likely to get better advice on kgs (For free), because you get an automatic game record.

Yeah, the only club within 3 hours train journey of me is a college one and that'll be finishing up for the academic year now. Current idea is to play until the autumn and join the club when it restarts. That's if there aren't some summer activities going on with the club here.