Monday, 10 February 2014

2014 February meeting

First meeting of the year and we welcomed two new members - Mina (who came along at the end of last year) and Robin.

There was a lot to catch up on, and a lot of books to to talk about.  Great discussion everyone!  Here is a list of the main books that were mentioned, in case you would like to follow up on them.  Happy reading.

Diana
The Luminaries - Eleanor Catton 
The Arcanum - Janet Gleeson (about porclein)
Remarkable creatures by Tracy Chevalier
The Rosie project by Graeme Simsion

Jan 
Barracuda by Christos Tsiolkas - not as good as The Slap
All that I am by Anna Funder - great read
Eyrie by Tim Winton
Sense and Sensibility by Joanna Trollope - fun story

Caroline
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry (Western) - great read
The great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
La's Orchestra Saves the World by Alexander McCall Smith

Freda
Blue Skies & Black Olives by John Humphrys
Sicily, It's Not Quite Tuscany by Shamus Sillar
Divorced and Gone to Europe by Nancy Cawley
Robin
Wolf Of The Plains by Conn Iggulden (about Genghis  Khan)
Down By The River by Edna O'Brien
When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro
Mina
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (and the movie as well)
Marlene
London by Edward Rutherfurd
The other hand by Chris Cleave
Yvonne
A possible life by Sebastian Faulks
a couple of books of short stories related to Japan and the tsunami

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