Books Read by the Club
by Anthony Beevor The general consensus regarding Stalingrad seems to have been largely summarised by Jim – thanks again for sending in your thoughts, your participation from a distance well appreciated. There was a mixture of appreciation from a general…
by John Buchan We had a fruitful discussion despite the precious few tonight but expanded on from the comments we had from the larger gang. As a means of reporting back I will pre-conclude;-) that the three of us were…
by William Dalrymple Thanks for a great evening and discussion last Wednesday. We missed you Fergal. I thought it a very fruitful discussion with quite a spread of opinions. Admittedly we also had readers at various stages of working through…
by David Mitchell Thanks for a fine discussion last night. Attending: Mike, Pete, Joe and Shawn. The general consensus seemed to be disappointed with the book chosen and varying degrees of appreciation. The statement (I think Mike’s) that it would…
by JK Rowling A splendid discussion last week around Casual Vacancy. My only excuse is the madness of the season. As only three in attendance (Jim’s contribution gratefully acknowledged) had completed the book, the discussion was limited to a more…
by Javier Cercas Thanks for a great outing last night. I thoroughly enjoyed the nicely far-ranging discussion – as always. The general consensus seemed to be a tepid response to Anatomy of a Moment. I was probably and seemingly the most appreciative.…
by Laurent Binet A good discussion last night as we wade into parallel tomes. The challenges of summer schedule left us with a stalwart 4, but goodly discussion around HHhH which was well received by all, but for rather diverse…
by Bill Bryson We had a rather a mixed judgement on Bryson’s At Home. Ratings of 4,5,7 and 8 so a nicely divergent opinion which sparked some good conversation. We have adopted The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy as the…
No report tabled
From Joe: The verdict:The first 50 pages of Nudge were very good but they didn’t need to write the rest. For Laurence, who only read the first 50 pages, that’s great foresight. We have acknowledged that a book club is…