Category Book Club

Books Read by the Club

Report on Anatomy of a Moment

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.…

Report on HHhH

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…

Report on At Home

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…

Reporting on Nudge

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…