Shhhh...it's a secret

All round thumbs up for 'If on a Winter's night...' although everyone did get a little confused with the real and the fake! Good discussion and lots of interesting points.

Lovely to have some new members along, what a big group we were this week! We just managed to squeeze around the table!

Our next meeting is on the 23rd Feb, four weeks rather than three just to keep everyone on their toes. We are reading The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry, several positive comments from those who have already read it so looking forward to that.

It was a close call between a couple of others actually, the runners up were;

Time's Arrow by Martin Amis
Selected Tales by Edgar Allen Poe
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
I'll Go To Bed At Noon by Gerard Woodward

Hope to see everyone on the 23rd!

Not travelling too far on a winter's night...

A great start to the new year! Thumbs up for the new venue and nice to have a new face. Mixed views on Engleby, about 50/50 like to dislike, good discussion though.
Another fantastic selection of pitches for the next meeting, the undoubted winner (not unfortunately!) being:

If On A Winter's Night A Traveller by Italo Calvino

The runners up were:

The Northern Clemency by Philip Hensher
I'll Go To Bed At Noon by Gerard Woodward
The God of Small Things by Arundnati Roy
Out of Shadows by Jason Wallace
Witness the Night by Kishwar Desai
An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
Generation A by Douglas Copland

Phew!

We're meeting again on the 26th and sticking with the Royal Oak so hope to see you there!