Book Group Christmas Meal!

Venue: The Canton Arms / Rebatos Spanish Tapas Restaurant: South Lambeth Rd, Vauxhall After our lovely experience at Rebatos last year the consensus is to go again this year so.....meet at The Canton Arms (also South Lambeth Rd) at 7.30pm and then head across to the restaurant at 8ish (it's literally across the road). Anyone welcome so please don't hesitate. We can't book for the tapas part of the restaurant (which is the nicest bit) so if you could reply to the event and I can get some idea of how many are coming that would be helpful (I might warn them!). If you can also try to be there before 8pm it will save the rearrangement of tables!! The only thing you need to bring is a Book Secret Santa! No rules - can be your favorite book or something that looks interesting, first or second hand - just wrap it up and we'll pull them out of the bag! Only other point to mention is that the date is a TUESDAY rather than the usual Wednesday. Sorry for those who can't make Tuesdays - we tried hard to find an evening so close to Christmas that would suit most. Happy Christmas and hope to see you there!

A Brideshead Christmas Special

Sorry for the delayed post. As usual a good group this week with mixed opinions on the book making for an interesting discussion! Next proper meeting will be 4 January and we're reading 'Brideshead Revisited' by Evelyn Waugh. As most group members know by now I can definitely recommend the TV adaption (with a young Jeremy Irons) as some good Christmas viewing!! Sticking with the King's Head in Clapham (100 Clapham Park Rd) form 7.30pm.

A varied collection of suggestions as always:
Shantaram by Gregory David
Nicholas Nickelby by Charles Dickens
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
Born to Run by Chris McDougall
The Thread by Victoria Hislop

Of course we will be meeting before the end of the year for our Christmas Do! I'll post another event for that but if you can't make it then a very Happy Christmas, have fun over the New Year and see you in 2012!

All the Pretty Horses

Very interesting discussion this week about Kafka on the Shore with lots to say and several mixed feelings! The Kings's Head has had a bit of a make-over and was a bit busier - I like to put it down to the fact that we are holding our meetings there now!

The next book is 'All the Pretty Horses' by Cormac McCarthy and the other suggestions included:

Regeneration by Pat Barker

The White Tiger by Ararind Adiga

We need to talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver

Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières

So same place, same time then on the 23rd November.

As an aside, we also set a date for our Christmas Meal (yes, it's coming round quickly!) so put it in your diaries and we will finalise details later: 13 December. Slightly controversially it's on a Tuesday but it seemed to be the best date for most people at the meeting! Last Year was Robarto's tapas in Vauxhall which went down well but other suggestions very welcome.