The Crow Road

A large group for us this week and lots of different thoughts about 'if nobody speaks'. General consensus: some lovely ideas, lovely prose although not loved by all (!) but some clunky story lines.

Next choice - an outright winner of the vote this week - is 'The Crow Road' by Ian Banks.

We had a great list to choose from though including:Dominion by CJ Sansom
Black Dogs by Ian McEwan
The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro
What is the what by Dave Eggers
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
The Trial by Franz Kafka
There but for the by Ali Smith

Not quite warm enough to sit outside last night but ALMOST! We will stick with the King's Head, 100 Clpahma Park Rd for next meeting but maybe think of another venue with more outside space after that. 

 

Next meeting is in FOUR weeks, on the 22 May, so plenty of time to read Crow Road!  Meet at 7.30pm for an 8pm start...

Enjoy the sun (please stay!) in the mean time...

Speak up!

I think all enjoyed Capital - even if we didn't think it was the greatest literary novel. It was still way better than The Slap. Sticking with a theme the next book is 'if nobody speaks of remarkable things' by jon mcgregor (lack of capitals obviously in direct contradiction with our previous book). A great shortlist requiring a second (and almost third!) round, comprising of: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick Persuasion by Jane Austen King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild Sticking with The King's Head in this BLOODY MISERABLE WEATHER so see you there  on Wednesday 24th April I hope...