The Year of Living Danishly - 28th of June

The Colour of Magic was best summed up as marmite, you either love it or hate it. There was a lot going on in the book which made it hard to follow for non-fantasy fans.

Our next book will be The Year of Living Danishly by Helen Russell. 
"A hugely enjoyable romp through the pleasures and pitfalls of setting up home in a foreign land" PD Smith, Guardian 

Other pitched books were:
For Tiber with Love - Isobel Losada
My Brilliant Friend - Elena Ferrante
The Man in the High Castle - Philip K Dick
The Island of Dr Moreau - HG Wells
Mr Mercedes - Stephen King

At our next meeting we'll be choosing our summer read, a longer book that we wouldn't normally pitch. We'll have a special themed meeting after the summer around September/October time.

The Colour of Magic - 31st of May

For our next meeting we have The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett.

"Terry Pratchett takes the seriousness from the fantasy novel and replaces it with wicked humour. This is an excellent place to start for any reader yet to read a Pratchett novel as it gives the background history of the main characters. The action starts in Ahnk Morpork, a city that becomes firmly implanted in the memory."

Other pitched books:

Mr Mercedes - Stephen King

The End of the Affair - Graham Greene

The Garden of Evening - Tan Tuan Eng

Go Set a Watchman - Harper Lee

Meeting at our usual place, The Rookery, 7pm, upstairs!

Kon Tiki - 3rd of May

A massive turnout at book club last meeting to discuss Room. It was well liked and an interesting perspective on a depressing subject matter. 

Book for the next meeting is Kon Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl

"Kon-Tiki is the record of an astonishing adventure—a journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean by raft. Intrigued by Polynesian folklore, biologist Thor Heyerdahl suspected that the South Sea Islands had been settled by an ancient race from thousands of miles to the east, led by a mythical hero, Kon-Tiki. He decided to prove his theory by duplicating the legendary voyage."

Other Pitched Books:

The Buried Giant - Kazuo Ishiguro

The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstesn

Skylock is My Name - Howard Jacobson

The Blind Assassin - Margaret Attwood

The Dog Star - Pete Heller

Meeting at The Rookery, Clapham Common

7pm in the upstairs room

Room - 5th of April

For our next meeting we are reading Room by Emma Donoghue

"Emma Donoghue's writing is superb alchemy, changing innocence into horror and horror into tenderness. Room is a book to read in one sitting. When it's over you look up: the world looks the same but you are somehow different and that feeling lingers for days" - Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler's Wife

As this book initially drew with another book and it's 5 weeks till the next meeting, there is a 2nd book for those who want more to read. The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling

Other pitched books
The Man in the High Castle - Philip K Dick
The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern

7pm on the 5th of April, top floor of the Rookery, Clapham

The Tiger's Wife

Our next book is The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
"Weaving a brilliant latticework of family legend, loss, and love, Téa Obreht, the youngest of The New Yorker’s twenty best American fiction writers under forty, has spun a timeless novel that will establish her as one of the most vibrant, original authors of her generation." - Good Reads

Other books pitched
Any Human Heart - William Boyd
The Cuckoo's Calling - Robert Galbraith
Room - Emma Donoghue


This meeting is going to be a little different and take place on a Tuesday, same place and time.

The Rookery, Clapham Common. 7pm, upstairs room.

Lolita - 3rd of Feburary

Our next book is Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Other pitched books were:
The Small Backs of Children - Lidia Yuknanitch
The Man in the High Castle - Philip K Dick
The Eyre Affair - Jasper Ffarde
Captain Corelli's Mandolin


Meeting in the top room of The Rookery, in Clapham at 7pm

Book Club Secret Santa

For the next book club meeting we're going to do the book secret santa! (sorry for the late notice). At Christmas time the Clapham book group do a secret santa. If you want to take part, bring a book wrapped up to the meeting on Wednesday to add to the sack and pick out a new one. It doesn't matter if its new or second hand. As the next meeting is so close to Christmas, this will be the Christmas meeting.

Next meeting is on the 9th of December, 7pm at the Rookery. See post below for more details.