In September we are delighted to welcome JB as a new member and hope that she will enjoy our discussions.
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The host of each monthly meeting will post our thoughts on that month's book, along with an
attempt at an agreed rating out of 5 stars:
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I have found lots of questions for The Hare....shall I reduce them to about 10 ?
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Thanks for changing the date Lorraine.
Sally....if you have any suggestions for the next books please let us know.
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The meeting was attended by JB, CDaC, CH, and LD. Apoligies received from AG and SB.
ReplyDeleteIt was agreed that "The Hare with The Amber Eyes" although some found it hard going until half way through was much enjoyed by those who read it to the end. An imported historical account of Jewish life in Paris and Vienna before during and after the war. It was generally agreed the book should be given a rating of 4-5 stars.
Our next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday 15th October at 2pm (note time change). At JB's house.
The chosen book for this meeting is "Gone Girl" By Gillian Flynn
OOps! Sorry there is a mistake in the minutes for "imported" read important.
ReplyDeleteI found the historical content fascinating and what went on in Vienna when the nazis arrived was quite new to me. What could have been yet another story of a very wealthy family was cleverly written with the thread of the netsuki running through it. The author appealed to me too and I had a look at his own work which I find very pleasing. Perhaps the loss of a fortune and many beautiful objects was necessary to become the artists behind new work - a poet, a ceramist and a writer, and not just collectors of other people's work. CDC
ReplyDeleteExactly, I was very interested by the Vienna part (as opposed to Paris, which bored me to death and nearly stopped me reading) and was very relieved when the netsuke actually played a real part in the story there. I particularly liked Odessa at the end, since I was there for a conference a couple of years ago and we had some of our meetings in the very house that he describes, which was taken over by the maritime sanitation people. Wish I had read the book first, would have paid more attention to the staircase! I'm commenting as anonymous because I don't know what all the other things are! Sally
ReplyDeleteJust to say I think To Kill a Mockingbird and Bringing up the Bodies both great ideas. I've already started Gone Girl and had great difficulty getting up this morning because I wanted to go on reading.
ReplyDeleteWill attempt to be me this time....
Sally