March Bookgroup

The book will be The Brain that Changes Itself, by Norman Doidge. Click the book for more info.

February Bookgroup

Will be held at Jane and Robert's. Phil will send the details in due course.

The date is 26th February.

The book we are reading is Breath, by Tim Winton. Click the book for more info.

January Bookgroup

Was held at Deb E's place, and was a joint celebration for Fiona H's birthday!! Happy birthday was sung and Felicity made a stunning cake and this is the recipe. A lovely White Chocolate Bundt cake, and Felicity's looked just like the picture!!!

Everyone was present, so all know what a lovely time we had at Deb's. The table looked lovely with tiny candles for everyone, silver placemats holding square white plates, and happy birthday napkins to round it all out!

The book we were (supposed) to be discussing was The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry. Some of us enjoyed it, others thought it was an interesting though not earth shattering read. Sheila and Deb W felt that the ending was too 'pat'. Deb E and Jane said they saw it coming, and The Other Fiona said that she saw this in her job all the time, that people separated by circumstances were nevertheless drawn unconsciously to each other. That is an interesting theory that bears further discussion!

Felice and Deb W said how much they enjoyed the writing, that the author used beautiful turns of phrase that made them stop mid-read to savour.

There seemed to be some lively discussions at the north end of the table but this writer was too far away to eavesdrop!

Some books were suggested, see next post for details.