Book Club: 'The Birds and Other Stories', Thursday 4th November

kerry

Hi all - there were about 6 of us at the dairy last Thursday but given the absence of quite a few regulars we thought we'd put a book suggestion on here for discussion and leave final agreement to the broader group. We landed on Donna Tartt's The Secret History as our suggestion - Miss annie has read it and recommends and apparently it does involve snow!

ADGS

That's a damn fine book - though it may have helped that I read it while in a situation which to some extent mirrored the protagonist's - but on no account allow yourself to be lured into attempting her follow up, the quite astoundingly dull The Little Friend.

miss annie

Quite so, she was a definite one book wonder.

sophie

i'd be up for that. did you decide on a date?

miss annie

Excellent! I believe that we settled on December 9th. It was also to be a bit of a Christmas do, so perhaps we should meet half an hour earlier to give us time to discuss our book and then eat, drink and /or be merry?

miss annie

If we are happy with the book I'll start a new thread for the next meeting. DonnaW and Charlo, are you happy with The Secret History? And does anyone have any thoughts about a venue?

Charlo

Definitely up for The Secret History - it will be good to read it as I bought my copy in 1993 and haven't got round to it yet!

Donna

Me too! Definitely up for it, I've read it before and really liked it, keen to re-read. Dec 9th works for me. really sorry I couldn't make it. Still got my cold and cough! Aaargh I hate winter.