http://www.petethetemp.co.uk/workfare-forced-labour-and-the-new-business-and-community-wardens/
did the link show up in my original post? it's not showing up for me and I can't edit it... the mobile version of this site is awful.
I don't know how I managed this but I convinced myself book group was next week. Therefore am now double booked and only 1/3 through reading it!
Sorry not to make it, hope you have a good chat. I read that Jon Ronson article at the weekend but ca…
@Angelab You did tick yes for that night! Hope that'll be ok.
Jude has been to the Shaftesbury and they have proposed a special Christmas menu, but there needs to be a minimum of 10 people and it is £23 per head, so I think we should just order fro…
@Luirette that would be brilliant as it would mean only one person couldn't make it - can we say the 11th and I will try and round up the troops of people who haven't responded yet (and send Gina an apologetic message). Although I only have Jenny's …
Thanks to everyone who has filled in the poll so far.
There are two dates, the 11th and 15th, where 6 out of 8 people can come. If there is no advance on either of those dates as a preference I might have to toss a coin and leave two sad people
Ju…
Hello readers.
I have had a few requests for dates for the Christmas meal, including a preference for Tuesdays or Thursdays and post-17th December if possible. If anyone else would like their views represented at the meeting on Monday then let me k…
I have just finished the book and will hopefully see some of you at the Noble in half an hour!
I still haven't been past since it has re-opened, but from the posts on here it sounds as though it is back up and running (if not particularly well-revi…
And if anyone is interested, after last month's choice, the author I was talking about who writes about Orthodox Jews in early 20th century Brooklyn is Chaim Potok.I would recommend 'My name is Asher Lev' and 'The Chosen' (which was recommended to m…
looking forward to this one! last meeting was super fun - THREE NEW PEOPLE and a really good book. i was a bit sweaty and flustered and got distracted talking about bikes..
please everyone always feel welcome to come along whether you are lurkers or…
@Patso - The Noble this time!
We should be noticeable by presence of our books, but this time I didn't manage to get the real life book so will just have my phone out!
Hi @Patso - we leave no less than a month between meetings, usually around 5 weeks.
We decide the next book semi-democratically between us at each meeting, but we often talk about changing the system. We can discuss it again next time, and maybe pl…
@Mirandola funnily enough we have done both of those! i love them so much.
i didn't know this one was miserable at all. oops. any other suggestions for some jollity next?
@luirette it seems they have copies on CD at the library (in the London Libraries Consortium at least): http://www.londonlibraries.gov.uk/Hackney/02_Catalogue/02_005_TitleInformation.aspx?searchTerm=&searchTerm2=end+of+the+affair&searchTerm3…
@luirette oh gosh i'm so sorry, i looked it up and saw the colin firth version and assumed it would be fine. i didn't realise there were boundaries imposed on these things. it won best audiobook of the year in 2013 for goodness' sake!
bumping this to the top to inspire everyone to read this book and come and talk about it!
sorry we didn't do a wednesday @charlo, i missed your message before the meeting.. next time!
We're always looking for more despair in our book group choices aren't we... well here's the classic novel of it.
A quote from a contemporary reviewer: "the suffering endured by Wharton's characters is excessive and unjustified".
I can't wait!
I'll be there!
The opening is odd and I found it really stressful but I think you sort of understand it a little bit more as the book goes on...?
Spoiler alert: I completely loved it but I don't quite know why.
@Donna I knew you would have loved it! Everyone was sat round (including a new person!) saying they all enjoyed it and I stormed in late with unsubstantiated dislike. Same old! I missed you to argue with though!
I was/am a scientist (once a scientist, always a scientist?!) but it didn't suit me being in a lab all day focusing on one tiny aspect of one tiny subject, I just want to know everything about everything and I felt trapped and bored. But the people …