THANK YOU

Dear Ladies

A formal thank you to you all for accepting me into your rather special book club.  I thoroughly enjoyed meeting you all in March and hearing your individual thoughts on The Memory of Love.  I do apologise for not attending the May meeting. I have to also admit  to not reading the book selection for that month.  However I am whipping through Mateship with Birds at present whilst on a working holiday in Perth. I look forward to discussing this novel on the 27^th and enjoying your afternoon teas to which I will aspire!

Regards to all

Maggie Hayes

Email: maidenhayes@gmail.com

Mobile:  0413 316 260  

May 2012 meeting, July Book

Great meeting again at Moy's place. Everyone got straight into talking about Julian Barnes' A Sense of an Ending, and we were still talking about it hours later. What a fascinating book that led us a merry dance. We will still be talking about it next month, I'm sure.

Don't forget the next book day on the 24th June is at Stella's place - Mateship with Birds.

July book is Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward, which was one of the most popular books at the Sydney Writers Festival, at least in terms of books sold after the talk. We took ages to agree on the book - nothing seemed to jump out at us, or we'd already done the author, or... Hope this lives up to the standard of the Julian Barnes. Oh, July is at my place.

April meeting, June Book

Thanks Margaret for your hospitality - lovely day, great outlook, yummy food, specially the home-made cakes. Recipes please.

While The Memory of Love wasn't the most popular book we've done - but it provoked plenty of discussion. The book took an age to get interesting, and despite great story potential, it didn't leave us knowing much about Sierra Leone, or caring about the characters.

We welcomed new member Maggie Maiden and had a good roll up on the day.

After The Sense of an Ending at the May meeting (at Moy's), we will be reading Mateship with Birds by Carrie Tiffany, meeting at Stella's place in June.

See you all soon. Have a good Writers Week.