We met at Sue Wood's place, a good turn up to discuss the Booker Prize Winner, Marlon James' A Brief History of Seven Killings, except that not one of us - yes, that's right, nobody had read the book. The most anyone had read was 25% or a couple of hundred pages. Some like me didn't really make a start, after finding the first couple of pages impenetrable. We talked about criteria for Booker prizes, how they are judged, lots of things. We voted on the best and worst books of 2015. Best book was tied - The Children Act and Madame Bovary. I don't think there was a clear worst, maybe 'Only the Animals'. Some books were chosen as both best and worst by different people. Then we chose the new book after considering several options. The March Book is The World without Us by Mireille Juchau and lets hope it pleases us better!
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