Last week, one of my book groups had our Christmas dinner (at the
Olive Branch, Marsden, where we had a very good meal). Very sadly, we have lost one of our members this year - she died in the summer after a short illness, unexpectedly and far too young. We thought of her and remembered that at last year's Christmas dinner, she was with us.
As is now traditional, I gave everyone a Christmas card, showing the books we have read this year.
The books are:
- Anna of the Five Towns, Arnold Bennett
- On the Black Hill, Bruce Chatwyn,
- Brooklyn, Colm Tóibín
- Me and Mr J, Rachel McIntyre
- The Sisters Brothers, Patrick deWitt
- An Officer and A Spy, Robert Harris
- Sweet Caress, William Boyd
- Exposure, Helen Dunmore
A good selection of books - there were none that I really didn't like. (That has happened in the past, when some books have been very hard work to read.) I enjoyed the last three very much, and I think my overall favourite was
An Officer and A Spy. It's a fascinating account of the Dreyfus Affair in France, which I knew nothing about at all.
Our next book (for our meeting in January) is Brighton Rock by Graham Greene. I haven't read it before, and haven't seen the 1947 film with Richard Attenborough as Pinkie, either. I'm looking forward to it.
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