Wednesday, 22 February 2012

A Trip Down Memory Lane or Books We Have 'Done'

OK, I'm going to start this list off but will need to hand the batten over for 2009ish onwards.  Please fill in the gaps and correct any mistakes if you know the answers!

  1. 1/10/2004 at Lesley's              Dracula by Bram Stoker
  2. ?/10/2004 at Sue's                  Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
  3. 29/11/2004 at Lesley's            Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H.Lawrence
  4. 7/2/2005 at Gemma's              Anne of Green Gables by L.M.Montgomery
  5. 7/3/2005 at Katie's                 The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffegger
  6. 24/3/2005 at Paula's               The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy-Fowler
  7. 20/4/2005 at Jess's                 The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
  8. 24/5/2005 at Liz's                   The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch
  9. 20/6/2005 at The Worsley Arms        It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet by James Herriott
  10.  25/7/2005 at Sue's                 Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
  11. 22/8/2005 at Pauline's             Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K.Rowling                            Anne of Avonlea by L.M.Montgomery
  12. 19/9/2005 at Pam's                 The Other Side of the Dale by Gervase Phinn
  13. 19/10/2005 at Lesley's            Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
  14. November 2005 ???????????????
  15. 18/1/2006 at Jess's ????????????????????
  16. 13/2/2006 at Liz's                   Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
  17. 15/3/2006 at Gemma's            Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
  18. 20/4/2006 at Sue's                  The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
  19. 22/5/2006 at Rachel's             A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
  20. 15/6/2006 at Bridie's ?????????????????
  21. 17/7/2006 at Pauline's             My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
  22. 16/8/2006 at The Dormouse   Brick Lane by Monica Ali
  23. 13/9/2006 at Maryna's            The Farm by Richard Benson
  24. 11/10/2006 at Katie's????????????????????Maybe
  25. 8/11/2006 at Liz's                    Frenchman's Creek by Daphne Du Maurier
  26. 12/11/2006 at Lesley's            The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
  27. 21/1/2007 at Libby's               The Snow Geese by William Finnes
  28. the rest of 2007??????????????
  29. 29/1/2008 at Sue's?????????
  30. 29/2/2008 at Lesley's               Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck
  31. 23/4/2008 at Liz'z                    Don't Look Now and Other Stories by Daphne Du Maurier
  32. 28/5/2008 at Pam's                  The Maid of Buttermere by Melvyn Bragg
  33. 23/6/2008 at Rachel's              The Bolyn Inheritance by Phillipa Gregory
  34. 29/7/2008 at Nikki's                Dirt Music by Tim Winton
  35. 15/9/2008 at Bridie's??????????????????????????
  36. 13/10/2008 at Liz's                  On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan  
Hummm, more gaps than I anticipated! Dust off those diaries ladies...

Monday, 20 February 2012

Book club at Pippi's house, Monday 20th February 2012

Mr Rosenblum's List by Natasha Solomons

So, here it is, the blog for our book club.  I'm looking forward to seeing which names people use for themselves and how the blog will organise itself.  I'm hoping it'll be an organic process that will change as we all get used to it, please don't feel there is any kind of etiquette or rule book, this is a new thing that will be shaped by the people who contribute.

What do you all think of trying to remember all the books we've read over the last eight years?  I have a reasonably comprehensive list that I will endeavour to post (although I have been promising to do this for at least four years now so don't hold your breath...) and comments, memories etc. would be welcome.

Thanks for all coming tonight, it was a busy one and much fun.  Sorry if you're all a bit garlicky tomorrow...