When and where shall the bookgroup reconvene after it's "summer" break?

[Hollis]

I can't finish a book in 2 weeks

Still want food though - maybe Khan's is a better idea then, seeing as Bonningtons can't really cope with larger groups.

Then it's just one bus straight up to Jamm

Sorry Khan's is logistically too far away for the membership.. simply couldn't enjoy it.

 

[sleaterkinney]

I don't think anyone has finished the book this time, it's a wee bit stodgy. The book was Suite Francais by Irene Nemirovsky

(we should have picked the grass one)

 

[Pieface]

oh right - I thought I'd managed to miss that one. Well I'm working solidly for the fortnight prior to this so I won't get to read anything I reckon. I've started another Cormac McCarthy....

 

[Orang Utan]

I'm not reading THAT!

 

[Pieface]

I'm going to go for the craic like

 

[Biddlybee]

Sorry Khan's is logistically too far away for the membership.. simply couldn't enjoy it.

Well then India Club?

Although OU doesn't like the decor

 

[Orang Utan]

I didn't like the food either - it reminded me of a soup kitchen

 

[Biddlybee]

I'm staying out of this now - Hollis - you decide and book somewhere

 

[zenie]

I didn't like the food either - it reminded me of a soup kitchen

omg!!

 

[Orang Utan]

Sorry Khan's is logistically too far away for the membership.. simply couldn't enjoy it.

it's near to most members

 

[Hollis]

it's near to most members

Yes well, come up to Wood Green for a change then.. share and share alike..

the Paramount's a decent curry house.

 

[Orang Utan]

Urban75 is a Brixton based website - if you live in North London, tough!

 

[Hollis]

And the bookgroup isn't a Brixton based bookgroup. so fuck you!!

 

[Pieface]

Hollis - you're a rotten egg.

 

[Orang Utan]

And the bookgroup isn't a Brixton based bookgroup. so fuck you!!

Yes it is!

 

[Hollis]

Oh no it isn't!!

 

[London_Calling]

Can you nominate something a tad more populist and not long just to, you know, ease the passage (Matron!) for any book club wannabe's . . . maybe ?

 

[Pieface]

we did some populist recently and it went down badly. I think we're bad at picking books.

 

[London_Calling]

Elitists !!




p.s. Glad to see the Bonnington is still going, been a while . . .

 

[Pieface]

the highbrow goes down equally as badly

 

[Crispy]

It's a snacks and booze club, really.

 

[foamy]

Urban75 is a Brixton based website - if you live in North London, tough!

i notice this thread is less 'welcoming' than the normal book group thread!

 

[Crispy]

It's Grumpy75 at the moment

 

[sleaterkinney]

I don't mind going down to khan's, I hear the curry is really edgy in Brixton.

 

[Orang Utan]

It is welcoming but most people do live down south, so majority rules n shit surely?

 

[Hollis]

The books actually better than alot of the stuff we've read.. imho.. well observed, well paced, good characterisation, interesting subject matter.. don't see why people have got a problem to be honest..

 

[sleaterkinney]

It is welcoming but most people do live down south, so majority rules n shit surely?

FASCIST!

 

[Hollis]

It is welcoming but most people do live down south, so majority rules n shit surely?

No! Not all the time.. we are inclusive and welcoming to minorities.

 

[foamy]

The books actually better than alot of the stuff we've read.. imho.. well observed, well paced, good characterisation, interesting subject matter.. don't see why people have got a problem to be honest..

cos its too big and the copy i got lent is a hardback - you dont fall asleep reading it twice, i can tell you!

 

[Biddlybee]

It is welcoming but most people do live down south, so majority rules n shit surely?

hmmm.. got to be a bit flexible though - not everyone in the bookgroup lives south.