Our book club Fiction&Friends met last night at Jessica's to discuss Cloud Atlas. Just the right number of people turned up (12), conversation flowed, everyone has opinions to air, the book went down very well, though we were divided on which of the novellas we liked best and most had found the Sloosha's Crossing episode the toughest to get through.
We had a visitor: Fiona already runs a book club but wanted to see how ours operates and if she could pick up any hints that would make hers go better. This group generally meets in city-centre cafes. Each meeting is themed and members read a non-fiction book around that theme (usually current affairs). It's great when a dialogue is created between groups. I hope Fiona returns for our next meeting and some of us plan to go along to hers.
Jessica cooked up a storm as usual - a wonderful buffet of North Indian food. Kumar (our one and only guy) was joking that I was making so many appreciative noises filling my plate that I sounded just like Sally in When Harry Met ... . Can I help it? Everything from fish koftas to kulfi was worth reading a book for. (As if the book itself wasn't reward enough.)
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