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Greetings book clubbers,


Thanks to every one who came last nights meeting, lively and interesting. Nice to see old & new faces.


Our next book is The third Man by Graham Green:


http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48800.The_Third_Man


Our next meeting is on the 22nd March in The Clockhouse at 8.00pm.


There is a spare copy in Rye books.


Look forward to seeing you.

Greetings book group.


Our next meeting is still in the Clockhouse on the 22nd March. Only problem is the Blake room and the snug are both booked. They have offered us two tables at the back of the restaurant area which will seat 8 maybe 10 at a push. The alternative is bringing the meeting forward to the 15th, but several of you cant make that date. So I propose we meet on the 22nd as agreed and enjoy the thrill of different surroundings.

I think we could have a book group meeting at a bus stop and it would still be fun.


The Third Man is very short, do you have an idea of another short book we can also do before the next meeting?


We can discuss a trip to Banh Banh in Peckham for some time in April.


http://www.banhbanh.com/


It?s cheep & cheerful and very good food.


Till then


Chick


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Hi Chick it was lovely to be part of the book group last week. Did we set a date for the next meeting? What is it? Do you normally contact us by email or do we find you on this forum?

My email is [email protected]

Cheers Prudence

Thanks to every one who came our last meeting.


Our next book is London Lies Beneath by Stella Duffy.


https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/oct/20/london-lies-beneath-stella-duffy-review


Our next meeting will be on Wednesday 26th April.


Till then,

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Greetings bookgroup,


Thanks to every one who came to another good meeting. Our next is on a Thursday for once, 25th May in the Clockhouse.


Our next book is "The Sympathizer" by Viet Thanh Nguyen, it's quite large so crack on.


http://www.pulitzer.org/winners/viet-thanh-nguyen.


I'll confirm all of this soon.


Cheers,

Greetings,


Nunhead cemetery is having an open day on the 20th May,


Are you interested in going especially after our last book?


http://londonist.com/london/secret/secrets-of-nunhead-cemetery


http://www.fonc.org.uk/


Do let me know if you want to meet up.


Cheers


Chick

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Our next book is As I walked out one midsummer morning by Lauri Lee. The next meeting will be 28th June upstairs in the Clockhouse. I will confirm this later.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_I_Walked_Out_One_Midsummer_Morning


If you feel up to it you could also read A Moment of War which is a follow up about his time in Spain during the war.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Moment_of_War

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Our next meeting is on the 23rd August in the Clockhouse at 8.00pm.


Our next book is The elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elegance_of_the_Hedgehog


Thanks to every one who came to our last meeting.


Till then,



Chick

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