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7.30 pm on 6th June saw eight members meet at our favourite watering hole to discuss and analyse “The Third Policeman” by Flann O’Brien. Numbers were slightly down due to :- “Podiatry in Penzance” “Perambulations in Pembrokeshire” “I havn’t read the book” But we now have two new mwmbers – Jane and Dave. The bookContinue reading “On Your Bike…”

On the 2nd of May 10 bibliophiles forgathered in the captains cabin of the S S Three Kings to discuss “Waypoints” by Ian Stephen – a maritime saga located in and around Scotlands west coast .Apart from the technical aspects of boat building and sailing around the western isles each chapter contained poems by theContinue reading “Our shipping forecast…”

The Elegance of the Hedgehog – Muriel Barbery Despite the title this months book did not follow in the steps of Kenneth Graham nor A A Milne. The tale chronicles the life of a Paris concierge,who while not quite despising the intellectual ability of her employers ,none the less proves to be a much moreContinue reading “A Long Way from the Riverbank”

7.30 pm  – 7th march – another jolly evening for the Three Kings Book Group, The book in question being  “Standard Deviation” by Katherinr Heiney – a novel based in the  U S A charting the life of a family including a child obsessed with origami. Reactions were mixed – “Enjoyed- A holiday Book- StartedContinue reading “Don’t believe Nigella Every Time!”

Decembers choice of “If on a winters Night a Traveller” by Italo Calvino proved a challenge..Few of the members were prepared to confirm that they had read the book in it’s entirety. This resulted in a low score of 4.1 out of 10 and the presentation of  “Certificates of Bravery” to all who “said”they hadContinue reading “If on a winter’s night…”

We met as usual in the bar of the Three kings,on 7th february to discuss and review “Owls of the Eastern Ice” by Jonathon Slaght. The owls in question live and breed in Eastern Russia and are to a certain extent endangered due to deforestation and /or climate change. Did we care – well ,yesContinue reading “Owls of protest…”

Our November choices were :-“Once upon a river” by Diane Setterfield  and  “A Whole Life” by  by Robert Seethaler The general consensus was that Once Upon a River was beautifully written and a gripping mystery – saying that one member expressed the opinion that he/she didn’t really care what happened to the characters – thisContinue reading “November meeting”

On Monday 4th October a select group of readers gathered in the main bar of “The Three Kings” to discuss H G Wells “The History of Mr. Polly” The scoring worked out at 7.2 out of 10 – due to the fact that the older members were able to give high scores – others foundContinue reading “The History of Mr Polly”

Our September meeting once took place in the outdoor conference suite at the Three Kings on Monday 6th! Several regular attendees were sadly otherwise engaged but with a new member and a returning friend we were of sufficient numbers to do justice to an interesting text and a lemon drizzle cake… A Whole Life byContinue reading “A Whole Life”

4th January brought us to our first anniversary with a conversation about Old Filth by Jane Gardam. We have also started on our list of suggestions for this year… A Month in the Country J.L. Carr The Handmaid’s Tale Margaret Attwood The Shadow King Maaza Mengiste Moonstone: The boy who never was Sjon A WholeContinue reading “A New Year Begins…”