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Now in its sixth year, there are times when it might be just as appropriate to describe our group as a Cake Club with Books rather than a Book Club with Cake! This month’s meeting certainly ended with a carefully chosen substantial, multi-layered confection of red, pink, green and blue sponges to complement our considerationContinue reading “A mighty recipe”

A Happy New Year to all our readers We started our year with an absolute winner :-” Mr. Wilder & Me” by Jonothan Coe (score 7.5 out of 10 !) The story line of Calista,the heroine,a young half Greek student caught up in an improbable way with the making of the film “Fedora” directed byContinue reading “Lights, Camera….”

October’s choice was “The Beekeeper of Aleppo” by Christy Lefteri and the members foregathered  at the Three kings on November 7th to discuss it’s merits – or otherwise –  that the score was 8 out of 10 will tell you that the book was well received. We were really moved by the story of NuriContinue reading “Sweet as honey?”

Book Club Meeting – 4th September 2023 This was a difficult book… We were all agreed on that. The Promise by Damon Galgut was a challenging read but one which scored higher (at an average of 8.9/10) than most of the other titles we have reead. It wasn’t difficult because it was badly or awkwardly written –Continue reading “A difficult book”

30 or 40 years ago there were often newspaper articles of high drama regarding lighthouse keepers marooned by wild weather – ” The Lamplighters” by Emma Stonex brought their unique existence to life. Tho’ a novel the story was based on an actual happening in 1900  when three keepers disappeared from a rock lighthouse situatedContinue reading “All at Sea”

So, the end of the third year of the 3 “K’s” book club. – What a jolly crew we were,snug in the 3″K’s” regaling ourselves on cheese straws,mince pies and chocolate cake washed down with fine ale supplied by our hostess Sue. Sparkling conversation,witty repartee – a wonderfully convivial atmosphere – Oh yes .the bookContinue reading ““God bless us, every one!””

The first meeting of 2023 saw 10 members chewing over “Lily” by Rose Tremain – although enthusiasm was mixed it scored an impressive 7.3 out of 10. If you intend to read the book do not expect many laughs – it is a tale of revenge set in Victorian London and based on life asContinue reading “Chewing over ‘Lily’”

Due to dilatoriness and holidays (A week in Gateshead followed by a further week in the perlieus of Margate ) your literary correspondent missed a number of deadlines – HOWEVER — – – – – Augusts’ choice was “All Things Cease to Appear” by Elizabeth Brundage. A rich and complex study of a psychopath,a marriageContinue reading “Three for the Price of One!”

What a winner Junes book of choice proved to be. Everybody enjoyed it as proved by the score  – 8.2 out of 10. Just to remind you the volume in question was “Diary of a Bookseller” by Shaun Bythell Who would have thought that there could be a thriving bookshop containing over 80,000 assorted volumesContinue reading “Better than the Screwfix Catalogue?”