We met at The Victoria in Low Fell in the library room. At the beginning of the meeting there were 8 of us and this number rose to 10. Only Anne Marie and Joan had read the book. Joan had read the book on audio. Anne Marie said she would not recommend it to anyone!!
Joan said it was OK but she certainly didn't love it. Anne Marie said it got better as it went on. Set in LA with wacky characters and one or two funny one-liners. Pauline could not attend the meeting so she emailed her comments to Joan - "I've read the book and enjoyed it: a daft bit and unrealistic fantasy, but fun! I found the characters mostly quite appealing (though not particularly memorable!) and I looked forward to reading it each evening. Altogether I think probably a 4/5!"
Anne Marie and Joan gave the book a score of 3.
We talked about the Essex Serpent, which was last month's book and Joan said she had read a podcast about the author. Joan said that This Book Will Save Your Life went on about donuts too much but there were some nice bits about his son.
Viki chose 5 books for us to choose from and we decided to give it a week before making our choice.
We also talked about a cinema visit to see A Man Called Ove, which we arranged for the following Wednesday. Six of us, along with Emma's friend went to see it at The Tyneside Cinema and loved it. Emotional but true to the book.
Our August meeting has been arranged for Thursday 3rd August. Sue has kindly offered to have the meeting at her home. Looking forward to meeting up and discussing our July book, I Found You by Lisa Jewell.
Written by Joanne Crilly
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