London Book Club

Moggs and I would like to start a book club for those of us in the vicinity of London (and anyone else willing to travel to meet with us.) 

For our first meeting, we have chosen the book Brick Lane by Monica Ali.  It has been out long enough to be in paperback or easy to get at the library.  Here is a synopsis:

Monica Ali's gorgeous first novel is the deeply moving story of one woman, Nazneen, born in a Bangladeshi village and transported to London at age eighteen to enter into an arranged marriage. Already hailed by the London Observer as "one of the most significant British novelists of her generation," Ali has written a stunningly accomplished debut about one outsider's quest to find her voice.

We thought this would be a great book to start the club since, like some of us who will be participating in the group, Nazneen is a newcomer to England.  It will give us a fantastic point to open our discussion session.

In order to give everyone time to find the book and read it, we have chosen Saturday, 1 March for our first group meeting.  The meeting place and time has not yet been decided, as we thought it might be a good idea to see how many want to participate and where they are coming from first.

Looking forward to 1 March!

 :\\\'(  I want to go...

I'm in London and would probably be interested! I heard that book is a good one.#

Please let me know the details whenever you decide.

Thanks!

I am looking forward to it.  Glad to hear you're interested, Marlene (and wish you could come  too Geeta ).

Hope we get lots of interest. 

I'd love to get involved but I have a hard time remembering the details of most books I read.

I'd love to go but it's too far for now :\\\'(

I'd love to get involved but I have a hard time remembering the details of most books I read.

Then just come along and discuss the bits you do remember.  The nice thing about a book club is that you don't have worry about grades, it is for fun.

Hmm. I'll pencil it in. No promises. 

:\\\'(  I want to go...

Come down for the weekend, silly!

Come down for the weekend, silly!

Actually, that's a really good idea! 

I just ordered Brick Lane at Amazon.  They have it on sale for £4.11.

And Geeta that would be great if you would come join us!  Afterall, it was at the Christmas party (that you organised) where Moggs and I hatched our plan for a new book club. 

Mr. Moggs is going to join us unless there's objections.  So one more person for the discussion. 

I'd like to come as well. It may be interesting to read one non-fiction book from time to time-ie Barrack's book. Look forward to meeting you!

I'd like to join too, if it's ok. I'm in SW London.

Yay.  I am going to get the book in the next week.  Maybe if we cross posted in Meetups, we might get more people.

I'd love to come for it, but not sure if I'll be able to. (Though now that I think about it, I might be in London around then for Adam's brother's birthday.)

If anyone's in the Bristol area and interested, maybe we could have a Southwest Book Club....