Hey O.D.M’ers. I’d just like to say that the group meeting yesterday was a blast. It was a lot of fun and one of the best discussions we’ve had. Everyone seemed to enjoy the book with some minor reservations about the length and some of the characters being disposable. I enjoyed discussing the taboo relationship between Lin and Issac and everyone had something interesting to say regarding the way the author had constructed the world in the book. If anyone has anything more to add to the discussion feel free to chat away here.

For the next book Dan has chosen Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill. It’s a lot smaller than Perdido Street Station so we’ll get it done in a month I’m sure. It’s a contemporary ghost story about a faded rock star who buys a spook off of the internet. It’s also worth noting that Joe Hill is the son of Stephen King so it will be interesting to note any similarities and differences in their writing styles.

The nest meeting will be Wednesday 31/03/2010 at 6pm in Taurus Bar. That’s 5 weeks to read the book so we have plenty of time.

Enjoy the book and I’ll see you next time.

Seth

Apologies for the cancellation of the last meeting. We thought that Perdido Street Station was too big a book to finish within a month and so we have postponed the discussion until next week.

I have been lapse in updating the group/meeting information and letting everyone know what’s been going on and for that I’m very sorry. I realise that this can put off new members from joining and I would just like to say that I’m 100% committed to the book group and will update the information for next meetings a.s.a.p.

We haven’t seen any new faces at the group for awhile and so I’d like to take the opportunity to invite and welcome any people who have considered popping by but who have yet to come to a meeting for whatever reason. We’re a very friendly bunch and there will be free sweeties for any new members at the next group. How’s that for an incentive :)

Hope to see you all next week, or failing that the meeting after.

Good reading!

- Seth

The discussion of the book is being continued on our group’s facebook page, so feel free to jump in at any time and join the banter.

The next book we decided to discuss was The Host by Stephanie Meyer but since it is only out in hardback at the moment and not available in libraries we have decided to postpone it for another time.

Instead we will be discussing Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton. Feel free to read the sequel The Lost World and watch the films as I’m sure that they will also be discussed.

So the next meeting will be on Wednesday 29th April, 5.30, in Taurus Bar in our cosy snug.

Roar – it will be dino-tastic!

The first meeting is on Wednesday 25th March.

We will be discussing Death at Intervals by Jose Saramago. As it’s our first meeting, and it’s only a few weeks away, we understand if folks don’t get a chance to read the book before the date, still come along and have a chat and a drink, and suggest what we can discuss next month.

The meeting is at 5.30pm onwards at Taurus on Canal Street.

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