Book Club - 20th August 2010

In tonight's book club we discussed Peyton Place by Grace Metalious. There wasn't a lot of discussion since it has been almost two months since some of us read this due to the last book club being cancelled.

In summary, some of us were bored by the book, some of us found it to be light hearted reading and some of us enjoyed it. In its time (the 1950s)  it was a fairly scandalous book as it involved  illicit sex, secret lives, public drunkenness, abortion, incest and murder


We've made a list of books for the book club for the coming months. Here they are:

NOVEMBER -  The Help by Kathryn Stockett (chosen by Lesley)
DECEMBER - A Week in December by Sebastian Faulks (chosen by Ailsa)
JANUARY - Room – by Emma Donahue (suggested by Michelle) 

FUTURE MONTHS:

Ellis Island – by Kate Kerrigan (suggested by Suzanne)
The Abortionist's Daughter  - Elisabeth Hyde (suggested by Louise)
Ravens -  by George Dawes Green (suggested by Jackie)

The History of Love – by Nicole Krauss (suggested by Louise)