Friday, February 23, 2007

My Best Friend's Girl

My Best Friend's Girl by Dorothy Koomson



Chosen by Pippa.

Not one of the best we have read. Not Pippa's fault the book shop recommended it!

We ate at The Mill in Northiam. Very good food.

Kate

The Colour

The Colour by Rose Tremain



Chosen by Sarah.

We all thought this was a great book.



We ate at Cafe Uno in Tenterden. Pippa had money off vouchers.

Kate

Peacocks Dancing

Peacocks Dancing by Sharon Maas




Chosen by Kate. Rather a long book and a bit unbelievable in places but otherwise a good read.

We ate at The Queens Inn at Hawkhurst.

Kate

The Accidental

The Accidental by Ali Smith



We have lost Debora at this point. Just as she is busy. Hopefully she will return at a future date.

I was not so keen on this book. As I was ill and couldn't make this meeting at The King William I don't know what the others thought. They can update with comments.

How could they have a meeting without me!!!

Kate

Thirty Odd Feet Below Belgium

Thirty Odd Feet Below Belgium edited by Arthur Stockwin



Chosen by Debora.

We liked this book and it was unusual as it was in the form of letters.

We ate at The Great House in Hawkhurst.

Kate

The Island

The Island by Victoria Hislop



Another enjoyable read chosen by Pippa.

This evening there was a talk by Victoria Hislop at Ottakas the Book Shop in Tenterden. We followed it with a meal at Ozgurs a Turkish restaurant. We sat outside as it was a hot evening under the canopy. It rained on Debora as she was not quite covered but she didn't seem to mind.

Kate

The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini



I loved this book and so did the rest of us.

We ate at the Ewe and Lamb just outside Tenterden. Just to confuse things Debora joined us for this evening.

Kate

Empress Orchid

Empress Orchid by Anchee Min



Chosen by Kate.

We liked this one but couldn't quite understand the eggs. You will have to read the book to understand.



We ate at The Curlew. Sarah had an offer from the newspaper so what choice did we have? A lovely meal that was quite expensive enough with the offer.

Kate

The History of Love

The History of Love by Nicole Krauss




Chosen by Kath.

I found this quite hard going. Enjoyable read otherwise.

We ate at Tiffins in Cranbrook.

Kate

The Ripening Sun

The Ripening Sun by Patricia Atkinson



Chosen by Pippa.

A great book.

We ate at The Three Chimneys in Biddenden. We are getting very adventurous. Pippa found a bottle of wine from the vineyard written about in the book which we thoroughly enjoyed with our meal.

Kate

Small Island

Small Island by Andrea Levy



Chosen by Sarah.

We liked this book very much.

How brave are we. We are at The Raj and had a lovely meal. An experience for Sarah as Nigel does not like Indian food so she doesn't get to try it often. Another benefit of the Book Group.

Kate

The Time Traveller's Wife

The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenger



Chosen by Kate.

Did we really eat at The King William again?

We enjoyed this read.

Kate

Eve Green

Eve Green by Susan Fletcher


We all loved this book.



Chosen by Kath.

We ventured just down the road and ate at The Bull in Benenden.

Kate

Saturday

Saturday by Ian McEwan

Chosen by Pippa.

We ate at the King William IV in Benenden again. The food is very good there.



None of us were that entralled by this book.

Kate

The Da Vinci Code

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

Our first book.

Chosen by Sarah.

We ate at King William IV in Benenden, Kent






Such a long time ago we read this. I think we sort of enjoyed it but not one of the best.

We got to see the film which was a bonus.

Kate