The food was yummy as always and I tucked into mine, looking up when I finished to realise everyone else was only halfway through theirs. What can I say? I must've been very hungry.
There was much chat and hilarity as always, and eventually we remembered to discuss the books. Some of us had read them all, others one or two of them and some people hadn't remembered that there were three books at all.....
The Reason I Jump - it was interesting to the have the perspective of a person with autism, though being written by a child and also translated from Japanese meant it read a bit strangely at times, and we found there was a lot of repetition too.
The Crossing Places - This was enjoyed, some people have gone on to read the next one in the series.
The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul - largely liked, except for the person who is always opposite to everyone else and couldn't get into it (innocent face) and one person said she found the story a bit twee and Mills and Boon-ish as it went on.
We exchanged our Secret Santa books, which we will be waiting until CHRISTMAS MORNING to open (they made me promise). We will discuss them at our next meeting on 22nd January, which will be at Alison's. I will send an email nearer the time with further details.
Our books for next time in addition to the Secret Santa ones are:
Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell
Any one of C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia books (your own choice)
Merry Christmas to all, see you in the New Year!
