P.S.

I forgot to mention we tried to read some of "Ulysses" by James Joyce. It was, predictably, a challenge with some rewards..one member of the group got over 300 pages into it and vows to finish it off!. We all take our hats off to you...you will soon be one of the small band of those around the globe who have read the whole work!

Happy Bloomsday!

The stand out books for this year so far (for the members) are...(drum roll..)...

"The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx

"The Corrections" by Johnathan Franzen

"A Fine Balance" by Rohinton Mistry

"Old School" by Tobias Wolff

"The unlikely voyage of Jack de Crow" by A.K. Mackinnon

"Birdsong" by Sebastian Faulks

" The curious incident of the dog in the night-time" by Mark Haddon

"A Fortunate Life" by A.B. Facey

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