A Literary Evening

I love books and I go to two book clubs, one near where I live and one near where I work. The girls who go to the first one used to be my toddler group chums, and one day, and when most of the children had moved on to nursery or school, someone suggested an evening book club instead. It was a tremendous and very long-lasting idea; the book club has now been meeting for about seventeen years! It's always very enjoyable and is the only chance I get to see most of the girls. The erstwhile "toddlers" are now mostly in their twenties and it's nice to hear how they are getting on. We're all very relaxed with each other and meet in each others' houses around the neighbourhood. The book club I was at last night started out as a bunch of colleagues about six years ago, however they are now my ex-colleagues and there are other people in the club so it's not too "schooly". Again it's my main opportunity to see the group and always great fun. It's a little bit more outrageous than the first one! Last night the book was "So much for that" by Lionel Shriver and it generated a very interesting discussion. Some people loved it and others thought it was awful, and that always makes for good chat. I thought it was very good although the subject was grim, it certainly held my interest and I liked the ending - although it was a bit too neat. We had a great evening and a delicious supper.