This Wed the reading group has discussed ‘The age of the unthinkable‘ by Joshua Cooper Ramo. Here are some comments from the group. Continue reading
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Inspector Lynley is back – review of ‘This body of death’
Author: Elizabeth George
Title: This body of death
Elizabeth George has enough praises and she doesn’t need another one. But you just can’t put her book away and say nothing. Her latest title of Inspector Lynley series, ‘This body of death’, is such a good read that one has to give it the thumb’s up – what a brilliant book. Continue reading
Lolita – a discussion paper
Written by Vladimir Nabokov in 1955, once controversial fiction, Lolita now is one of the classics. Continue reading
Review – At home: a short history of private life
Title: At home: a short history of private life
Author: Bill Bryson
Sarah’s pick
Bill Bryson looked around his house, an old rectory in Norfolk, and used it as the basis for his latest book- examining the everyday things in our lives. Continue reading
Discussion paper from the Last Thursday Reading Group
In recently two months, the Last Thursday Reading Group has discussed ‘Reach for the sky’, a book written by Paul Brickhill. It’s about Douglas Bader, who was a skilled pilot. However he lost one leg to aerobatics. Then, he lost another one. He used his metal legs and trained himself back to RAF when WWII started. Bader was an excellent leader, fighter, and innovator. After colliding with a German Me-109, he sat out the remaining three years as a prisoner of war at Colditz Castle, near Leipzig, Germany, repeatedly testing the reputation of the fortress as an escapeproof prison. The same title movie was on screen in 1956. Bader’s story is a story of courage, determination and possibility of reach higher, no matter what. Continue reading