BOOK CLUB

Every first Tuesday of the month at 7.30pm we creep inside Cocoa to drink tea, eat cake and talk books. This started over two years ago now, mainly as I (Anne) wanted some motivation to finish a book as I am really bad at starting them and giving up. We have a good turn out of all sorts of people, all friendly and a lot of people brave it alone so don't be scared to try it out. It's free to come but if you want a cup of hot chocolate and a treat the cafe is open to indulge.What I love about book club is that people turn up even if they hated the book and are still glad they read it, it's more of an informal chat about what we think, a chance to try something new and meet new people.

To pick the first list I left some paper in the cafe asking customers to suggest books they would like to read if we had a book club, then at the first club we started with a vote and the most popular 12 books made our list. So we now have a brand new list for the next year or so, see if any of these books take your fancy.

Sept 7th...............Lolita....................................Vladimir Nabokov

Oct 5th................Little Women............................Louisa m Alcott

Nov 2nd..............The Slap.................................Christos Tsiolkas

Dec7th................Catcher in the Rye.........................J.D Salinger

Jan 4th................Time's Arrow...............................Martin Amis

Feb 1st................On Chesil Beach............................Ian McEwan

March 1st.......... Lost Girls........................................Alan Moore

April 5th..............The Dressmaker...................Beryl Bainbridge

May 3rd..........Five people you meet in Heaven......Mitch Albom

June 7th....A Short History of nearly Everything......Bill Bryson

July 5th........The Lady and the Unicorn.............Tracy Chevalier

Aug 2nd.........The Blind Assassin...................Margaret Atwood

Sept 6th........The Man who Disappeared............Claire Morrall

Oct 4th........Her Fearful Symmetry.............Audrey Niffenegger