Normal life resumes...

Book group ladies

Book club today! We have been reading 'Life after Life' by Kate Atkinson and all but one of us really enjoyed the book.  We were intrigued by its structure which we decided worked, despite misgivings in the early stages of reading the book.  It tells the story of Ursula growing up before during and after the Second World War.  The twist is that we see her life unfolding through a series of possible scenarios.  It might have happened like this...or like this.

Cheese scones, ginger flapjack, blood orange cake, meringues!

We had an animated discussion before we fell on the cakes!  It was lovely to be back and to hear what people had been up to.

I should explain that each month we go to a different member's house and so we get a very interesting variety of eats!  All excellent (well, sometimes mine aren't brilliant!).  We have a book club blog where we keep a record of the books we've read.   We include a picture of the tea table!  We used to include a recipe but that went by the board some time ago.  A matter of time I think.   We also have a short review - a digest of our discussion.   People aren't falling over themselves to write these reviews and today somebody sneakily taped the conversation and is going to use that to construct the review.  A cunning plan!