What a strange meeting. What with being locked out of our usual venue by the grasping hand of capitalism. Score one for the Big Society. We had to change our venue to Edin's on Broad Street (opposite the Broadway cinema). Sorry to anyone we didn't manage to collect before finding a new warm place to sit.
Emma Donoghue's highly-successful Room was the order of the day. A book that divided rather than united. The 5-year-old's perspective was either a triumph of creativity, or ruined much of the book's purpose. The escape scene was either necessarily glossed over, or feebly plotted. Take your pick. No-one was invited outside to 'settle the issue of first-person perspective once and for all, sunshine'. Thank goodness. I hate holding people's coats when they fight.
A new venue, a new member (welcome, Emmeline!), and some books and dates arranged for the next few months. We're just unstoppable.
