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\n\tWe had no set book this month, so we all chose a good read, some very successfully, others not quite so.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n \n\tThe one 10\/10 was by Rohinton Mistry “A Fine Balance” – an exceptional novel about India during The Emergency. (We as a group had read this author’s “Family Matters” and had loved it)<\/span>\n<\/p>\n \n\tSeveral highly recommended 9\/10s:<\/span>\n<\/p>\n \n\t\uf0a8 “Four Seasons in Rome, On Twins, Insomnia and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World” – a delightfully funny memoir by Anthony Duerr (chosen because of the group’s recent unanimous admiration of Duerr’s novel “All the Light we Cannot See”).<\/span>\n<\/p>\n \n\t\uf0a8 “The Golden Hill” by Francis Spufford – rich in language and history. Compulsively readable.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n \n\t\uf0a8 “Exposure” by Helen Dunmore – a spy come love story. Thoroughly enjoyable.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n \n\t\uf0a8 “Human Croquet” by Kate Atkinson – a gripping surreal mystery. Wonderfully written.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\tA 7\/10, and recommended.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n \n\t\uf0a8 “The Reader on the 6.27” by Jean Paul Didierlaurent- a very enjoyable quirky read.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n \n\t\uf0a8 “Murder at the Vicarage” by Agatha Christie – part of a mammoth task to read all Christie works. Enjoying so far…<\/span>\n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\tNot quite such successful choices were:<\/span>\n<\/p>\n \n\t\uf0a8 “The Power” by Naomi Alderman – (science fiction) not particularly enjoyed, nor recommended .<\/span>\n<\/p>\n \n\t\uf0a8 “Death of an Avid Reader” by Francis Brodie – not enjoyed.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\tWe return to concentrating on one book next month.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\t <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We had no set book this month, so we all chose a good read, some very successfully, others not quite so. The one 10\/10 was by Rohinton Mistry “A Fine Balance” – an exceptional novel about India during The Emergency. 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