'1 Book, 2 Courses, 0 Customers - It's Christmas 2012'
.... Light relief at the Robin Hood Inn, East Wallhouses, Northumberland.
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| A lonely Christmas celebration for the book group! |
.... A lovely Chrstmas tree was the most significant presence in this sadly empty restaurant - the venue for our Christmas get together, 18th December 2012. Surrounded by streamers and treated to friendly, personal service, we enjoyed simple pub fayre - large portions which were value for money. The sad silence at the Robin Hood was quite deafening and maybe the result of this pub's relative isolation combined with the seasonal clamp down on drink driving and ongoing no smoking policies.
.... Spurred on by the forthcoming Jack Reacher movie, we felt that Jack would be poorly protrayed by Tom Cruise. Jack Reacher is sexy, blonde, 6'5'', tough and can take what people throw at him. Tom Cruise is not.
Our discussions moved naturally onto scientology, pre-nuptial agreements and fantasies of Ewan McGregor as Jack Reacher.
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| Fast moving light relief |
.... And! Eventually to The Persuader! We appreciated its focus on plot - a refreshing change from previous books crafted to convey a profound social message. This was light hearted, fast paced, a page turner, with fiendish violence, a frisson....and a satisfying victory. Jack Reacher can survive impossible scrapes, only kills baddies, has a well described armoury (? too well described), and always ends up on top.
.... As we exchanged seasonal wishes and bid farewell to 2012, we planned our film review at The Forum Cinema seeing Life of Pi which was our first ever book group book.
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| We read it, we watched it, we loved it! |
.... The movie was amazing- captivating opening scenes - and we all felt it complemented the book.
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| Please comment and share your views THE ACCIDENTAL by ALI SMITH |
So to our first book of 2013 - The Accidental by Ali Smith - we will be reviewing this at the start of February. Please comment and share your views.
December 2012
