The title refers to our current Book Club reading. We are discussing it next week and I have almost finished. Quite surprised I haven’t read it before. Have to say considering it is nearly ninety years since it was first published apart from a couple of things it still seems remarkably fresh. Our Book Club varies on choices to old classics, to contemporary books. I should think 70%  of the choices might be classified as novel/fiction but we do read non-fiction as well. We also do extras like favourite journalistic pieces, Desert Island Discs, cartoons, balloon debate etc. Sadly we haven’t had one of our infamous Book Club feasts on a book theme for a year now! I love the diversity and the inventiveness of our Book Club -we have also done a Dickens Cycling Tour of London and a cultural weekend in Oxford (there were many books or authors connected with the city.) We had hoped to do a Dylan Thomas weekend in Swansea last September (one for the future!)

Yesterday’s Quiz on Birds!

a) Norwegian Blue was the Monty Python Parrot!  b) The Eagles are Crystal Palace,  The Seagulls are Brighton  The Magpies  are Notts County and Newcastle   c) Louisiana is the Pelican State   d) Charlie Parker played the sax   e) Puck is  also known as Robin Goodfellow

Today’s quiz is all on Places in Books (well I did mention books didn’t I!)

a)  What county is Cold Comfort Farm in?    b) Who lived at 4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging?   c) What city is Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle set ?   d) What city is Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie set?  e) Who lives in the Emerald City who might help some famous travellers? (it is a film as well)