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Hi everyone,
We are a relaxed, friendly and not too serious book club based in Clapham and we meet on the first Tuesday of every month at the Roundhouse pub.
Please bring an idea for next month's book (which you haven't already read!), and we'd love to see you there.
Please note that the number of registered attendees for an event isn't a great guide to the number that wish to join us. Many regulars get the book, read it, then sign up to come along in the days before our meeting.
Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions about how it works.
David
Bevorstehende Events (2)
Alles ansehen- Recursion by Blake CrouchThe Roundhouse, london1,50 GBP
Hello,
Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's scored a solid 7.1/10 last night at The Roundhouse.
After putting it to the vote, in July we will be going for Recursion by Blake Crouch.
Of the book, Waterstone's say:
"At first, it looks like a disease. An epidemic that spreads through no known means, driving its victims mad with memories of a life they never lived.
But the force that’s sweeping the world is no pathogen. It’s just the first shockwave, unleashed by a stunning discovery – and what’s in jeopardy is not just our minds.
In New York City, Detective Barry Sutton is closing in on the truth – and in a remote laboratory, neuroscientist Helena Smith is unaware that she alone holds the key to this mystery . . . and the tools for fighting back.
Together, Barry and Helena will have to confront their enemy – before they, and the world, are trapped in a loop of ever-growing chaos."
— https://www.waterstones.com/book/recursion/blake-crouch/9781509866670Of the author:
"William Blake Crouch is an American author known for books such as Dark Matter, Recursion, Upgrade, and his Wayward Pines Trilogy, which was adapted into a television series in 2015"
— Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Crouchreview of Recursion:
"Maybe, finally, this is why I love those paranormal podcasts, and why I enjoyed “Recursion” so much. Those shows are often dismissed as fringe programming, and novels like this one damned as frivolous entertainment, but I believe they capture the disquiet of millions; they broadcast at an anxious frequency. The sense that our country’s center is not holding pulses through the novel. The fear that we are losing our collective memory, of a stable nation for instance, doesn’t read to me like fantasy."
— New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/books/review/recursion-blake-crouch.htmlCan't go wrong then, can we?
Make sure you have read the book and bring a suggestion for the Group to read ahead of the August meeting for us all to vote on.
£1.50 fee is to help with the organiser's meetup.com costs.
Bring your pub money but you don't have to bring a copy of the book.
Best wishes,
David