A Christmas Carol AND/OR Carrie Soto Is Back followed by Christmas drinks
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Festive farewell to 2023 following book discussion
As this is our final book discussion of the year let's stay a bit later. We will finish the book discussion by 8:30pm latest. Feel free to invite people along from 8:30pm onwards - even if they are not interested in joining. Everyone's welcome! 📚🍹
For newcomers OR members who haven't read December's books join us from 8:30 pm for a festive drink.
December's book(s) - you don't have to read both, but be prepared for spoilers.
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (96 pages) AND/OR
- Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid (384 pages)
1. A Christmas Carol
"A Christmas Carol is the most famous, heart-warming and chilling festive story of them all. In these pages we meet Ebenezer Scrooge, whose name is synonymous with greed and parsimony: 'Every idiot who goes about with "Merry Christmas" on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart'. This attitude is soon challenged when the ghost of his old partner, Jacob Marley, returns from the grave to haunt him on Christmas Eve. Scrooge is then visited in turn by three spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future, each one revealing the error of his ways and gradually melting the frozen heart of this old miser, leading him towards his redemption. On the journey we take with Scrooge we encounter a rich array of Dickensian characters including the poor Cratchit family with the ailing Tiny Tim and the generous and jolly Fezziwig.
When Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol in 1843 he fashioned an enduring gift to the world, capturing the essence of the love, kindness and generosity of the Christmas season. It is a timeless classic and the story’s uplifting magic remains as potent today as when it was first published."
The book is available to download for free online.
Also, if anyone happens to be going to London in December I highly recommend Richard's Dickens Christmas walk.
2. Carrie Soto Is Back
"Carrie Soto is a retired tennis champion whose grand slam record is about to be broken. With her father as coach, She comes out of retirement to defend her status as the world’s greatest tennis player. Emotionally damaged by the death of her mother when she was a child, Carrie struggles to form personal relationships and this entertaining and enjoyable novel follows Carrie’s professional and personal journey towards self-fulfilment." - The Guardian.
You don't have to read both. There's plenty of availability in the library and authors get a little bit of money with every library rental.
Future bookclub events
We'll read Demon Copperhead sometime in the New Year. It seems to be very popular with other book clubs.
As with the other meetup events persistent no-showers will be removed.