Enjoyed a lively discussion about A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry on Sunday. What a book! We concluded that, although the bleakest and most depressing book we have read so far, it is one of those books everybody should read, highlighting the lottery of life and a reminder to count our blessings we were born into such affluence when so many aren't. I forgot to say that I have been supporting an Indian girl through
Plan for a while now - it's a charity that supports and improves lives through sustainable community projects and India is one of the countries involved. If anyone would like details, drop me a line (it's £12 per month to sponsor an individual and you can write to them and will receive letters back)
After Garp, we will be reading The Slap (July) and then The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo (August) - see right - if you click on the cover images they will take you direct to the relevant Amazon page.
And we also decided we would turn up at our next meeting (26th June) with two suggestions for future reads - one a travel book - to give ourselves plenty of choice. I think this is an effective way to proceed in the future to build up a bit of a reading list to pick from.
