2008 – End Of Year Thoughts

At the end of the year we again headed out for a meal to discuss the year’s readings. This time to Bouterey’s Restaurant. So engrossed were we in our literary discussions we did not notice the restaurateur performing the heimlich manoeuvre on a fellow diner who was choking and in fact did not realise anything was amiss until the ambulance arrived!

Again we discussed our favourite scenes, literary devices, characters and fictional love interests. Though we all agreed Lady Chatterley and Oliver Mellors certainly provided the most interesting romance.

Book of the year:
Rachel: Disgrace
Suzy: And Then There Were None
Nadine: The Child In Time

Runner up:
Rachel: The Child In Time
Suzy: In Cold Blood
Nadine: Middlesex

Favourite character:
Rachel: Cal from Middlesex
Suzy: Kahu from Whale Rider
Nadine: Heath from Wuthering Heights