English-speaking reading group in Torredembarra, Calafell and Cunit.
Summary of the meeting For the last BookClub of the year, we have read The Angel Esmeralda by Don DeLillo, a collection of 9 stories written between 1979 and 2011. We discussed them one by one, presented by one of … Continued
Summary of the meeting On the first Friday of November we had our 101st book club in which we discussed The Colossus of Maroussi by English author Henry Miller. Even if it was a hard book for everyone, including natives, … Continued
Summary of the meeting Last Friday we discussed a great book: Life of Pi by French-Canadian author Yann Martel. Normally at the meetings we discuss the all aspects of the book, including the ending. We always give the appropriate spoiler … Continued
Summary of the meeting Last Friday we had a great meeting about a great book and we had the pleasure of having new members. We had read Maps for Lost Lovers by Nadem Aslam and it was a very difficult … Continued
Summary of the meeting Last Friday we had one of the biggest turnouts of the year and it is quite understandable why. Yes, autumn has arrived and the time of reading till the last stick of the fireplace burns out … Continued
Summary of the meeting Although we were very few people, the conversation was really great last night. Reading Howards End by E.M. Forster was quite difficult, said even by the native English-speakers, but talking about it wasn’t so. It was … Continued
Summary of the meeting For April’s meeting we’ve read The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins is a best seller. In three months last year it sold 1.5M copies in the UK and 3M in the US. Well, that’s … Continued
Summary of the meeting Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen is a classic. This isn’t the first time we read Austen and as a classic she ought to be read. What constitutes a classic can is a matter of higher … Continued
Summary of the meeting Mixed feelings would be the definition of what we think of JM Coetzee‘s The Childhood of Jesus. We have different opinions and we even change what we think as we keep reading. What is this book … Continued
Summary of the meeting Last August we read The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, a compilation of tales with talking animals that transcended more than what we had bargained for. This year we also had the talking animals of George … Continued