Appetite Book Group

APPETITE BOOK GROUP We are an informal book club, meeting monthly. Always the last Wednesday of the month. The idea is that you read the book before you turn up. The price is currently £12.50 which is ridiculously cheap as it includes a 2-course supper and a glass of wine at THE OLD COURT HOUSE. I keep telling the Old Court that we WILL buy coffees and second and third drinks if they promise to keep the price low for us! People are encouraged to come on their own or in a group....either way I split you up so that there are no cliques and it makes everybody feel equal. I currently have over 250 people on the list although each month numbers are limited to 40. This is on a first come first served basis but usually works out fine as not everybody comes every month. On arrival, at 7.30pm, everybody (yes, between 30 and 40 of us) mingles at the bar with the 'free' glass of wine....the wine helps to loosen the tongue! By 8.15 you will be sat down at the table number I give you, ready to eat at 8.30....this means that when you chat about the book you are always in a small and intimate group which is less intimidating! Between main course and pudding we all change around again to a different table. This keeps the conversation fresh and means you meet new people all the time. We started 4 years ago at the now closed Cafe/Bar APPETITE. We were then homeless for 2 months but got by in my back garden with the loan of a glorified tent and my friend's catering business PEARTREE CATERING. We are now meeting at THE OLD COURTHOUSE who fully embraced the club by providing a curry and buying balti dishes when we read Q&A (a.k.a Slumdog Millionaire)! Wherever book club is held, we need minimum numbers. Reservations for forthcoming nights must therefore be PRE-BOOKED and PRE-PAID. This is non-refundable unless you are able to give 1 weeks notice. If you cancel and ask for money to be rolled over, this may put final numbers below the minimum and will therefore only be done in exceptional circumstances. If for any reason you can’t make future nights (having booked), please Email: [email protected] - I will always try to 'sell' your ticket on as there is usually 1 or 2 people on the waiting list. Depending on when you cancel will dictate how long they then get to read the book! Just for your information, I buy my ticket like everybody else, and I take on all book suggestions, so it's very much an open and democratic book club...not to mention, non judgemental, open, lovely, friendly, fun, occasionally glam, always interesting, blah, blah, blah... PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO ON THE CIRCULAR EMAIL LIST AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO ADD YOU ON. You can then let me know as and when a particular month or book suits you. Best wishes and happy reading, Jo PAST READS: The Great Gatsby Lord of the Flies The Reluctant Fundamentalist Slaughterhouse 5 The Road Disgrace Revolutionary Road We Need To Talk About Kevin