First Bookclub of 2013

Our first bookclub of 2013 was held last Saturday hosted by the domestic goddess that is Shinners. We were supposed to meet in February but the date was rescheduled as baby Adam was poorly. The book under discussion was ‘How to Talk to a Widower’ by Jonathan Tropper. All agreed it was a good read and it looks like our new year’s resolution is holding fast as most of us had read the book. Long may that last! I especially liked the part about the bunnies.
Lots of good news since 2012 with new houses, new jobs and new babies on the way, 2013 is already looking busy and getting off to a good start for some. Shinners had a lovely spread of homemade sausage rolls, salads and had been baking up a storm including a Swedish apple cake and a carrot cake. We all asked for the recipes. And of course Adrienne brought her by now infamous and obligatory fairy buns. We had a lovely afternoon of lovely food, company and conversation. It was a small get together as Amers had jetted off to Madrid, Li was sick, Debs dropped by for a short visit and being between e-mails and changing jobs poor K was out of the loop and had missed the rescheduled date.

So the next book is, Debs suggestion, How We Met by Katy Regan.

Summary: A contemporary story of love, friendship and grief, told with Katy's inimitable laugh-out-loud humour, poignancy and heart.
There are some people you can’t imagine life without.
Liv Jenkins had been meticulously planning her ultimate to-do list – from the outrageous to sensible – of everything she longed to do before her dreaded thirtieth birthday, but when tragedy struck she never got the chance…
Two years later, Liv’s five closest friends have come together on the anniversary of her death and have made a pact: they will complete Liv’s to-do list in tribute to her memory.
Over the next year, before what would’ve been Liv’s thirtieth birthday, her friends set out to complete the tasks. But along the way deeply buried secrets, silent guilt, unrequited love and years of lies, rise to the surface rocking their friendships.
When they reach the end of Liv’s list the final task shakes the group to their core and they realise that they must face their futures and the consequences of their pasts, and with Liv’s help, live the lives they have always dreamed of.

Taken from: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15847922-how-we-met

Happy Reading!