11th June 2009

Guests today were Brian Lowen, back from an enforced absence as he put up for council and got in (well done Brian), and Barbara Simpson.
Books reviewed were Angels & Demons by Dan Brown, Betrayal by Clare Francis, December by Elizabeth H Winthrop & The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite by Beatrice Colin.
The last two were on the Richard & Judy shortlist for the Galaxy 2009 award, the winner of which was Kate Atkinson (When Will there be Good News).
Funny how although Angels & Demons was written before the Da Vinci Code, it was the Da Vinci which came out on film first.
Suggested similar authors for Clare Francis were: Ken Follett & Sebastian Faulks
The Orange Prize for Fiction was won by Marilynne Robinson (Home)