Programme for the Summer Readings Evening 2007

Summer Morning by John Clare - Barbara

Excerpt from 'The Prelude' by William Wordsworth - Jean

Excerpt from 'The Weald of Youth' by Siegfried Sassoon - Linda R

Summer Sun by R.L.Stevenson - Linda B

When June is Come by Robert Bridges - Ann

Excerpt from 'The Garden Party' by Katherine Mansfield - Carole and Alan

The Glory of the Garden by Rudyard Kipling - Linda R

Sheep by Ted Hughes - Janice

Excerpt from 'Holes' by Louis Sacher - Tony

Blackberry Picking by Seamus Heaney - Janet

Excerpt from 'Holiday Memory' by Dylan Thomas - Ann

Bed in Summer by R.L. Stevenson - Linda B

Comments on 'Black Echo'

This book was enjoyed by the whole group.

'I would not normally read thrillers but I enjoyed this one'
'Harry Bosch is a likeable character'
'The art references to the Hopper painting 'Nightwatch' and the artist Hieronymus Bosch encouraged me to discover more about these two artists'
'Harry Bosch is lonely but not alone'
'This is Michael Connelly's first book. There is no build up to his main character Bosch or any formal introduction. It just leaps into the story with the beginning of a police investigation'
'Connelly was influenced by Raymond Chandler' This can be seen in his use of Los Angeles as the backdrop to most of his stories. Also Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe is a similar character to Harry Bosch'
'I did'nt like the use of so many adjectives at the beginning but realise that this was a way of setting the scene through the eyes of a detective'
'The book is easy to read but a little predictable in parts'

Further Reading

The Tunnel Rats by Stephen Leather

Recommended Reading

Double Homicide by Faye & Jonathan Kellerman
Naming of the Dead by Ian Rankin