The Hare with Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal

An elegant book. The ceramicist Edmund de Waal uses his Uncles collection of netsuki as an eccentric guide through the history of his family, wealthy Jewish bourgeoisies of many European capital cities. Their ostentatious homes, chattels and lives. This book divided those who read it - some loving the delicate descriptions and other hating the slightly clunky, slow and contrived narration.

There only a few of us at this meeting: but words used to describe the book: intricate, difficult but enjoyable, shoot me now and carefully constructed. Marks out of ten between 4 - 8

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Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

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8th September

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