Hello fellow book lovers, and welcome to edition 101. A huge thanks to Aginghippy for hosting the 100th edition and everyone who joined in, it was our busiest edition for a while!
We had a few people joining us for the first time too, which is brilliant!
Just as a reminder, this is the place where we gather together to find out what everyone has been reading, make recommendations on the great and not so great reads, try out new genres and all the good things a book club brings with it, without the deadlines.
Each month features two editions of RAAI, with hosting shared between me and @aginghippy. We often tag regular contributors and try and entice back members who haven't been here for a while, and of course it goes without saying (but I'll say it anyway), that new members are very welcome, so if you haven't posted here before, just give us a go 
Edition 101 makes me think of Room 101, and what books I’d put in there. I think for genres it might be science fiction, but I’ve read some under that heading that I’ve enjoyed. In terms of individual books, I think my all time most hated book that I had to read has to be American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis. (It was a book club book). I can honestly say that no book has ever had such a negative effect on me. Has anyone read any books that have had a similar profoundly negative effect on them?
The two books I’ve finished since the last edition haven’t had the same impact, and I would say that even if it was a book club book, if anything made me feel the same way, I’d ditch it – in the bin, not even to the charity shop.
Stacey Halls – Mrs England (Audible) Children’s nurse, Ruby May is forced to find a new position after her first placement family decides to emigrate. We find that she won’t go with them because of a duty to her siblings, especially her sister. She finds a new position in West Yorkshire for the family of a cotton mill owner. The England family, 2 parents and 4 children seem delightful, but the mother is clearly not well, vacant and absent for much of the time. Father, very amiable, but with an undercurrent. Towards the very end of the book, we find out about Ruby’s past trauma, which helps her recognise the problems in the England family, but it’s all very underwhelming. Not helped by a monotone narrator who made Ruby’s Birmingham accent, and the England’s Yorkshire accent sound like a series from “Acorn Antiques” (think Julie Walters’ “Coconut macaroon Miss Babs?”)
Richard Osman – The Man Who Died Twice (Borrowbox) We’re back with Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim for another unlikely, but very likeable, adventure of the Murder Club. This time it’s diamonds, spies, mobsters and love, and a hefty body count of course. I love Richard Osma’s characters. Quirky, but lovable, even the unlovable ones. It all begins with a note from Elizabeth’s ex-husband, who’s just moved in nearby…
I can’t wait to hear about what everyone has been reading
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Colouring anyone ?
Enough is enough 
