Chapter 4 - War Horse

From master storyteller, Michael Morpurgo comes an incredibly moving story about one horse's experience in the deadly chaos of the first world war. In 1914, Joey, a young farm horse, is sold to the army and thrust into the midst of the war on the Western Front. With his officer, he charges towards the enemy, witnessing the horror of the frontline. But even in the desolation of the trenches, Joey's courage touches the soldiers around him.

Chapter 3 - Book Club Review

Having printed off a set of questions to aid our discussion we all got together over a nice buffet to discuss the book. It was a mixed review as not everybody had finished the book. Some found the book by Thomas Hardy quite heavy and hard going and we decided that it wasn't until Tess had met Angel Clare at the dairy and the chapter of their wedding was it any good and got interesting. We all decided that there was far too much description of the surroundings which made it difficult to read. One member of the group enjoyed the book so much she now has it on DVD and audio book. We all sympothised with Tess and her struggles through life and one member said that if she was Tess she would have stabbed Alec D'Urberville along time ago. Ha Ha. There were a lot of symbolic moments within the book and alot of well written extracts that made big impressions. I am particularly glad that I have read the book as I had only ever seen the BBC adaptation. Overall we scored the book 40/70, however one member declined to score as he had not yet completed it so the score may improve when he finishes it. If you have read the book please comment to let us know what you think.

Chapter 2 - Tess of the D'Urbervilles

When the Durbeyfields send their daughter Tess to pursue a tenuous family connection with te wealthy D'Urbervilles in the hope of improving their fortunes, Tess's life is changed irrevocably. A manipulative friendship with her "cousin" ends in a shocking act of betrayal, and Tess is forced to return home shamed and outcast.
Hope of real love arrives when Tess meets kind parson's son Angel Clare and it seems happiness is finally within her reach. Yet, in a society of twisted morality and in ever-looming shadow of Tess's past will Angel Clare accept her?

Chapter 1 - The book club and its members.

After receiving a lot of book for presents at Christmas I decided to start a book club as I thought it would be nice to get together with my family and friends who all enjoy reading and discuss the books that we have read. There are currently seven members of the book club at present all diferent ages with all different tastes which is interesting. We have decided that each month one member of the club will pick the book to read and they will host the meeting which will take place in a months time. The person who is choosing the book will be picked at random to make it fair. The members are.......