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The Pocket Bookclub celebrates the year’s end with the usual wine, cheese, food, and swimming. Each member votes for their favourite and less favourite read of the year.
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January: Some people liked this, it has green dots, though I was somewhat ambivalent.
The Silence of Water, Sharron Booth
Cunttail: The Bloody Silence
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March: remembering when our kids were teenagers and reading outside our canon. Two green dots.
Tomorrow When the War Began by John Marsden
Cunttail: Descent into Hell
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April: The pink dots indicate this was our least favourite read of the year but I don’t think we disliked it, we were just exhausted by its length and detailed research. An amazing story, I learnt so much but it is the only one I didn’t blog about!
Paradise Mislaid by Anne Whitehead.
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May: There is something special about this book/elongated interview. It will stay with me—a mixed reaction from members.
Faith, Hope and Carnage, Nick Cave and Sean O’Hagan
Cunttail: Sorrow & Solace
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June: This book made me thirsty. I talk about it all the time. Especially to barmen when they are mixing cocktails. Just so they know they are not the boss of the cocktails.
Girly Drinks, Mallory O’Meara
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July: I adore this book. It’s a winner with 10 green dots. I have read it five times. Is that weird?
Bass Rock by Evie Wyld
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August: this book is violent and confronting and worth every gasp of horror. You will need to talk about Mungo. Runner up with 8 green dots.
Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart
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November: Mediative is perhaps the word I chose for this one. Well-liked with 5 green dots
Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au
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The Pocket Bookclub raged against a book of literary cocktails that only included quotes from men. We embarked on a cunttail project, inventing a cunttail for every book we read in 2022. We made a literary cunttail book! What’s wrong with the word cunt? Nothing
Literary Cunttails 2022 is hand-drawn by Miriama and includes every recipe. Get a free copy.
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Here is 2022 in case you missed it.
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The Pocket Bookclub raged against a book of literary cocktails that only included quotes from men. We embarked on a cunttail project, inventing a cunttail for every book we read in 2022. We made a literary cunttail book! What’s wrong with the word cunt? Nothing
Literary Cunttails 2022 is hand-drawn by Miriama and includes every recipe. Get a free copy.