Upcoming books

March 8th

"Bridget Jones's Diary" by Helen Fielding

A dazzling urban satire of modern human relations? -An ironic, tragic insight into the demise of the nuclear family? -Or the confused ramblings of a pissed thirty-something?

Coffee Lodge Finch- 7 pm.

Helen Fielding says about 'Pride and Prejudice'- "This is my favorite book of all time. I pinched the plot for my novel Bridget Jones's Diary. I also came as near as I could to stealing its hero, Mr. Darcy, by turning him into Bridget's Mark Darcy. (I thought both plot and leading man had been well market-researched over a number of centuries, and that Jane Austen wouldn't mind. Anyway, she's dead.) Austen wrote about the minutiae of women's lives in a way that is funny and dazzlingly accurate, giving you insights into what was going on in the social world without your even realizing you're getting an incredible history lesson."

I watched a very silly movie a while back, called "St. Trinians" something or other. It was a remake of the old British movies about a girl's boarding school. Anyway I watched it as Colin Firth was in it. Stupid movie but found some bits which were interesting. They played up Colin Firth's part somewhat. The dog in the movie was called Mr. Darcy. In a trivia contest, one of the questions was 'What was the title of the book originally called 'First Impressions"? There was a scene in which Colin Firth falls into a fountain and walks toward the camera soaking wet exactly like the scene in Pride and Prejudice. ..........


April 12th

"Roots" by Alex Haley

"My fondest hope is that `Roots` may start black, white, brown, red,
yellow people digging back for their own roots." -Alex Haley

@John's Restaurant, 6 pm. for dinner, 7 pm. for discussion.


Totally unrelated info which may or may not be of interest.
Ravishing Reds:
-Most red wines do best in a glass with a big bowl that concentrates the aroma as you swirl the wine.
-That old advice about serving reds at 'room temp' was born in the days of drafty medieval castles, not today's centrally heated homes. You should serve red wine at about 17 C(63F).
What to buy:
-2007 Inniskillin Wines Cabernet Merlot-Ontario
-2007 Rosemount Estate Diamond Label Shiraz - Australia
-2007 Wente Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon -California
-2007 Catena Malbec -Argentina
-2008 Flat Rock Cellars Pinot Noir-Ontario