BC#7 - Tuesday 8 November
Host – Paula
Venue –
Book –
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BC#8 - Thursday 24 November 2005- Our Christmas Dinner
Host - Denise-
Venue - @Montrachet, Given Terrace, Paddington
Book - Tim Winton's The Turning
Comments - It should have been obvious from the start that this one was not to be about the book, in fact, when Denise held up her book and tried to interest the others in talking about it, at most one sentence was uttered.
We had booked this restaurant, that only opens Mon to Fri, 4 weeks previously. As they do 2 sittings each nite, we could stay from 6 to 8pm, and felt fortunate to have a wobbly table on the cracked footpath breathing the carbon monoxide of the passing traffic. This heralded a new era in Brisbane dining. We tasted all the entrees, sharing the divine morsels, the mains and wines were OTT too- am salivating as I write. Ingrid had returned from her travels and presented us with flashing Christmas broach from Thailand. It was an early night. After our first year as a BC, I felt we were jolly and had gelled. (written by Denise)

BC#9 - Thursday 16 Feburary 2006
Host – Anna
Venue – The Bat Cave aka The Mousehole
Book – Incendiary by Chris Cleave
We all squished into my "mousehole' as Donna McCart called it.
Denise was late and a bought blond girl from WA - the former pilot - forget her name. Anyway it was a very boozy night. I served vegetable soup and bread.
The book was quite controvercial and much annimated discussion...very clear division between who liked and who did not. No one agreed with janet’s opinion that whole thing was a satire. (written by Anna + Janet)

BC#10 Wednesday 29 March 2006
Host - Donna McCart
Three Short Stories Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber (Ernest Hemingway), Salvatore (W Somerset Maugham) and Please, Be Quiet Please! (Raymond Carver) – the first book club without Big Chook, who was attending her grandmother’s funeral in Bowen. Short Stories were chosen, copied and distributed to members after the hostess was chastised for picking ‘rare’ books not available at Brisbane book stores or BCC libraries (oops!) – the rare books were Garden of Eden by Ernest Hemingway then Up at the Villa by Somerset Maugham!! The hostess was impressed by Janet Campbell’s knowledge of what comprised a ‘gimlet’, which features prominently in Hemingway’s story – good salve for frayed nerves and sexual tension! (written by Donna McCart)