Winners....

We don't like to boast - but it appears we are a rather marvellous book club.
We have been picked as one of the 12 book clubs who have been asked to review the books short-listed for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. I am not sure how many applied - but I am telling people it was thousands.
Following the 'congratulations' email there has been much excitement here at the Glos Lit Lovers HQ.  Well, we got a bottle of Baileys and bunting. YES - bunting. Our member Sarah is particularly fond of Bunting, and a number of us are fond of Baileys. Happy days.
Oh, and did I mention we get 10 copies of one of the short-listed books to read?
We only have to keep this blog updated and send out tweets about our progress and our views and the job is done.
So keep a look out for the updates. Sorry we can't share the Baileys.

Other social media (get us!)

We are on Twitter @glos_litlovers
We are on Facebook - Gloucestershire Lit Lovers and Yummy Scrummy Pudding Club
We also have a google+ page.


I thank you for following/liking/tweeting and generally enthusing about us.

It has been a while. Okay, I know, it has been AGES!

Don't worry, the Gloucestershire Lit Lovers are still going strong. We are still reading, still meeting and still cooking (and eating) delicious puddings. Due to Nicki having to earn a living the blog has taken the back seat. (Oh to be a book-reading-blogging woman of leisure.)


But we are back. I promise it isn't only because we have entered the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction book club competition. Well not entirely. The return of the Blog is long overdue. We have a lot of books to read and tell you about, even if we don't win that bottle of Baileys.


Talking of Baileys, I am close to perfecting a little pudding for next time. Really simple but delicious. It might not equal Sally 'domestic goddess' Albutt's Baileys cheesecake, but it is rather nice. It is coffee granite served with a splash of Baileys. Watch this space for the full recipe.
Since our last blog things have been busy reading. The following books were consumed in 2014:


Two Brothers, Ben Elton
The Rosie Project, Graeme Simsion

The Shadow Year, Hannah Richell

The Things we Never Said, Susan Elliot Wright

The Kitchen House, Kathleen Grissom

The Cuckcoo’s Calling, Robert Galbraith
Americannah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Before We Met, Laura Whitehouse

The One Plus One, JoJo Moyes

Daughter, Jane Shermilt

and last but not least, May Contain Nuts, John O’Farrell

The last book was read the week that our lovely friend and fellow Lit lover Celia Blacklock was due to host. Celia died in August 2014 after a long and courageous battle with breast cancer.


It isn't the same without her.  We miss you Celia