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