2012, Book #5, to-be-read-in-July-but-may-spill-into-subsequent-months

[Virginia]

Hello! I'm new...and apparently in luck as I just received the book today. 500 pages by Thursday was looking a bit daunting. See you the 11th of September!

[Kiwi (Karin)]

Hi guys! Sorry for my absence - was out of town, well more like out of country..... Did you meet last Thursday, or is it still on the to-do list?

Tomorrow back to work - this'll be be hard...

Kiwi

[René]

Hi Karin, it's still on like Donkey Kong for Sept. 11th (where have we seen that date before?) Happy reading and good luck with the whole back-to-work thing.

[Justin]

It's a Tues the 11th, innit?

[René]

Yeppers!

[Virginia]

Hello! Where will the meeting be held and at what time?

[René]

Well, I think we can safely say 8 o'clock. As to the where...would everyone be OK for the Café Aparemment one more round?

[Ganit]

Works for me ... See you Tuesday !

[Justin]

Yeah, that place was cool. I only had dessert - were the mains good too?

[René]

@Justin don't know as I haven't sampled them. But, seen from a distance, the main dishes did look good. They gave off that characteristic sheen of yummy food and the colors were vivid and believable. Also, people eating them often emitted smacking sounds, as people do when they experience intense eating satisfaction.

[Justin]

René, I'm not sure I can take you seriously... are you implying that I should try the pepper soup?!

[René]

GOD NO! There's chicken head in it!

[Viviane]

Hello,

I should be ccoming, but maybe à litlle late, see you to night ! Viviane

[René]

OK, reservation was made for ten (10) people for this evening's bookclub meeting at Café L'Apparemment, 8 o'clock. Ben Okri's ears will be buzzing!

I realize there may be less than ten of us, and if the waiter comes by to give me grief about it I've prepared my best Joe Pesci "Whaddya doin', embarrassing me in front of my friends, like I'm a deadbeat?", which may or may not work I have no idea what I'm doing.

Here's the location: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=18+Rue...

If you get there before 8, asks for René's table (and avoid any Joe Pesci/Robert De Niro/Crocodile Dundee imitations).

Lindsay, your RER excuse was refused by the organizing committee and you will have to attend the book club meeting, I'm very sorry I pleaded your cause bravely but lost in the end.

Viviane, hope you reach us as soon as manageable!

See you all at 8!

[Justin]

Shall probably be there right on the nose. See you all then.

[Mrpozor]

I'm sorry but I can't make it. I have read only about 1/4 of the book. Wish you all a nice meeting and see you next time!

[Alan]

Where is this shindig tonight?!

[René]

Café L'Apparemment, 18 Rue des Coutures Saint-Gervais 75003 Paris, 8 o'clock. Will be great if you can come, Alan!

[Alan]

Planning on it, although depending on when a friend of mine (apon whom I need to foist responsibility for my dog whilst I head to Scotland for the weekend) gets home, I may be treading the thin line between dead-on-time and fashionably late.

[Virginia]

I will be there, but probably a good 15-20 minutes late.

[Ganit]

might be a bit late (having a conference call and am not sure when it will end...).
But will come!