Veronika Decides to Die – August 2012

Book group goes from strength to strength. We are now a group of seven readers…

For our August meeting we read Paulo Coelho’s ‘Veronika Decides to Die’. Collectively we thought it was an insincere portrayal of mental illness, treatment and recovery. 

If any of us had time we were also going to read ‘The Alchemist’ by the same author. Our opinion was no more favourable of this book. While it was an extended parable, the text was no more than a new age self help directive. 

We have decided for September to do something a little different. We are going to read the preface and introduction to ‘A History of the World in a 100 objects’. By Neil MacGregor. 

This book is based on the BBC Radio Four series. Each of us is also going to chose three objects within the book to think and talk about. 

We have not set a date for the next meeting, but it will be towards the end of September.