Monthly Archives: November 2013

Ever wondered what our book club is like?

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Hi everyone!

Our next book club meeting is in less than a week (for those who’ve missed the earlier announcements, it’s Frankenstein on Tuesday the 19th of November at Cafe Creme – more info here).  I thought a few people might we wondering what goes on at the book club meetings, so I asked our committee member Kate to give us a round up of last month’s meeting (they read Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier).

Enjoy!

Book Club – What to expect and a little about last month’s book: Rebecca

Our first ever book, Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, got the book club off to a fantastic start! We had some brilliant discussions and debates, along with lots of giggles!

The format is relaxed and informal; we all gather round some tables pulled together and throw our ideas into the mix. Held at the fabulous Cafe Creme, hot chocolate and wedges of cake are the perfect accompaniment!

Our book for this month is Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. We will be returning to Cafe Creme on the November 19th at 19:30. At this meeting we plan on choosing our next 2 books, so please come along with your ideas.

We have had some brilliant suggestions for future books! Please keep them coming in… bring some ideas on the night or drop us a message via email, Facebook or Twitter!

Suggestions (so far!):
The Handmaidens Tale; The Awakening – Kate Chopin; Captain Corelli’s Mandolin; I Capture the Castle – Dodie Smith; A town like Alice; I’ve got your number – Sophie Kinsella; Agatha Christie; Virginia Wolf;  One Day – David Nicholls; Margarett Atwood; Sons and Lovers – D.H Lawrence; Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn; A Thousand Splendid Suns – Khaled Hosseini; The Help – Kathryn Stockett; The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson; The Cousins War series – Philippa Gregory; Kate Mosse; Almost English – Charlotte Medelson; the new J.K Rowling book; Game of Thrones series; The Age of Innocence – Edith Wharton; On the Road – Jack Kerouac; The Night Circus – Erin Morgenstern; Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte; The Last Kings of Sark – Rosa Rankin-Gee; Little Women – Louisa May Alcott; Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail – Cheryl Strayed…

I hope this has given you an idea of what we get up to!  If you’d like to know more, you can find out how to contact us here. Keep an eye on the blog as tomorrow we’ll be posting a bit more about Rebecca for anyone that couldn’t make it or just curious about what everyone chatted about!

 

Come and see The Nutcracker with the Sotonettes!

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Halloween is over, bonfire night will soon be past and the decorations are already in the shops… it must mean it’s almost Christmas!  We’ve tried to avoid that particular ‘C-word’ until now but unfortunately it’s less than 2 months away!

Since the Sotonettes usually meet on the last Tuesday of every month, we never have a December meeting as it’s always too close to Christmas and New Year.  This year, instead of missing out completely, we’re arranging an evening out for all our members and their friends/family/partners/children to go and see The Nutcracker at the Nuffield Theatre.  It sounds like it will be a brilliant production – if you’d like to know more about it, have a look at the Nuffield Theatre website.

nutcracker

The important details:

When: Thursday 5th December, 7pm

Where: The Nuffield Theatre, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1TR

How much: £9 each

The committee have made a flexible block booking for the evening so hopefully everyone who’d like to come along can get a ticket and we can all sit together.  Numbers are limited though, so it will be first come, first served.

If you’d like to join us, and we really hope you will, please email us at sotonettes@gmail.com with the number of tickets you’d like.  If you want to pay by electronic bank transfer we’ll email you back the details, or you can pay by cash/cheque to any committee member at our upcoming craft meeting, book club or main November meeting.  If you won’t be at any of those meetings, let us know and you can give us the money on the night.

We’ve also created a Facebook event for this evening’s festivities – you can find it at: https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/1430425537181544/

If this has got you in the theatrical mood, don’t forget about our visit to see Frankenstein at the Harbour Lights Picturehouse on Thursday November 14th!  More details in our blog post here and on Facebook.

 

Would you like to see Frankenstein?

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If any of you were getting dressed up for Halloween, I hope you had fun and are still in the mood for some scary stories!  After an incredibly inspiring and interesting talk from Tracey at the Nuffield this week, we’ve got ourselves in the theatre mood and are heading out for a few evenings of theatre-related fun – would you like to join us?

First up is a trip to see Frankenstein at the Harbour Lights Picturehouse (for more about Frankenstein, scroll down to our earlier blog post or click here if you’re lazy!).

We’re going to the showing on Thursday November 14th at 7pm – join in on our Facebook event here for all the information.  If you’re not on Facebook and can’t get all the info, drop us an email at sotonettes@gmail.com and we’ll pass on everything you need to know.

After that, we’ll be visiting in the Nuffield on Thursday December 5th – keep an eye on Facebook and this site for more information about getting tickets (this trip will be open to all members and their partners/children/friends!).