The Hanagan's Heroes book club started in January and is still going strong with 10 books under its belt in 2012:
Alice, Eva Hanagan
Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens
Warhorse, Michael Mapungo
Alone in Berlin, Hans Fallada
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, Maggie O'Farrell
Charlotte St, Danny Wallace
Notes From the Underground, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Our Spoons Came from Woolworths, Barbara Comyns
The Care of Wooden Floors, Will Wiles
Gents, Warwick Collins
The Wreck of the Mary Deare, Hammond Innes
The Weight of Numbers, Simon Ings
The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen
The Minotaur takes a cigarette break, Steven Sherrill
The Ickenham book club reads for 2012 included
One Flew Over the Cookoo's Nest, Ken Kesey and Robert Faggen
The Help, Kathryn Stockett
Roots, Alex Haley
Winter in Madrid, C J Sansom
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skoot
The Help, Kathryn Stockett
Roots, Alex Haley
Winter in Madrid, C J Sansom
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skoot
Me Before You, Jojo Moyes
Joined 1340 people dressed as super heroes running dressed as various super heroes along the Brighton sea front in May.
I made my first (and hopefully not last) visit to the Caribbean and the beautiful island of Barbados in June.
Got soaked watching the river pageant on the Thames for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the next day attended a fantastic street party in Hillside in June.
The weather finally came out for Lawrence's 21st birthday in July.
The Olympics and Paralympics of London 2012 were stunning. Being at Greenwich Park for the showjumping final was an amazing experience in August.
Discovered a clarinet teacher in my office and restarted my clarinet playing in October.
Returned to the Cape Verde islands after 36 years for a Xmas holiday in the sun in December.
What will 2013 bring?
