Colchester Meetup

Managed to make the February meetup at the The Purple Dog, Eld Lane, a good gaggle of Bookcrossers filling the table leaving no room for the pub grub.
Various topics were discussed, almost inevitably with a female-only group, the talk moved to men - Seadbed and karen07814 getting especially animated in the discussion. Seadbed told us of another Essex meetup, The Layer Fox, with the added incentive of a good-looking barman, verified by another attendee who shall not be named ;) Difficult bosses and work also featured, congrats to turquoisefloyd on her new job! Good to catch up with Pakasanelly, who told us about her new hobby of speed reading. Sounds like a great skill, though she mentioned that to learn how to do it, you almost have to un-learn "normal" reading practices that we all learned at school. Speed is favoured over comprehension. joto-uk brought along a great selection of books, of which I snaffled a couple, nice to put a face to the BC name.

The Books:
Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam (Agatha Raisin 10) - I have been trying to pick up the books in the series from 11 onwards, so grabbed this one at the charity shop. It was only when I got home that I realised it was number 10. Annoyingly, the inside list of books in the series didn't include this one, so wasn't sure where it came in.
The Interpretation of Murder, a RABCK I had received, had already been read and enjoyed by many of those present, so it is waiting to be picked up by someone else.
The Dark Bride, which I recommended to turquoisefloyd as a fellow Isabel Allende fan, who brought along Paula, a book on my wishlist. Thanks :)
The Great American Bus Ride written by a Cosmo contributer.
Queen of the Big Time , I have been recommended the author before, and Barry Noodles and DaKillerBs, a fun looking kiddie's book.
Pakasanelly is to read a book a day, starting with slimmer volumes, so she took away Connections (Excerpt), which arrived in Soffitta1's 1st UK Bookbox.