Tonight is sadly another zoom for our Beer and Books group. Although we will tackle our discussion with our customary humour and thoughtful insights I desperately crave the day when we can meet. Normally on alternative months we all contribute with our culinary skills to a wonderful feast themed on the book we will discuss the following month. Verbal asides and gestures don’t really work on Zoom! Having said that we make the best of it! Tonight’s Book is Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood. I was just finishing it last week as the disgraceful scenes were taking place in Washington and these sadly chimed with 1930’s Berlin.  Look forward to what my fellow readers think!

Yesterday’s Quiz answers on the weather

a) Twister is slang for Tornado   b) Nephology is the study of Clouds   c) An anemometer measures wind  (as a former primary school teacher I got quite good at making them!)  d) The troposphere is the lowest layer of the atmosphere   e) Humidity is moisture in the air.

Today’s Quiz is on Books! I know I’ve done it before but hey…..

a) What was the name of Charles Dickens last book that was left unfinished?   b) Who wrote Paddington Bear?   c) In which novel did Sherlock Holmes first appear? d) Which story has the alternative title “The Modern Prometheus”?  e) Which travel writer comes from De Moines, Iowa?