HOVE BOOK GROUP: End of year poll 2025 SCORES…
1. Favourite read
Our book of the year, by a landslide, was James. Well done to Robin who selected this gem. Here’s the top three run down…
1st: James by Percival Everett (RF)
2nd: The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band who Burned a Million Pounds by John Higgs (NB)
2nd: Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz (TR)
3rd: A Legacy of Spies by John Le Carre (NS)
2. Favourite music
1st: Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker (NS)
2nd: Minimum Maximum by Kraftwerk (NS)
3rd: Pixies - Surfer Rosa (NB)
3. Favourite watch
1st: Before Sunrise dir by Richard Linklater (NS)
2nd: Cabaret (RM)
3rd: The Apprentice dir by Ali Abbasi (KH)
4. Favourite theme
1st: Before Sunrise dir by Richard Linklater (NS)
2nd: Reappraisal (HW)
2nd: Retirement (NS)
2nd: Mid-century Cairo (TR)
