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This month we had a couple of themes – historical and detective books by Georgette Heyer and The Thursday Detective […]
We discussed just one book this month Another Planet: A Childhood in Suburbia by Tracey Thorn and compared it with […]
Nancy Mitford and biographies were the themes this month. The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford The Letters of Nancy […]
Hamnet by Maggie O’ Farrell was the chosen book. It was the winner of the Woman’s Prize for Fiction 2020. […]
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones The Rachel Papers by Martin Amis City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert The Mermaid […]
We started off lockdown reading Jane Austen and Joanna Trollope books. Other books included: Clock Dance by Anne Tyler The […]
Over a Christmas meal we discussed our favourite and worst reads of 2019. These were the favourites. The Children Act […]
The theme for October was Biography with the following titles discussed. This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay The […]
There were a lot of really good recommendations this month. Love is Blind by William Boyd Waiting for Sunrise by […]
The June choice was The Wife by Meg Wolitzer. We discussed the relationship between a literary prize winner and his […]
We read Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn this month. There were mixed comments including disappointing, a good read, […]
The following titles were recommended this month. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman The Librarian by Sally Vickers […]
We went to see the Odeon live screening of Simon Callow reading A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
This month we discussed The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath and the BBC documentaries on the author, her poems, her […]
We discussed our summer reading including the following titles. A Life of My Own by Claire Tomalin Conversations with Friends […]
This month books by Muriel Spark were discussed. They included: A Far Cry From Kensington The Driver’s Seat The Ballard […]
For a change we discussed just the one title – Midwinter Break by Bernard MacLaverty. The book is set in […]
We discussed the following titles. The Past by Tessa Hadley Instead of a Book by Diana Athill Stet: An Editor’s […]
Some varied titles were discussed and recommended this month. Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris In Praise of […]
The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O’Farrell The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan My Name is […]
Quite a lot of recommendations and discussion this month including the following titles. Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler Lucy Gayheart […]
The titles this month were interesting and varied and are listed below. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh Olive Kitteridge by […]
There were lots of recommended titles at this meeting, some of which are listed below. Nutshell by Ian McEwan Mrs […]
We watched the DVD A Month in the Country, based on the book by J.L. Carr, and discussed some Christmas […]
We watched the dvd Love and Friendship and discussed the following titles: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Reading Chekhov by […]
The theme this month was Male Authors. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad Because She Loves Me by Mark Edwards […]
Lots of summer holiday reading listed below! The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George The Hundred-Year Old Man Who Climbed […]
Our theme for this meeting was Literary Heroines. Listed below are the titles we discussed. Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain […]
There were plenty of interesting and varied books discussed at this meeting. A Lost Lady by Willa Cather Elizabeth is […]
We discussed our reading since Christmas. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins The […]
We watched the film The Invisible Woman, based on the book by Claire Tomalin. We discussed the film and book […]
Books written in the 1800s were discussed this month. Persuasion by Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Coleridge […]
We discussed 1980s books and our summer reading recommendations. The Color Purple by Alice Walker Testimony by Anita Shreve Good […]
We watched The Group on dvd. The books we read and discussed were all written in the 1970s: The Hired […]
The 1960s books we discussed were: The Millstone by Margaret Drabble Stoner by John Williams Mr Bridge by Evan S. […]
The 1950s titles recommended at the meeting were: The Persephone Book of Short Stories My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du […]
The 1940s books discussed were: The Matchmaker by Stella Gibbons The Camomile Lawn by Mary Wesley Mr Churchill’s Secretary by […]
The recommended 1930s themed books were: The Clergyman’s Daughter by George Orwell Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves All […]
Here is the list of more recommended 1920s book suggestions from the June meeting: The Enchanted April Forsyte Saga One […]
This is about one day in the life of Clarisssa Dalloway who is giving a party! It shows the social shallowness […]
I’ve always been fascinated by the Mitford family. Siblings of such extreme and different characters it’s hard to imagine they […]
Nineteen twenties socialite Brenda does everything society expects including marrying Tony Last. Owner of a country pile Tony appears dull […]
39 Steps by John Buchan was written in 1915, but set just before the war. It is significant as one […]
The Penguin Book of First World War Stories includes contemporary as well as retrospective stories. For me, reading all the […]
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque was written in 1929. It follows a group of German […]
Set in 1914, this novel focusses on young men and women at the Slade School of Art and the life-changing […]
This is set in Cornwall in 1917 where D H Lawrence and his German wife have come to escape the […]
This was written in 1918 and shows the devastating impact of shell shock and memory loss on an upper class […]