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A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson Transcription by Kate Atkinson North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Mrs March by Virginia Feito We Are All Birds of Uganda by Hassan Zayyan
O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason
The Glass Blowers by Daphne du Maurier Still Life by Sarah Winman Free Love by Tessa Hadley
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 […]