Tuesday, July 08, 2025

Reading group: The Waves by Virginia Woolf

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This was the one book by Virginia Woolf that Margeret, who loved her work, had not read. Introducing it to the group, she joked that having ...
Saturday, July 05, 2025

Reading group: Wildlife by Richard Ford

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Some time ago we read Richard Ford's The Sportswriter and I was surprised to find it, along with most of our group, fairly tedious and ...
Sunday, March 23, 2025

Reading group: Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin

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This very short Argentinian novel, suggested by Doug, was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize. We were all immediately attrac...
Monday, January 13, 2025

Reading group: Orbital by Samantha Harvey

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Clare suggested this 2024 Booker winner, and we were all very interested to read it for its unusual and extremely topical subject matter. Se...
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Sunday, January 12, 2025

Reading group: The Country Girls by Edna O'Brien

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The recent death of Edna O'Brien prompted Ann to suggest this, O'Brien's first novel - and the first in a trilogy of novels abou...
Monday, September 30, 2024

Reading group: Giovanni's Room

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This book was the departing suggestion of Mark, who has been a member of the group since its inception twenty-two years ago but has now left...
Tuesday, July 09, 2024

Reading group: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

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Spoiler warning (for those who don't yet know the plot of this very famous book). One day I caught a snippet of a Radio 4 programme in w...