Thursday, September 11, 2025

Reading group: By Night in Chile by Roberto Bolano

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Clare suggested this novella narrated by Sebastian Urrutia Lacroix, a Chilean priest who has also been a literary critic and poet. It is a d...
Monday, September 08, 2025

Reading group: The Trees by Percival Everett

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This is going to be a short post, as I don't want to plot spoil.  Ann had recently read this genre-defying book and had been unable to p...
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...