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...
Thursday, July 04, 2024

Reading group: Marzahn, Mon Amour by Katja Oskamp

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Clare suggested this translation by Jo Heinrich of a short, episodic and autobiographical German novel set in the east Berlin suburb of Marz...
Friday, April 12, 2024

Reading group: The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

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Only four of us to discuss this book suggested by Doug (who couldn't be present), and all four of us found it a worthwhile, if not gripp...
Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Reading group: A Room with a View by E M Forster

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Ann suggested this 1908 novel in which Lucy Honeychurch, travelling in Italy with her cousin and chaperone Charlotte Bartlett, struggles to ...
Sunday, February 04, 2024

Reading group: Assembly by Natasha Brown

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Mark suggested this book enthusiastically, having previously read it and loved it, a debut that has been shortlisted for several prestigious...
Tuesday, January 02, 2024

Reading group: O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker

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When John suggested this, Elspeth Barker's only novel, the members of our group who glanced at the beginning imagined it was going to be...