| Status: | Active, open to new members |
| Convenor: | |
| When: | Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:30 pm Third Thursday monthly |
| Venue: | Member's Home |
| Cost: | Free |
Fact or fiction books are chosen with a view to a lively debate.
In October we will be reading 'Circe' by Madeline Miller (2018) and in November we will discuss 'The Boy from the Sea ' by Garrett Carr.
Please contact Anne-Louise for more information.
See below books that we have previously read. Thanks to Anne-Louise, Penny & Jane for their reviews.
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'The Bookbinder of Jericho' by Pip Williams
The Bookbinder of Jericho was a huge success; we all thoroughly enjoyed reading it and all of us agreed that we had learnt a considerable amount about the bookbinding industry in the early 20th Century in this small corner of Oxford. (Indeed, we were privileged to be given a demonstration of how to fold, turn,…
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'All the Light We Cannot See' by Anthony Doerr (2014)
We agreed that 'All the Light We Cannot See' was an extraordinary, highly original, even inspirational novel about a ten year period around WW2, culminating in the destruction of Saint-Malo in 1944. The many non-linear threads were woven together lyrically and seamlessly keepingthe reader engaged and 'in touch' in all ways. This story is about…
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Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1985)
We had a great discussion about this classic, throwing up all sorts of issues and hot topics. There was a general consensus that the subject matter - a study of 'Love' or let's call it 'sex, desire, passion and obsession' - first published in English in 1988, comes across completely differently at our current age…