What we’re about
I would like to create a book club where you can enjoy reading a book and then discussing it informally, over a drink - tea, coffee or something stronger!
If you like to read and would like to share your thoughts with others, then this group is for you. I want this to be a book group for the members so books can be chosen by members and the discussions can be shaped as members would like. Nothing too heavy though! There will be a chance as well for some social networking time if you are interested but this of course is up to you.
The meetup fees are quite alot to run the group so I ask for a small contribution from each member to cover these costs. This needs paying by 01 Sep each year.
On line meetings so everyone is welcome no matter your location.
To cover the meetup fees members need to pay £3 annual fee due 01 September each year (or before signing up to your first meeting during the year). The link to pay is here. Please add your surname as reference.
https://pay.collctiv.com/meetup-book-club-65142
Upcoming events (4)
See all- Our book for JANUARY- The Zig Zag Girl by Elly GriffithsLink visible for attendees
We have chosen for this month:
# The Zig Zag Girl by Elly Griffiths
When the body of a girl is found, cut into three,the investigating officer is reminded of a magic trick, the Zig Zag Girl. The inventor of the trick, Max, serve in the war with the policeman as part of a shadowy unit called the Magic Men.....
Elly lives near Brighton and this book pubished in 2014 is the first of a series of 7 known as the Brighton Mysteries.
WARNING - there are some themes in the book that not all readers may enjoy reading about. Please take a look at reviews yourself if you wish to check this out.
To cover the meetup fees members need to pay £3 annual fee due 01 September each year (or before signing up to your first meeting during the year). The link to pay is here. Please add your surname as reference.
https://pay.collctiv.com/meetup-book-club-65142 - our book for February - Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierLink visible for attendees
We have chosen for this month:
# Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again...
is a very famous quote from this classic book - but why?...Daphne was born in May 1907. This book was first published in 1938, and this classic gothic novel is such a compelling read that it won the Anthony Award for Best Novel of the Century.
WARNING - there are some themes in the book that not all readers may enjoy reading about. Please take a look at reviews yourself if you wish to check this out.
To cover the meetup fees members need to pay £3 annual fee due 01 September each year (or before signing up to your first meeting during the year). The link to pay is here. Please add your surname as reference.
https://pay.collctiv.com/meetup-book-club-65142 - our book for MARCH- Celestial Bodies by Jokha AlharthiLink visible for attendees
We have chosen for this month:
# Celestial Bodies
### Jokha Alharthi, Marilyn Booth (Translator)
Three sisters in Oman and their families, their losses and loves, is told against a backdrop of a rapidly changing Oman, a country evolving from a traditional, slave-owning society into its complex present.
Jokha Alharthi, born in 1978, is an Omani writer and academic,who won the Man BookerPrize in 2019 forthis novel Sayyidat al-Qamar, published in English under the title Celestial Bodies. Jokha was educated in Oman and in the United Kingdom. She obtained her PhD in classical Arabic literature from the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 2011.
WARNING - there are some themes in the book that not all readers may enjoy reading about. Please take a look at reviews yourself if you wish to check this out.
To cover the meetup fees members need to pay £3 annual fee due 01 September each year (or before signing up to your first meeting during the year). The link to pay is here. Please add your surname as reference.
https://pay.collctiv.com/meetup-book-club-65142 - our book for APRIL Spring by Ali SmithLink visible for attendees
We have chosen for this month:
# Spring by Ali Smith
Spring published in 2019 follows a string of characters and explores themes like immigration and human nature in general, as well as the aftermath of the EU referendum and growing tensions in the UK.
A once-in-a-generation series, Ali Smith's Seasonal Quartet is a tour-de-force about love, time, art, politics, and how we live now. The books stane alone but there are connections to others in the series.
Ali Smith is a writer, born in August 1962. She studied at Aberdeen, and then at Cambridge, for a Ph.D. in American and Irish modernism until 1990. During her time at Cambridge, she began writing plays and as a result, did not complete her doctorate.
WARNING - there are some themes in the book that not all readers may enjoy reading about. Please take a look at reviews yourself if you wish to check this out.
To cover the meetup fees members need to pay £3 annual fee due 01 September each year (or before signing up to your first meeting during the year). The link to pay is here. Please add your surname as reference.
https://pay.collctiv.com/meetup-book-club-65142
