The Book Club is currently unavailable.  There are many other clubs to choose from in the Godalming area. 

 A popular choice for May!  "The forget- me-not Sonata" by Santa Montefiore to be discussed on 2nd May by Zoom.

 

Our new book for April is Graham Norton's 'A Keeper'

 

Book Club

 

Prue has an easy and relaxed style of writing which captures your attention from the beginning. You want to carry on reading, to see what happens next. In The Lost Son, she tells the saga of an Italian family living in England. The different generations are one way or another involved in the production of food. Interwoven are stories concerning love, death, adoption and betrayal. Prue’s knowledge of catering and current food trends feature quite a lot and help to pad out what is otherwise a lightweight novel. Generally we agreed that it was enjoyable, but a good book should live with one for a while, and this book soon faded from our memories. Teresa.

April 2020

The Butterfly Room - Lucinda Riley

March 2020

Those who are loved - by Victoria Hislop

February 2020

Old Baggage - Lissa Evans

January 2020

The Keeper of Lost Things - Ruth Hogan

October 2019

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Our book club is still meeting on the first Tuesday of the month, despite current difficulties, ably chaired by Jacky Tickner.

The Lost Son - Pru Leith

The Bookseller - Cynthia Swanson

 

October 2020

The Survivors - Kate Furnival

 

November 2020

The Clockmakers Daughter - Kate Morton

 

December 2020

Individual Holiday Reads for discussion

Tuesday 5th January 7pm

The Book Group continues to meet every month on Zoom.  The next meeting will be Tuesday 2nd March at 6:30pm.  At the moment the group will be discussing their personal reads.

The Book Group continues to meet every month on Zoom.  The next meeting will be Tuesday 4th May 7pm to discuss Sweet Little Lies by Caz Frear.

Next Book Reading Group Meeting will be by Zoom on Tuesday 6th July to discuss "A Summer Reunion" by Fanny Blake

Please contact Jacky if you are interested in joining this group.

Our next Summer read will be "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

On Tuesday, 2nd August 2021, we met at Jacky Tickner’s home for a combined book club and supper evening. It was lovely to sit with one another (we’ve had over a year of zooming) to share a meal, provided by the members. The book we discussed was ‘The Poisonwood Bible’ by Barbara Kingsover. Discussion was rather limited as only half the group had managed to read the whole book. The book is quite lengthy and this had daunted four members of the club, but those who made the effort considered it worthwhile. I thought it was excellent and would recommend it. The book starts in 1960 at the granting of independence to the Belgian Congo. The story is told through the eyes of the four daughters of a missionary family who hailed from the southern States of America. Right from the beginning there is complete misunderstanding between the Americans and Africans. Some of which is amusing, but the majority of events demonstrate a patronising and superior attitude by the American pastor, and the stoical, devious attitude of the Congoleese . The book charts the disintegration of the family as the country unsuccessfully moves into self governance. In many ways it is a depressing read because we all know that, even today, there are many problems in this area as others countries, and their own leaders, exploit this mineral-rich country. Our August read is ‘On the Beach’ by Nevil Shute. Another powerful novel!

Reviewed by Teresa

Jacky writes a follow on from Teresa's report......

 

Not having finished 'The Poisonwood Bible' but wanting to, I was determined to get a copy for myself, so at the first opportunity on holiday in Dorset, a visit to Lyme Regis gave me the opportunity.  I visited 'The Sanctuary Bookshop' with Gillian - this proved to be a very "Olde World Bookshop" crammed full of hundreds, if not thousands of books - a book lovers paradise.  The proprietor told me he knew every book in the shop!  He found me three books by Barbara Kingsolver - 'The Poisonwood Bible', 'Flight Behaviour' (which I am currently reading and enjoying) and 'The Lacuna' which won the Orange Prize for fiction 2010.  These books will keep me going for a few weeks.  Gillian also bought two books by Nevil Shute.

There is also a book lover's B&B above the bookshop by the sea.

The Book Group continues to meet every month   The next meeting will be Tuesday 5th October 7pm to discuss "The Three Daughters of Eve" by Elif Shafak

The Book Club will meet on Zoom at 7pm on the 7th December to discuss 'Nineteen Letters' by Jodi Perry and 'Scarlet Nightingale' by Alan Titchmarsh

Our January book is "Crow Lake" by Mary Lawson which will be reviewed on January 4th. 

The Book Club will meet on Zoom at 7pm on Tuesday 1st February  to discuss 'Give Me Your Hand' by Megan Abbott

The Book Club will meet on Zoom at 7pm on  Tuesday 1st March  to discuss' Island on the Edge of the World' by Deborah Rodriguez.

Restless is our next book which will be reviewed 5th April at pm on Zoom.  By William Boyd.

The Choir by Joanna Trollope is our next choice of book for April. We will review it in May and perhaps meet face to face!

The book club will read "Sacred Country" by Rose Tremain and discuss on Tuesday 7th June.

We will be reading "The Oceans Between Us" by Gill Thompson for our July meeting

The book group will meet on the 6th September to discuss members holiday reads,

The next book for our club is "The Woman who walked in Sunshine" by Alexander McCall Smith.  To be discussed in October.

The book for October is Stephen Fry and his book

'The Stars' Tennis Balls' - a cheeky title!  To be reviewed in November

This book will be discused at a tea afternoon on Tuesday 6th December at the home of one of our members.

Here is the novel to get 2023 of to a good start!  The club will discuss 'A Boy made of Blocks' in January.

Our book for February is "Island Song" by Madeleine Bunting which will be discussed by Zoom in March