BOOKS REVIEWED IN PREVIOUS YEARS
| 2023 NEW YEAR 2023 | |
| 16th January | Stuart,Douglas - Shuggie Bain | 4pm ZOOM - re-arranged due to snow & ice |
| 20th February | Harris,Robert - The Second Sleep *(414). Group Members to acquire this book | 2pm St Michael's |
| 20th March | Cleeves, Ann - The Moth Catcher | 2pm St Michael's |
| 17th April | Jonasson, Jonas – The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred Year Old Man | 2pm St Michael's |
| 15th May | Steadman, Helen – The Running Wolf | 2pm St Michael's |
| 19th June | Barker, Pat - Another World | 2pm St Michael's |
| 17th July | Setterfield, Diane – Once upon a River | 2pm St Michael's |
| 21st August | Trigiani, Adriana – The Shoemaker’s Wife*(470) | 4pm ZOOM |
| 18th September | Mengiste, Maaza – The Shadow King | 2pm St Michael's |
| 16th October | Lee, Harper - Go Set a Watchman | 2pm St Michael's |
| 20th November | Hollinghurst, Alan – The Stranger’s Child*(564) | 2pm St Michael's |
| 18th December | Coe, Jonathan - Middle England *(421). Group Members to acquire this book | 4pm ZOOM |
| 2022 NEW YEAR 2022 | . |
| Monday 17th January 2022. Review of Ordinary Thunderstorms by William Boyd | St Michael's |
| Monday 21st February 2022. Review of Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene | St Michael's |
| Monday 21st March 2022. Review of On the Beach by Neville Shute | St Michael's |
| Wednesday 20th April 2022. Review of No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy - day amended due to Bank Holiday | 2:15pm St Michael's |
| Monday 16th May 2022. Review of Restless by William Boyd | 2pm St Michael's |
| Monday 20th June 2022. Review of March by Geraldine Brooks | 2pm St Michael's |
| Monday 18th July 2022. Review of Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell | 2pm St Michael's |
| Monday 15th August 2022. Review of A Place called Winter by Patrick Gale | 4pm ZOOM |
| Monday 19th September 2022. BANK HOLIDAY FOR QUEEN’S FUNERAL Review postponed of The Importance of being Kennedy by Laurie Graham. | NOW ON 17th October |
| Monday 17th October 2022. Review of September’s book - The Importance of being Kennedy by Laurie Graham, followed by Review of The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood | 2pm St Michael's |
| Monday 21st November 2022. Review of Looking for Mr Nobody by Sue Rann | 2pm St Michael's |
| Monday 19th December 2022. Review of Transcription by Kate Atkinson | 4pm ZOOM |
| 2021 NEW YEAR 2021 | . |
| Monday 19th January at 4pm. Review of The House at Riverton by Kate Morton. Books via Library Service. | ZOOM |
| Monday 15th February at 4pm. Review of Case Histories by Kate Atkinson. Library Service currently has problem dispensing group books. This book being bought/acquired by agreement. | ZOOM |
| Monday 15th March at 4pm. Review of We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker. This book via Borrowbox or print copy if can be sourced. | ZOOM |
| Monday 19th April at 4pm. Review of The Long Call by Ann Cleeves. This book via Borrowbox or print copy if can be sourced. | ZOOM |
| Monday 17th May at 4pm. Review of 13 Steps Down by Ruth Rendell. This is a physical book obtained via Library Services. | ZOOM |
| Monday 21st June at 4pm. Review of A Girl made of Dust by Natalie Abi-Ezzi | ZOOM |
| Monday 19th July at 4pm. Review of The Postmistress by Sarah Blake | ZOOM |
| Monday 16th August at 4pm. Review of The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht | ZOOM |
| Monday 20th September. Review of Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore | ZOOM 4pm |
| Unless advised otherwise, FUTURE MEETINGS TO TAKE PLACE AT ST MICHAEL'S, The Small Hall, 2.00pm - 4pm | . |
| Monday 18th October. Review of The Vanishing of Ruth by Janet MacLeod Trotter | St Michael's |
| Monday 15th November. Review of Guernica by Dave Boling | St Michael's |
| Monday 20th December 2021. Review of A Week in December by Sebastian Faulks | As above or ZOOM |
PROGRAMME 2020:
February 17th - Inaugural meeting to set up new book club.
March 16th - First Book distributed for reading – The Siege by Helen Dunmore.
Book being read during first period of Covid-19 lockdown.
April 20th - No meeting as Covid-19 Lockdown.
FURTHER MEETINGS POSPONED - subject to variations in Lockdown Criteria
FURTHER MEETINGS CONTINUING AFTER APPRIL 2020 BY ZOOM UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE and at 4pm
April 2020 First book of the new book group was reviewed - The Siege by Helen Dunmore. Due to lockdown criteria, group wasn’t able to meet so individual group members forwarded email reviews to the coordinator who then combined them into one document for issue to all (24th April 2020)
May-June - Prelim Zoom meeting of May cancelled due to John’s broken wrist! Access to books via the library service difficult or impossible accept by digital means; the way forward, including the use of zoom, under review.
July - Group reading The Bee Keeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri for review during August. Multiple copies of the book have been accessed via the Library’s Borrowbox service.
| Monday 10th August Review of The Bee Keeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri. Digital book. | ZOOM |
| Monday 21st September Review of The Unexpected Return of Josephine Fox by Claire Gradidge. Digital book. | ZOOM |
| Monday 19th October at 4pm. Review of Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Adichie. Books via Library Service. | ZOOM |
| Monday 16th November at 4pm. Review of Bones in the Nest by Helen Cadbury. Books via Library Service. | ZOOM |
| Monday 21st December at 4pm. Review of The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney. Books via Library Service. | ZOOM |
