Reading Group 2
Groups are only open to members of Fordingbridge and District u3a. For enquiries about membership contact the Membership Secretary.
Facilitator | Susan Sims |
Location | Group members' homes |
Day and time | 1st Tuesday 10.30am to 12.00pm. |
Contact | Click on the carrier pigeon on this page |
We are a very friendly group who meet once a month to discuss a book we have all read in the previous month. We have the books on loan from Fordingbridge Library so there is seldom need to purchase a copy. Most of the group have said that they come along because they felt 'in a rut' with their reading and wanted to be introduced to new material - even if it is outside their comfort zone. We try to select a range of reading material, from short stories to complex novels and humorous novels to books that address serious issues. Occasionally we will throw in a non-fiction too! Frequently discussion of a book leads to discussion about much wider matters. We are a social group who continued to meet through lock down with frequent zoom sessions and open air meetings when possible. We have now been kindly invited to regularly meet in a member's front room or garden in Fordingbridge as it is central and large enough to space out. Recently we went on an outing to Winchester in the footsteps of 'A Single Thread'. We have also enjoyed going out for a pub lunch together.
Here is the reading list for 2023-4: -
Author | Title | Collection Date | Read in | Discuss on | Return date | Leader | Venue (?Mary’s unless otherwise stated) | |
K Follett | Pillars of Earth | Feb 24 | Mch | April 4th | 24.4.23 | Steve | ||
‘Bring your own’ recommended book | May 2nd | |||||||
G Orwell | 1984 | April 24 | May | June 6th | 21.6.23 | Sue | ||
A Pearce | Dear Mrs Bird | May 26 | June | July 4th | 21.7.23 | Christine | ||
M Johnson | A Perfectly Imperfect Woman | June 26th | July | August 1st | 21.8.23 | Tour of Salisbury 11am | ||
B Cornwell | War of the Wolf | July 24 | August | Sept 5th | 18.9.23 | |||
L Holland | Sister Song (Recommended by Steve) | Not available on group list | Sept | Oct 2nd | ||||
Beth O’Leary | The Flat Share | Sept 27 | Oct | Nov 7th | 28.11.23 | Hilary | ||
T Pearsons | Die Last | Oct 25 | Nov | Dec 5th | 20.12.23 | |||
Fannie Flagg | Fried Green Tomatoes | Nov 29 | Dec | Jan 2nd(?) | 24.1.24 | |||
L Genova | Still Alice | Dec 27 | Jan | Feb 6th | 21.2.24 | |||
D Smith | I Capture the Castle | Jan 25th | Feb | March 5th | 21.3.24 | |||
Bring your own recommended book(s) | April 2nd | |||||||
A Christie | The Murder of Roger Ackroyd | March 23rd | April | May 6th | 16.5.24 | |||
McEwan | The Children Act | April 25th | May | June 4th | 20.6.24 |