The Reading Group was formed in early 2003 by a group of people who were interested in discussing with others the books they had been reading and extending the range of authors and genres they were familiar with. The group now has in excess of one dozen members and a large back catalogue of modern fiction, classic novels, science-fiction, biography and travel books that have been shared. Monthly meetings are held on a Friday evening in various members' houses where they discuss the last month's book and choose new titles over a drink or two and nibbles. The format of the meeting is very informal with everyone free to speak as little or as much as they wish and of course it is always more lively when opinion is divided on the merits of the book under discussion. The books are either bought individually or they may be borrowed from the local library. The reading group does hold a library card which entitles them to borrow books for an extended period. There are no fees but every member takes a turn in hosting one of the monthly meetings and with the present membership this would then occur roughly once each year. New members are always welcome, and for more details contact Janette:
| Date | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 27th November 2009 at 8.00pm at Riverside | Alice Munroe | Runaway |
| 17th December 2009 at 8.00pm at the Newells (to be confirmed) | Patrick Gale | Notes from an Exhibition |
| 22nd January 2010 at the Hardings | Markus Zusak | The Book Thief |
At the January meeting we will each nominate a book from our festive gifts/reading to recommend to the group. We can then draw up a list for the rest of the coming year!!!!
| Author | Title |
|---|---|
| Janice Frey | A Million Little Pieces |
| Sarah Dunnant | In the Company of Others |
| Kate Atkinson | Case Histories |
| Amos Oz | A Tale of Love and Darkness |
| Anton Chekhov | Lady with Lapdog and other stories |
| Adrei Makine | Le Testament Francais |
| Fyodor Dostoyevsky | The Gambler |
| Bruce Chatwin | Song Lines |
| Peter Carey | The True History of the Ned Kelly Gang |
| Tim Winton | Breath |
| Miles Franklin | My Brilliant Career |
| Doris Pilkington Garimara | Rabbit Proof Fence |
| Khalid Hosseini | A Thousand Splendid Suns |
| David Mitchell | Black Swan Green |
| William Boyd | Brazzaville Beach |
| Ann Tyler | Breathing Lessons |
| Amitav Ghosh | The Glass Palace |
| George Orwell | Burmese Days |
| Emma Larkin | Secret Histories: Finding George Orwell in a Burmese Teashop |
| Chimamnda Ngozi Adichie | Half of a Yellow Sun |
| The Book of Illusions | |
| Jonathan Raban | Badlands |
| Carlos Castaneda | The Art of Dreaming |
| William Boyd | Restless |
| Sarah Waters | Night Watch |
| A.M. Holmes | This Book will Save your life |
| Anthony Trollope | The Way We Live Now |
| Stef Penney | The Tenderness of Wolves |
| Carlos Castaneda | The Art of Dreaming |
| Claire Tomalin | Samuel Pepys |
| Joseph O’Connor | Star of the Sea |
| Peter Ackroyd | English Music |
| Monica Ali | Brick Lane |
| Simon Armitage | Little Green Man |
| Margaret Atwood | Surfacing |
| Beryl Bainbridge | According to Queeney |
| Justin Cartwright | White Lightning |
| Tracy Chevalier | Girl with a Pearl Earring |
| JM Coetzee | Waiting for the Barbarians |
| Michael Cunningham | The Hours |
| Louis de Berniere | Birds Without Wings |
| Charles Dickens | Great Expectations |
| Sebastian Falkes | Human Traces |
| Karen Joy Fowler | Jane Austen Book Club |
| Jonathan Franzen | The Corrections |
| Mark Haddon | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time |
| Khaled Hosseini | The Kite Runner |
| Kazuo Ishiguro | When we were orphans |
| Henry James | The Bostonians |
| TE Lawrence | Seven Pillars of Wisdom |
| Ursula Le Guin | Left Hand of Darkness |
| Andrea Levy | Small Island |
| Anne Marie Mac Donald | The Way the Crow Flies |
| Yann Martel | Life of Pi |
| Alexander McCall Smith | No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency |
| Ian McEwan | Atonement |
| Jon McGregor | If Nobody Speaks Of Remarkable Things |
| Ann Michaels | Fugitive Pieces |
| Julie Myerson | Something might happen |
| Audrey Niffenegger | The Time Traveller’s Wife |
| Orhan Pamuk | My Name is Red |
| Ann Patchett | The Magician’s Assistant |
| Jean Rhys | Wide Sargasso Sea |
| Salman Rushdie | Midnight’s Children |
| Carol Shields | Unless |
| Paullina Simons | Tully |
| Dava Sobel | Galileo’s Daughter |
| Abi Smith | The Accidental |
| Manil Suri | Death of Vishnu |
| Graham Swift | Waterland |
| Amy Tan | The Kitchen God’s Wife |
| Rose Tremain | Music and Silence |
| William Trevor | The Hill Bachelors (short stories) |
| William Trevor | Lucy Gault |
| Ivan Turgenev | Fathers and Sons |
| John Updike | Beck is Back |
| Jill Paton Walsh | Knowledge of Angels |
| Virgina Woolf | Mrs. Dalloway |