| Status: | Active, open to new members |
| Leader: |
Sue Griffiths
Tel: Eve 833222
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| When: | Monthly on Thursday afternoons 4th week 2:00p.m. - 3:00pm |
| Venue: | Hampton Guide And Scout Hall |
| Cost: | Varies |
We are a small group that meets monthly to discuss the chosen book for that month and share our thoughts. Our passion for books and reading brings us together, and it's important to us that we all have the opportunity to talk about our reading, whether our chosen book or any other book.
If you are interested in joining us, please contact Sue Griffiths.
| BOOK CLUB CHOICES 2026 | ||
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| MONTH | BOOK TITLE | AUTHOR |
| Jan 2026 Feb | The Country Girls (trilogy - read the first or more) The Dictionary of Lost Words | Edna O'Brien Pip Williams |
| March | Personal choice (to include a couple of short poems if wished) | Various |
| April | The long Shadow | Celia Fremlin |
| May | A River in the Trees | Jacqueline O'Mahoney |
| June | The Sea | John Banville |
| July | A Little Trickerie | Rosanne Pike |
| August | Demon Copperhea | Barbara Kingsolver |
| September | Personal choice | Various |
| October | Notes on a Scandal | Zoe Heller |
| November | A Terrible Kindness | Jo Browning Wroe |
| December (no meeting) |
Book Reviews from Earlier Meetings
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February 26: The Dictionary of Lost words by Pip Williams
A book published in 2020, written about the making of the Oxford English Dictionary, which was published between 1888 and 1928. The principal character is Esme, aged 5 when we first meet her. Various themes are woven into the story, including WW1 and its horrors, women’s suffrage, pregnancy outside marriage, giving up a baby for… read more...
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January 26: The Country Girls by Edna O'Brien
Trilogy written by an Irish author; The Country Girls (1960), The Lonely Girl (1962), Girls in their Married Bliss (1964), credited with breaking the silence on sexual matters and social issues during a repressive period in Ireland following WW2, and later adapted in a 1983 film. All 3 novels were banned by the Irish censorship… read more...
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November 2025: All the Light we cannot see by Anthony Doerr
A novel set between 1934 and 1945, the time of WW2. The book revolves around the characters of Marie-Laure, a blind French girl, who takes refuge with her father Daniel, in her great-uncle Etienne’s house in Saint-Malo, after Paris is invaded by Nazi Germany – and Werner Pfennig, a German boy who is accepted into… read more...
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October 25: Glimpses of the Moon by Edith Wharton
Marks out of ten: 6,6,5,7,7.5,7.5, read more...
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September 25: Personal Choice
We each choose any book to talk about for a maximum of 5 minutes. Chosen books, some with marks out of ten: Personal Choice (some sent in by those unable to attend the meeting in person). read more...
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August 25: Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
A 2021 novel that intertwines the lives of a pioneering female aviator, Marian Graves, and a modern actress, Hadley Baxter, exploring themes of ambition, identity, and self-determination. Our comments included: Overall, we enjoyed Great Circle, thought it had a wide appeal and would recommend it to others. Marks out of ten: 9, 9, 9, 9,… read more...