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Category: Book Club

Book review – The Salt Path

19/10/2021 mtheaker

The Salt Path has been a huge success for its author Raynor Wynne, and thus expectations were very high. Reactions to it were very mixed ranging from admiration for the bravery of the couple, setting out on their walk in Read More …

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Book Review – Mr Loverman

24/09/202112/10/2021 mtheaker

Humour is a very individual thing – so some of us had found Mr Loverman very funny, whilst others were not so taken with it. I just loved the voice of Barrington … although I wasn’t so enamoured of his Read More …

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Book review: The Schoolteacher of Saint-Michel

17/08/2021 mtheaker

We all enjoyed Sarah Steele’s ‘The schoolteacher of Saint-Michel’ although some felt it was slow to get into. There had been some concerns that the story would be grim but it was very engaging. The book switches between the current Read More …

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Book review: Crow Lake

26/07/202117/08/2021 mtheaker

Crow Lake by Mary Lawson received a mixed reception. Some loved it, and some found it lacking in plot. The story is set in a remote community in northern Ontario.  The four Morrison children left orphaned when their parents are Read More …

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Book review: Becoming

20/05/202117/06/2021 mtheaker

Michelle Obama’s autobiography ‘Becoming’ was enjoyed by everyone in the group. She has an easy engaging style although some found it took concentration given the large number of people mentioned. The book is divided into 3 broad sections ‘Becoming me’ which Read More …

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Book review: The Dispossessed

20/04/202117/06/2021 mtheaker

Written in the 1970s The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin is regarded as one of the classics of science fiction –a genre that most of us don’t normally read. The book is set on twin planets which have very different Read More …

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Book review: The Foundling

22/03/202117/06/2021 mtheaker

We were all agreed that The Foundling was an easy read with some nice writing. Stacey Halls gives a vivid portrayal of Georgian London and from more than one perspective. Bess makes a living hawking shrimps whilst Alexandra, terrified of Read More …

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Book review: Old Baggage

18/02/202120/04/2021 mtheaker

The general feeling was that Old Baggage by Lisa Hall was disappointing –  it was an easy read which was certainly appreciated, but a bit light and fluffy and touching on a lot of potentially interesting topics without going below Read More …

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Book Review -Wyrd Sisters

14/01/202120/04/2021 margaret

This was our second read of a Terry Pratchett, and again feelings were mixed. Comedy is such an individual thing – some found it hilarious (the footnotes are something special – and you miss these on the kindle edition), others Read More …

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Book review – Complete short stories of Ernest Hemingway

22/12/202020/04/2021 margaret

by Margaret on 22/12/2020 in Book Club Hemingway — short stories — acknowledged master of the genre — Nobel prize winner. Let’s just say that he didn’t float the boat for most of us. I guess we should have expected it and maybe the choice Read More …

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Book review – The great alone

10/11/202020/04/2021 margaret

I struggled to get into ‘The Great Alone’ by Kirstin Hannah’ however the rest of the group had all enjoyed it – it was a story that moved with pace with much packed in. The comment was ‘What else can Read More …

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Book review: The Clockmaker’s Daughter

15/09/202020/04/2021 margaret

Kate Morton’s book ‘The clockmaker’s daughter’ is something of a door stopper – and the considered view was that she could have cut down on a few of the strands of her story without losing the essential plot – there Read More …

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