The next Leadership Book Club will be in September, date and time tbc The Book to be discussed is ‘The 3D Leader: take your leadership to the next dimension’ by Terence Mauri Much of what leaders know is no longer Read More …
Category: Book Club
‘virtual’ General Book Club Monthly Meet
The KGH Book Club will meet ‘virtually’ on 16th August at 20.00. We will be discussing ‘The school teacher of Saint Michel’ by Sarah Steele. Inspired by real acts of bravery and resistance, The School teacher of Saint Michel is a Read More …
Book review: Becoming
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 …
Book review: The Dispossessed
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 …
Book review: The Foundling
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 …
Book review: Old Baggage
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 …
Book Review -Wyrd Sisters
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 …
Book review – Complete short stories of Ernest Hemingway
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 …
Book review – The great alone
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 …
Book review: The Clockmaker’s Daughter
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 …
Book review: Once upon a river
Once upon a river’ was a magical, fairy-tale read – Diane Setterfield’s storytelling is powerful and allows you to suspend disbelief. Set in the nineteenth century on the upper Thames it starts at the winter solstice, and whilst the regulars at Read More …
Book review: Where the crawdads sing
‘Where the crawdads sing’ was an engaging read. Delia Owens has created a memorable character in Kya and the detail in her writing conjures the North Carolina marshes and their wildlife in exquisite detail. The story combines a murder investigation Read More …