To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey was a suitably chilly novel to read in January for our wellbeing reading group at GEH. Set in Alaska in the late 1800s the novel charts the story of Lieutenant Read More …
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New Library Branch Opening…well sort of…
We’re proud to support the Trust’s sustainability plans, and as libraries, we always think green (what says Green Champions more than sharing books rather than everyone buying their own?), so this week we were thrilled to have the opportunity to Read More …
GEH Wellbeing Reading Group book review- A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe
For more information about the tragedy see: The Wellbeing reading group at GEH started the year off with an emotional read, A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe. It starts in 1966 with William, a newly qualified embalmer, traveling to Read More …
GEH Wellbeing Reading Group book review of The Travelling Bag by Susan Hill
The spooky Halloween offering for our wellbeing reading group was The Travelling Bag by Susan Hill, the author of the spine tingling The Women in Black. A little different to our usual reading diet of novels, this collection of ghostly Read More …
GEH Wellbeing Reading Group review of Miriam Margolyes This much is true
Miriam Margolyes’ autobiography was an interesting choice for our readers this month. At the age of 80, BAFTA winning Miriam has written her remarkable life story. From birth to (almost) recent day it explains how being conceived in an air-raid Read More …
GEH Wellbeing Reading Group Review- The last murder at the end of the world by Stuart Turton
This was our second reading group book from Stuart Turton, with the group having read The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle a while ago. This novel had a much more positive review from our readers! The story is an intriguing Read More …
GEH Wellbeing Reading Group review of The Donor by Clare Mackintosh
For our latest book, we chose a Quick Read by Clare Mackintosh called The Donor. At a scant 80 pages, it was the shortest title we’ve tackled, and it made a pleasant change from some of the more weighty tomes Read More …
GEH Wellbeing reading group book reviews of Back of Beyond by C.J.Box and There’s Been a Little Incident by Alice Ryan
Exciting times at George Eliot’s reading group as our members had the choice of two books to read this month, both kindly donated by their publishers. Thriller and crime fans could select Back of Beyond by C.J.Box and for those Read More …
Fancy a new read for World Book Night? Try one of these recommendations from People Development.
The People Development team (of which Knowledge and Library Services are part) spent a happy half hour this morning recommending music and books and films and TV shows to one another. The task was to pick ONE example of a Read More …
GEH Wellbeing Reading Group review of The Glovemaker by Ann Weisgarber
Well this was a roaring success! Our packed reading group overwhelmingly enjoyed The Glovemaker by Ann Weisgarber. Despite some minor concerns about the title (gloves were a very minor part of the novel), our readers were absorbed with the story. Read More …