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 …
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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 …
GEH Wellbeing reading group book review of The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey.
Lots of thumbs ups for this month’s reading group book, The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey. Told by a narrator and also through a diary written by David, one of the main protagonists, in 2015, and poems from Read More …
GEH Wellbeing Reading Group review of Save me from the waves by Jessica Hepburn
The book our readers dug into this month was an epic one! Save me from the waves is the story of Jessica Hepburn’s journey to the summit of Mount Everest, by way of the entire back catalogue of Desert Island Read More …
GEH Wellbeing reading group book reviews and recommendations 2024 edition!
Our January Reading Group followed our now annual tradition of inviting our readers to tell us about their Christmas reads, the books they gave or received over the festive period, or books they’d like to recommend. Take a look through Read More …
Behold! The spoils of war
The winners of our inaugural KLS staff Christmas quiz were Stephen, Rayanne, Bev and Lisa, also known as the Old Guard. A brilliant game was played by the A Team which consisted of Gavin, Deb, Zoe and Nathan, and the Read More …