Billed as a feel good, cosy book about the power of books and libraries to change lives, this was a no-brainer for us to choose for our well-being reading group. In Tokyo a librarian with an uncanny gift to perceive Read More …
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SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group review of The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue
Meet Addie, a young woman in 18th century France who makes a deal with the devil for immortality. The side effect? She is forgotten by everyone she meets. Wandering the world alone, she lives as an unseen muse to artists, Read More …
GEH Wellbeing Reading Group review of Nightingale Point by Luan Goldie
On an ordinary Saturday morning in 1996, the residents of Nightingale Point wake up to their normal lives and worries. It’s a day like any other, until something extraordinary happens. When the sun sets, Nightingale Point is irrevocably changed and Read More …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group review of Abroad in Japan
When Chris Broad arrived in a rural village in northern Japan, with no language skills or teaching experience, he wondered if he’d made a horrible a mistake. Over ten years, he travelled the forty-seven prefectures, from lush countryside to neon-lit Read More …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group review of In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune
In a hidden home amongst the trees, a human named Victor lives peacefully with three very different robots. Their life is turned upside down when they rescue a mysterious android, uncovering a violent past that puts them in danger. When Read More …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group Review of The Instant by Amy Liptrott
This month’s read is a memoir telling how Amy leaves her isolated life on an Orkney island to move to Berlin in search of new experiences, work, and love. Through a year there, she explores its nightlife, wildlife, and online Read More …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group Review of The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu by Charlie English
Timbuktu, a place long mythologised in the Western imagination as the “African El Dorado” was once a thriving medieval centre of learning, home to thousands of priceless manuscripts . In 2012, the city faced a new threat when jihadists linked Read More …
GEH – Guess what the Reading Group had for Christmas
Our usual January wellbeing reading group meeting was a relaxed discussion where we shared what we were currently reading and the book-themed gifts we received over Christmas. As there were so many, we’ve made a list to inspire anyone looking Read More …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group review of What Happens in the Dark by Kia Abdullah
Lily, a famous TV presenter, is found looking unruffled beside a dead body after rumours of mysterious bruises. She denies guilt and says nothing. Meanwhile her estranged childhood friend Safa, a disgraced journalist, decides to investigate the truth—only to uncover Read More …
GEH Wellbeing Reading Group review of Songlight by Moira Buffini
A Hidden Gift. A Deadly Hunt. An Unbreakable Bond. Northaven may look idyllic, but those with songlight—a rare telepathic power—are ruthlessly hunted. Lark (Elsa) has spent her life in hiding, until a mysterious young woman (Kaira/Nightingale) from a distant city Read More …