“An absolute banger of a book!” – Katie What more can I add to Katie’s review? Well let’s start with a synopsis of the book. In 1934 Christiane Ritter, an Austrian artist, joins her husband, an explorer and hunter, in Read More …
Category: Reading group
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group book review – Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
What have an estate agent, a pair of home renovators, two panicky parents-to-be, a bank manager, and a grandmother all got in common? They are all the accidental hostages of a would be bank robber in Fredrik Backman’s Anxious People, Read More …
GEH Wellbeing Reading Group Book Review- Bridge of Clay
As the person writing this review I have a preference to declare. Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak is my favourite of all the books we’ve read at our reading group. Which is a big statement considering we’ve been running Read More …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group book review – Olive, Mabel & Me : Life and adventures with Two Very Good Dogs by Andrew Cotter
What did you do during Lockdown? Andrew Cotter, a well-known sports commentator whose voice is recognised by people across the world, decided on the spur of the moment to narrate a video he took of his two dogs eating, and Read More …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group book review – The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
The Midnight Library was our Wellbeing Book Group choice for March. On first glance a novel about a girl committing suicide doesn’t seem like the most obvious choice for a Wellbeing Group. However this is more of an antisuicide novel, Read More …
GEH Wellbeing Reading Group book review- Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Our Wellbeing Reading Group met early in March to discuss our latest book- Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. Although the book was relatively short- less than 250 pages- It was one of the more unusual reads that we’ve tackled. This fantasy Read More …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group book review- Between the Acts by Virginia Woolf
As last month’s title was such a long read, we thought this month we would choose something a bit briefer – Virginia Woolf’s Between the Acts. Set in 1939, it is based at Pointz Hall, a country house, on the Read More …
GEH Wellbeing Reading Group book review- The Herd by Emily Edwards
OK cards on the table time. I was too busy being involved in the discussion this month to take notes. Reading group facilitator fail. Reading group discussion success! It really was an enjoyable session this month. Our book was The Read More …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group book review- The other Bennet sister by Janice Hadlow
The Other Bennet Sister was SWFT Reading Group’s book for January. As it came in at a hefty 655 pages, we gave everyone two months to read it. The book is the first novel by Janice Hadlow and is the story Read More …
The Appeal- GEH Wellbeing Reading Group book review
The Appeal by Janice Hallett was the first book discussed by our reading group at George Eliot in 2023. It’s an unusual murder mystery novel set in a village where the Fairway Players, led by local businessman Martin and his Read More …