This month’s read was The Rest of Our Lives, a donation from the publisher in return for an unbiased review. After his wife’s affair, Tom promises himself he’ll leave her when their children have grown up. Fast forward 12 years Read More …
Category: Wellbeing
GEH Wellbeing Reading Group review of Peaky Blinders: the real story by Carl Chinn
Made famous by the hit TV series Peaky Blinders, the razor-wielding Shelby family have captured audiences but did they truly exist? Historian Carl Chinn uncovers the truth behind the notorious Birmingham gang, and discovers that one of the original Peaky 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 Wellbeing Reading Group review of The Women of Wild Hill by Kirsten Miller
“It’s always three, isn’t it? Three furies, three fates, three graces. Science still has no explanation for the number three, but women instinctively feel its power. We don’t know why three works, but we know it does. Three is the Read More …
What did Santa bring SWFT this Christmas?
At SWFT’s January Wellbeing Reading Group, we chatted about our current reads as well as what we read during the Christmas season. We collected a list of the great titles which might inspire your next read, so here are some 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 …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group review of The Second Sleep by Robert Harris
Christopher Fairfax, a young priest, is trying to reach a remote Exmoor village before the strict night time curfew begins. Lost and uneasy amid the ruins of a fallen civilisation, he is about to face a series of events that Read More …
GEH Wellbeing Reading Group review of This Is Why We Lied by Karin Slaughter
On honeymoon at a remote, snowed-in mountain lodge, investigator Will Trent and medical examiner Sara Linton are pulled into a murder investigation when the lodge’s manager, Mercy, is found dead. Trapped with a group of strangers (Mercy’s family, and fellow Read More …