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 …
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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 …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group review of Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
The year is 1665. In a remote Pennines village a tailor receives a bundle of infected cloth. Anna Frith, an 18 year old widow, watches the disease devastating her community as desperate, the villagers turn to sorcery, herb lore, and Read More …
GEH Wellbeing Reading Group review of The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
This Black History Month we chose to read The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett. The novel explores identity, race, family, and what happens when hidden truths emerge. Light-skinned Black twin sisters, Desiree and Stella, run away from their small Louisiana Read More …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group review of And Away… by Bob Mortimer
‘The most life-affirming, joyful read of the year’ – Sunday Times Bob Mortimer’s funny, heartfelt and offbeat autobiography, shares stories from his life and career in his own particular style – but what did SWFT’s Wellbeing Reading Group make of it? Read More …
GEH Wellbeing Reading Group review of Half a World Away by Mike Gayle
The GEH book choice this month was Mike Gayle’s Half a World Away. A story about two strangers, living in different worlds, with apparently nothing in common – but was this the case? Libby Page described it as “heartbreaking and Read More …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group review of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
This month’s choice was the classic Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte. The famous tale follows the life of Jane, an orphan. It tells of how she overcomes her harsh childhood to become a governess, before falling in love with her Read More …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group Reviews of May All Your Skies Be Blue by Fiona Scarlett and Under a Pink Sky by Esther Ghey
This month we went with a ‘skies’ theme, and had a choice of two books, the fictional May All Your Skies be Blue by best selling author Fiona Scarlett and the non fiction Under a Pink Sky by Esther Ghey. Read More …