The One Where I Join A Book Club!
11 Mar
I’ve always wanted to be part of a real life book club so when a friend who lives round the corner suggested setting one up with some of the other mums from school, I jumped at the chance. Last night was the first meeting of the book (wine and cake) club and it was a resounding success! There are thirteen of us, so quite a big group and plenty of opportunity for discussion!
As last night was our first get together we hadn’t read a book in preparation but everyone had been tasked to bring one book suggestion with them. We all wrote the name and author on a piece of paper and put them in a hat. We drew them out to get an order and now have at least a year’s worth of reading to look forward to as we’re aiming to meet every 5-6 weeks.
I was really intrigued to see what our reading list would be and spent quite a while trying to decide on a title to throw into the hat! I’m really excited about the final list and of the 13 books on it I’ve only read two already! I’m looking forward to discovering new books and authors as the year goes on and getting to discuss them with friends. As we read the books below I’ll try to summarise the thoughts of the group!
Our reading list is:
- The Green Road by Anne Enright
- Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa
- The Blue by Lucy Clarke
- The Versions of Us by Laura Barnett
- The Stranger by Harlen Coben
- Us by David Nicholls
- The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
- A Little Life by Hanya Yanaginera
- The Secret History by Donna Tart
- The Actual One by Isy Suttie
- The Tea Planter’s Wife by Dinah Jefferies
- The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair by Joel Dicker
- The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge
Have you read any of these? Are you part of a book group and how does it work?
Sounds fabulous Amanda.
And you all chose different books too
Look forward to your updates.