Group Leader : Lynne Middleton

We are a small, friendly group who meet at my home in Daws Heath. We focus on a varied range of fiction, choosing titles from a variety of genres which provide matter for discussion. Books selected are usually titles suggested by the members, or gleaned from reviews. Not every book will be to everyone's taste, but I think we find value in reading titles we might never have chosen and encountering authors we are not familiar with. We obtain or borrow our own copies, which can often be purchased cheaply secondhand.

The meeting usually starts informally, talking through our general impressions of the month's choice, going on to a biography of the writer. We progress to discussion of themes and characters and often draw on book group questions to be found online. This can be challenging, but is certainly thought provoking and certainly keeps our brains in full working order! It is not unusual for us to go off at a tangent, as a book sparks our individual responses, but this what makes a book worth reading. I think we all find it fascinating to share others' ideas, which can lead us to view a book in a new light, appreciating it more than we might do when reading independently.

The group is currently full, but please enquire if you would like to join the waiting list.

Book List 2026		3rd Friday of month
DATE - provisional	TITLE	AUTHOR
January 16th	The List of Suspicious Things	Jennie Godfrey
February 20th	Precipice	Robert Harris
March 20th	The Glass Maker	Tracy Chevalier
April 17th	The Offing	Benjamin Myers
May 22nd (wk. 4- tbc)	State of Wonder	Ann Patchett
June 19th	One of Us	Elizabeth Day
July 17th	The Midnight News	Jo Baker
August 21st	Honour	Elif Shafak
September 18th	The Understudy	David Nicholls
October 16th	Gabriel's Moon	William Boyd
November 20th	The Elements	John Boyne
December 18th	tbc
January 15th 2027	The Names	Florence Knapp