Book Group 4
Group Leader: Pauline Hales
Tel: 01565 650214
Email: info@knutsfordu3a.co.uk
Our meetings are held on the morning of the second Tuesday of the month primarily at St John’s Church Cafe. Unfortunately we have no vacancies.
Over a cup of coffee we have a chat before we listen to some background notes on the author of that month’s chosen book and then we are open to discussion.
We read books from all genres, suggested as they are by our members. Naturally the reception is mixed, so our discussions are always enjoyable and stimulating. Each year we find books which are new to at least some of us, often something we might not have chosen for ourselves.
Books read
For ease of review at a later stage we like to give the book a score out of 10 and these are recorded – see below.
Books read in 2021
| Book | Author | % Score | Meeting Date | Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travels with my Aunt | Graham Greene | 88 | 12 Jan | 2 |
| The End of the Affair | Graham Greene | - | 12 Jan | |
| The Rehearsal | Eleanor Catton | - | 09 Feb | |
| The Great Fortune | Olivia Manning | 77 | 09 Mar | 7 |
| The Balkan Trilogy Vol 2 and 3 | Olivia Manning | - | 13 Apr | |
| Falling | Elizabeth Jane Howard | 76 | 11 May | 8 |
| The Carer | Deborah Moggach | 78 | 08 Jun | 6 |
| A Man Called Ove | Fredrik Backman | 90 | 13 Jul | 1 |
| The Architects Apprentice | Elif Shafak | 50 | 10 Aug | 9= |
| The Silence of the Girls | Pat Barker | 50 | 14 Sep | 9= |
| Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen | 81 | 12 Oct | 4 |
| The Citadel | A.J.Cronin | 80 | 9 Nov | 5 |
| Midwinter Break | Bernard Maclaverty | 84 | 14 Dec | 3 |
Books read in 2022
| Book | Author |
| A Long Petal of the Sea | Isabel Allende |
| The Midnight Library | Matt Haig |
| A Spool of Blue Thread | Anne Tyler |
| The Country Girls | Edna O’Brien |
| The Promise | Damon Galgut |
| Washington Square | Henry James |
| Olive Kitteridge / Olive Again | Elizabeth Strout |