Happy New Year

Lets hope it's a year of good reads.

Thank you to everyone who came down for our first book of the year, a great turn out. 'Unseen' had scores ranging from 3-9 and an average score of 6.7.

Don't forget that we still have a Big Book Club for January. We're meeting Thursday 24th January, 7.45 at the Crucible corner. We're reading 'We the Drowned' by Carsten Jensen. It's 704 pages so get a wriggle on if you haven't already started.

Next 'normal' Book Club is going to be a love story with a difference. We're meeting Thursday 14th February at 7.45 at the Crucible corner. We'll be reading 'My Cousin Rachel' by Daphne Du Maurier.

Just a little reminder for you early birds not to move tables until the Crucible Corner staff have given us the go ahead, have a drink instead!

Poetry Club

February also sees the return of much loved, Poetry Club. This is designed to allow everyone to share their experience of poetry, good and bad, without any requirement to be very knowledgeable on the subject. We're going to try and have a regular date for this to allow as many people as possible to go. It will run on a similar frequency to Big Book and will be every third month on the 4th Thursday.

However due to the theatre trip in February the next one will actually be Thursday 21st February, 7.45 at the Crucible Corner. The subject has yet to be decided but we'll let you know soon.

Future dates:

Feb 21st
May 23rd
Aug 22rd
Nov 28th

Theater Trips

28th Feb 2019 7.45 pm - 'Hang' - read more about it here.

If you would like to come but haven't reserved a ticket then we believe there are still tickets available at the box office. The seating is unreserved so you would still be able to sit with us. Let us know if you get tickets and then we can look out for you.

Book List for 2019

These are the books we will be reading this year...

Jan 10th - The Unseen by Roy Jacobsen - 272 pgs
Feb 14th - My cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier - 352 pgs
March 14th - Case Histories by Kate Atkinson - 434 pgs
April 11th - Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Armin - 304 pgs
May 9th - The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje - 321 pgs
June 13th - Circe by Madeline Miller - 352 pgs
July 11th - The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene - 272 pgs
Aug 8th - How Not to Be a Boy by Robert Webb - 336 pgs
Sep 12th - The House by the Lake by Thomas Harding - 464 pgs
Oct 10th - Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor - 336 pgs
Nov 14th - Burial Rites by Hannah Kent - 384 pgs
Dec 12th - Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas - Radio play

Big Book Club

This happens every 3 months and it gives us the opportunity to read bigger books we don't have time for at 'normal' Book Club.

Jan 24th - We, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen - 704 pgs
April 25th - East of Eden by John Steinbeck - 720 pgs
July 25th - The Magus by John Fowles - 672 pgs
Oct 24th - 5th Season by N K Jemisin - 512 pgs

Happy Reading!

Rachel & Emily