Can we start a new book club?
Not all of you may have seen the latest edition of our newsletter, just published. Once again we are indebted to Peter Watson for all the work he puts into this. It seems to improve with every edition.
It contains a contribution from Jill Heal that makes interesting reading. In case you miss it, it is reproduced below.
The Book Club has been successfully running for about four years now and we enjoy meeting once a month to discuss the book which we have all read during the preceding weeks. We read a wide variety of books – from Jane Austen to the most up-to-date authors from the Booker List – and have very lively discussions about what we have read.
The group is quite small, only eight members, but we find that this is an ideal number. If it were any larger we could not meet in my sitting room and also it would become more difficult to express one’s opinion. I have been very sorry not to be able to accommodate more people who would like to have joined the group. I am sure that the U3A is large enough to allow for another reading group. Is there anyone out there who would like to lead a second group? It is really not at all onerous, especially now that the library has a special service whereby one can order eight books at a time and keep them for two months. I can also supply a list of books we have read so far if anyone is interested. It would be nice to have a sister group: we could all meet up once in a while and have a literary chat!
Jill Heal 625653
Not all of you may have seen the latest edition of our newsletter, just published. Once again we are indebted to Peter Watson for all the work he puts into this. It seems to improve with every edition.
It contains a contribution from Jill Heal that makes interesting reading. In case you miss it, it is reproduced below.
The Book Club has been successfully running for about four years now and we enjoy meeting once a month to discuss the book which we have all read during the preceding weeks. We read a wide variety of books – from Jane Austen to the most up-to-date authors from the Booker List – and have very lively discussions about what we have read.
The group is quite small, only eight members, but we find that this is an ideal number. If it were any larger we could not meet in my sitting room and also it would become more difficult to express one’s opinion. I have been very sorry not to be able to accommodate more people who would like to have joined the group. I am sure that the U3A is large enough to allow for another reading group. Is there anyone out there who would like to lead a second group? It is really not at all onerous, especially now that the library has a special service whereby one can order eight books at a time and keep them for two months. I can also supply a list of books we have read so far if anyone is interested. It would be nice to have a sister group: we could all meet up once in a while and have a literary chat!
Jill Heal 625653
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