With thanks to Gary Morris at Leigh library for providing the group set of books. The Hoarder by Jess Kidd (Magical Realism/Irish Contemporary Fiction) Now on to other books we read during February... Read more

At January’s meeting we were given a list of members’ top 5 books of 2025 and we were to choose one for our January 2026 read. Now on to other books we read during January... Read more

We were gifted a book titled One Lie Too Many by writer A.J. Taylor on the understanding that we write a review on Amazon or Goodreads. Now on to other books we read during December... Read more

Our November read was The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale, lent to us by Leigh library service. Now on to other books we read during November... Read more

Our Group read for October was Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant, lent to us by Leigh library services. Now on to other books we read during October... Read more

At September’s meeting we each received a prompt for our choice of book for reading in October. Here are the results. Now on to other books we read during September... Read more

At August’s meeting we chose Robert Harris as our writer of the month. We each selected one of his books and we discussed key themes, characters, action, setting etc. to see if there are any common links. Conclusion Harris likes to explore the “what if” aspect of writing as a theme and it is examined… Read more

Thank you to Leigh library for the group set of Outrageous Horizon by Adrien Bosc. I like novels that draw on historical facts and, to quote, take “imaginative leaps of fiction”, but this was not for me. The confined environment, together with the diversity of travellers, promised an insight into their daily life, their history… Read more

Thank you to Leigh library for the group set of Last Bus To Coffeeville by J. Paul Henderson. We have an Americana road trip with lots of interesting (and slightly wacky) characters. I could particularly empathise as I had done a road trip in Spring 2024 in this very part of the USA (we visited… Read more

Our June meeting was a slight departure from the norm as we all read books by the same author. Edna O’Brien was our writer of choice and we wanted to look at the themes of her writing. In Summary O’Brien’s works definitely fall into the category of recurring themes. Rural Ireland, the material and psychological poverty… Read more