| 2025-26 | | | | |
| DATE TO BE HANDED OUT | DAYS TO READ | DATE TO BE REVIEWED | AUTHOR AND TITLE OF BOOKS TO BE REVIEWED (Notes in brackets refer to number of pages if over 400.) | LOCATION |
| Mondays | | | | |
| 21 October 24 | 28 | 18 November 24 | Peter James - Absolute Proof - MEMBERS ACQUIRE (662) | 2pm St Michael's |
| 18 November 24 | 28 | 16 December 24 | NO MEETING - WINTER BREAK | No meeting |
| 16 December 24 | 35 | 20 January 25 | Lee Child - Worth Dying For & EACH MEMBER TO ALSO REVIEW A BOOK OF THEIR CHOICE | 2pm St Michael's |
| 20 January 25 | 28 | 17 February 25 | Matt Haig - The Midnight Library | 2pm St Michael's |
| 17 February 25 | 28 | 17 March 25 | John Boyne - The Heart's Invisible Furies (727) | 2pm St Michael's |
| 17 March 25 | 35 | 21 April 25 | Michael Frayn - Skios: A Novel | 2pm St Michael's |
| 21 April 25 | 28 | 19 May 25 | Brit Bennett - The Vanishing Half | 2pm St Michael's |
| 19 May 25 | 28 | 16 June 25 | Jodie Picoult - Wish You Were Here | 2pm St Michael's |
| 16 June 25 | 35 | 21 July 25 | Anita Shreve - Rescue | 2pm St Michael's |
| 21 July 25 | 28 | 18 August 25 | Rosamund Lupton - Sister | 4pm ZOOM |
| 18 August 25 | 28 | 15 September 25 | Nicci French - House of Correction (513) | 2pm St Michael's |
| 15 September 25 | 35 | 20 October 25 | Maggie O'Farrell - The Hand That First Held Mine | 2pm St Michael's |
| 20 October 25 | 28 | 17 November 25 | EACH MEMBER TO REVIEW A BOOK OF THEIR CHOICE | 2pm St Michael's |
| 17 November 25 | 28 | 15 December 25 | NO MEETING - WINTER BREAK | No meeting |
| 15 December 25 | 35 | 19 January 26 | Bonnie Garmus - Lessons in Chemistry (390) | 2pm St Michael's |
| 19 January 26 | 28 | 16 February 26 | CHOICE PENDING | 2pm St Michael's |
| 2024 | ||||
| DATE TO BE HANDED OUT - MONDAYS | DAYS TO READ | DATE TO BE REVIEWED | AUTHOR AND TITLE OF BOOKS TO BE REVIEWED (Note in brackets refers to number of pages if over 400) | |
| 18 December 23 | 28 | 15 January 24 | Kristin Hannah - The Great Alone | St Michael's |
| 15 January 2024 | 35 | 19 February 24 | J. G. Ballard - Empire of the Sun | St Michael's |
| 19 February 24 | 28 | 18 March 24 | Jamie Ford - Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (441) | St Michael's |
| 18 March 24 | 28 | 15 April 24 | Rosamund Lupton - Three Hours | St Michael's |
| 15 April 24 | 35 | 20 May 24 | Frederick Forsyth - The Day of the Jackal (412) | St Michael's |
| 20 May 24 | 28 | 17 June 24 | Anita Diamont - The Red Tent | St Michael's |
| 17 June 24 | 28 | 15 July 24 | Pat Barker - Toby’s Room | St Michael's |
| 15 July 24 | 35 | 19 August 24 | Jojo Moyes - Me Before You (481) | 4pm - ZOOM |
| 19 August 24 | 28 | 16 September 24 | Anthony Horowitz - The House of Silk (405) | St Michael's |
| 16 September 24 | 35 | 21 October 24 | Susanna Clarke - Piranesi | St Michael's |
| 21 October 24 | 28 | 18 November 24 | Peter James - Absolute Proof - MEMBERS TO ACQUIRE (662 pages) | St Michael's |
| 18 November 24 | 28 | 16 December 24 | Lee Child - Worth Dying For | A Member's House |
| 2023 | BOOK | LOCATION |
| 16th January | Stuart, Douglas - Shuggie Bain | 4pm ZOOM - re-arranged due to snow & ice |
| 20th February | Harris, Robert - The Second Sleep *(414). Group Members to acquire this book | 2pm St Michael's |
| 20th March | Cleeves, Ann - The Moth Catcher | 2pm St Michael's |
| 17th April | Jonasson, Jonas – The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred Year Old Man | 2pm St Michael's |
| 15th May | Steadman, Helen – The Running Wolf | 2pm St Michael's |
| 19th June | Barker, Pat - Another World | 2pm St Michael's |
| 17th July | Setterfield, Diane – Once upon a River | 2pm St Michael's |
| 21st August | Trigiani, Adriana – The Shoemaker’s Wife*(470) | 4pm ZOOM |
| 18th September | Mengiste, Maaza – The Shadow King | 2pm St Michael's |
| 16th October | Lee, Harper - Go Set a Watchman | 2pm St Michael's |
| 20th November | Hollinghurst, Alan – The Stranger’s Child*(564) | 2pm St Michael's |
| 18th December | Coe, Jonathan - Middle England *(421). Group Members to acquire this book | 4pm ZOOM |
| 2022 | ||
| DATE | BOOK | LOCATION |
| 17th January | Ordinary Thunderstorms by William Boyd | St Michael's |
| 21st February | Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene | St Michael's |
| 21st March | On the Beach by Neville Shute | St Michael's |
| 20th April | No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy | 2:15pm St Michael's Day amended due to Bank Holiday |
| 16th May | Restless by William Boyd | 2pm St Michael's |
| 20th June | March by Geraldine Brooks | 2pm St Michael's |
| 18th July | Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell | 2pm St Michael's |
| 15th August | A Place called Winter by Patrick Gale | 4pm ZOOM |
| 19th September | The Importance of being Kennedy by Laurie Graham. | POSTPONED BANK HOLIDAY FOR QUEEN’S FUNERAL- NOW ON 17th October |
| 17th October | The Importance of being Kennedy by Laurie Graham, followed by - The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood | 2pm St Michael's |
| 21st November | Looking for Mr Nobody by Sue Rann | 2pm St Michael's |
| 19th December | Transcription by Kate Atkinson | 4pm ZOOM |
| 2021 | Books via Library Service | |
| DATE AND TIME | BOOK | LOCATION |
| 19th January | Review of The House at Riverton by Kate Morton | ZOOM 4PM |
| 15th February | Case Histories by Kate Atkinson Library Service currently has problem dispensing group books. This book being bought/acquired by agreement. | ZOOM 4PM |
| 15th March | We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker. This book via Borrowbox or print copy if can be sourced. | ZOOM 4PM |
| 19th April | The Long Call by Ann Cleeves. This book via Borrowbox or print copy if can be sourced. | ZOOM 4PM |
| 17th May | 13 Steps Down by Ruth Rendell. This is a physical book obtained via Library Services. | ZOOM 4PM |
| 21st June | A Girl made of Dust by Natalie Abi-Ezzi | ZOOM 4PM |
| 19th July | The Postmistress by Sarah Blake | ZOOM 4PM |
| 16th August | The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht | ZOOM 4PM |
| 20th September | Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore | ZOOM 4PM |
| FUTURE MEETINGS TO TAKE PLACE AT ST MICHAEL'S, The Small Hall, 2.00pm - 4pm | ||
| 18th October | The Vanishing of Ruth by Janet MacLeod Trotter | St Michael's |
| 15th November | Guernica by Dave Boling | St Michael's |
| 20th December | A Week in December by Sebastian Faulks | As above or ZOOM |
| 2020 | ||
| DATE | BOOK | LOCATION |
| February 17th | Inaugural meeting to set up new book club | |
| March 16th | First Book distributed for reading – The Siege by Helen Dunmore Book being read during first period of Covid-19 lockdown. | |
| April 20th | No meeting due to Covid-19 Lockdown. Further meetings postponed. Further meetings continuing by ZOOM until further notice at 4pm | |
| April | First book of the new book group was reviewed - The Siege by Helen Dunmore. Due to lockdown criteria, group wasn’t able to meet so individual group members forwarded email reviews to the coordinator who then combined them into one document for issue to all (24th April 2020) | |
| May/June | Preliminary Zoom meeting of May cancelled due to John’s broken wrist! Access to books via the library service difficult or impossible except by digital means; the way forward, including the use of ZOOM, is under review. | |
| July | Group reading - The Bee Keeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri for review during August. Multiple copies of the book have been accessed via the Library’s Borrowbox service. | |
| 10th August | The Bee Keeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri. Digital book. | ZOOM |
| 21st September | The Unexpected Return of Josephine Fox by Claire Gradidge. Digital book. | ZOOM |
| 19th October | Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Adichie. Books via Library Service. | ZOOM |
| 16th November | Bones in the Nest by Helen Cadbury. Books via Library Service. | ZOOM |
| 21st December | The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney. Books via Library Service. | ZOOM |