Books and Book Reading
At the U3A Books and Reading Group we read a variety of books and authors, both modern and older, fiction and non-fiction and plan a programme that is interesting, challenging and thought provoking.
Where: Princes Risborough Library
When: First Friday of the month 10.30am
Group leader: Geraldine Pinchard
Email: n/a
Telephone: 01844 347784
| Where: | Princes Risborough Library |
| When: | First Friday of the month 10.30am |
| Group leader: | Geraldine Pinchard |
| Email: | n/a |
| Telephone: | 01844 347784 |
Next Events
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More about this group
We all love a good story; whether it is a real-life adventure or pure fiction; cheerful or tragic, realistic or fantasy. It is a strong story line and a well-written script that makes a good programme on TV. On radio and in books, it is even more important that the written word enables us to draw a picture in our minds and often you wish you could discuss a good or disappointing experience with other people.
This is what a book group can do – it can introduce you to new authors or different types of books you might never have considered reading and allows the opportunity to share your views with other like-minded people.
Group News
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Books and Book Reading – June and July
Double feature The June meeting didn’t take place as the library was closed for staff training so 9 of us discussed both books at the July meeting. Our June book was "The Famished Road" by Ben Okri. The book won the Booker Prize in 1991 making the author the youngest...
Books and Book Reading – March
Eight of us met to discuss Rosamund Lupton’s book Three Hours. The story is about a siege at a school in Somerset. The siege only lasts for three hours but for those involved this feels like eternity. The book is well planned with no padding. The story is gripping,...
Books and Book Reading – January and February
Double feature January and February The January meeting didn’t take place due to bad weather so 8 of us discussed both books at the February meeting. We started with A gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles, a New York Times best seller. The story revolves around the...
Books and Book Reading – The Sea by John Banville
Seven of us met to discuss The Sea by John Banville. We thought that the book was well crafted and that some of the language was quite beautiful. This said, we felt that the author’s decision to pepper the book with words that none of us were familiar resulted in it...
Books and Book Reading – Dear Mrs Bird by A J Pearce
The book tells the story of a young woman wanting to become a war correspondent and mistakenly taking a job working on a woman's magazine. There she end up responding to agony aunt letters the editor thinks are unsuitable and eventually being found out. Our feelings...
Books and Book Reading – September and October
Double feature September and October The September meeting didn’t take place due to flooding at the Library so 9 of us discussed both books at the October meeting. We started with Saville by David Storey a Booker prize winning book about Colin, the son of a coal...
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A memoir by Beth Lynch. After moving to Switzerland feeling lonely and out of place she realises that she needs to get her hands dirty if she wants to feel […] |
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One of Tess Gerritsen's Rizzoli and Isles novels. When asked to examine an ancient mummy Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles finds a not so ancient bullet on the scan. Detective Jane […] |
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