Book Club 1
Please use the bluebird symbol to email Beryl Fussey, who is the group contact for 2023-2024. We have room for 1 new member in 2024, due to one person moving away, and will be delighted to welcome you. We meet on the second Thursday of the month at Meopham Library. Currently we are investigating meeting at 2.30pm so as to avoid the worst of the school's traffic
You are welcome to browse through the books we've read (see below)
There are also notes with key details of our discussions and ratings of the books.For all notes and book reviews please click HERE
2023
Dec: The Dry by Jane Harper
Nov: Metamorphosis by Penelope Lively
Oct: Tidelands by Philippa Gregory
Sept: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Aug: Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
July: the Midnight Library by Matt Haig
June: Wakenhyrst by Michelle Paver
May: The Power of the Dog by Thomas Savage
April: Little fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Mar: The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
Feb: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Jan: The Power by Naomi Alderman
2022
Dec: A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler
Nov: Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada
Oct: My Sister's Keeper by Judi Picoult
Sept: The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
Aug: The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey
July: A Room made of leaves by Kate Grenville
June: The Mercies by Karen Millwood Hargrave
May: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche
April: The Last Hours by Minnette Walters
Mar: Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers
Feb: I am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
Jan: Love is Blind by William Boyd
2021
Dec: Take nothing with you by Patrick Gale
Nov: Redhead by the side of the road by Anne Tyler
Oct: Dominion by CJ Sanson
Sept: The Curious Incident of the dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
Aug: Here We Are by Graham Swift
July: A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier
Jun: Circling the Sun by Paula McClain
May: Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
Apr: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia
Mar: Arianwen by Angela Johnson
Feb: Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton
Jan: Never Let me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
2020
Dec-Jan: Bel Canto by Ann Pratchett
Nov-Dec: Rosa's Gold by Ray Kingfisher
Oct-Nov: Lockdown by Peter May
Sept-Oct: Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
Aug-Sept Hitman Anders and the meaning of it all by Johans Johannson
Jun-Jul: The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
May-Jun: The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
Apr-May: The Sea Sisters by Lucy Clarke
Mar-Apr: The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan
Feb-Mar: The Noise of Time by Julian Barnes
Jan-Feb 2020: The Gustav Sonata by Rose Tremain
2019
Dec-Jan: Death of a Kingfisher by M C Beaton
Nov-Dec: Stoner by John Williams
Oct-Nov: Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Sep-Oct: From a Low and Quiet Sea by Donal Ryan Aug-Sept 2019 Autumn by Ali Smith
Jul-Aug How to be Both Ali Smith
Jun-Jul White Teeth Zadie Smith
May-Jun The Hate U Give Angie Thomas
Apr-May The Muse Jessie Burton
Mar-Apr The Invention of Wings Sue Monk Kidd
Feb-Mar Atonement Ian McEwan
Jan-Feb The Lightkeepers Daughters Jean E Pendziwol
2018
Dec-Jan 2019 Please, Mister Postman Alan Johnson
Nov-Dec 2018 The Essex Serpent Sarah Perry
Oct-Nov 2018 Billy Lynns Long Half Time Walk Ben Fountain
Sep-Oct 2018 The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Aug-Sep 2018 The Storyteller Jodi Picoult
Jul-Aug 2018 The Rosie Effect Graeme Simsion
Jun-Jul 2018 A Visit From The Goon Squad Jennifer Egan
May-Jun 2018 All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Duerr
Apr-May 2018 Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche
Mar-Apr 2018 Thirteen Ways of Looking by Colum McCann
Feb-Mar 2918 The Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Jan-Feb 2018 The Fault in our Stars by John Green
2017
Dec-Jan 2018 Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
Nov-Dec 2017 The Miniaturist by Jesse Burton
Oct-Nov 2017 The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
Sep-Oct 2017 The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
Sep-Oct 2017 The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Aug 2017 The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Jul 2017 The Hare With Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal
Jun 2017 Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell
May 2017 The Betrayal by Helen Dunmore
Apr 2017 When God Was A Rabbit by Sarah Winm
Mar 2017 The Woman Who Went To Bed For A Year by Sue Townsend
Feb 2017 The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Jan 2017 The Siege by Helen Dunmore
2015-2016
Dec 2016 Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel
Nov 2016 The Unknown Bridesmaid by Margaret Forster
Oct 2016 The Cleaner of Chartres by Salley Vickers
Sep 2016 The Long Song by Andrea Levy.
Aug 2016 Tremarnock by Emma Burstall.
Jul 2016 Half The Human Race by Anthony Quinn
Jun 2016 Outline by Rachel Cusk
May 2016 The Paying Guests by Sarah Walters
Apr 2016 Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres
Mar 2016 I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh
Feb 2016 Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
Jan 2016 Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
Dec 2015 The Road Home by Rose Tremain
Nov 2015 The Children Act by Ian McEwan
Oct 2015 The Kite Runner by Khaled Hossseini