Crouch End Oxfam Book shop Reading Group

 

·        The Reading Group meetings are held every 4 weeks, at 8p.m.on Wednesdays.

·        They are held at the Crouch End Oxfam Bookshop, Park Road.

·        The list of books below has been chosen by the group members.

·        The person who chose the book introduces it, runs the discussion and brings the wine.

·        If you would like to be a new member, just come along one evening having read the book for that week.

 

BOOKLIST AUTUMN 2011 AND SPRING 2012

Sep 14^th

‘The Corrections’ by Jonathan Franzen

 

Oct 12^th

‘Norwegian Wood’ by Murakami

 

Nov 9^th

‘An Imaginary Life’ by David Malouf

 

Dec 7^th

‘The Hare with Amber Eyes’ by Edmund de Waal

 

Jan 4^th

‘Forgotten Waltz’ by Anne Enright

 

Feb 1^st

‘The Farm’ by Richard Benson

 

Feb 29^th

‘Mothers Milk’ by Edward St Aubyn

 

Mar 28^th

‘Mother Tongue’ by Bill Bryson

 

Apr 25th'

Samuel Pepys, The Unequalled Self', by Claire Tomalin.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2010/2011 

Jan 5th	The 2 ½ Pillars of Wisdom By Alexander Mcall Smith
Jan 26th	The House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Feb 16th	A Gate at the Stairs By Lorrie Moore
Mar 9th	Iris By John Bayley
Mar 30th	King Leopold’s Ghost By Adam Hochschild
Apr 20th	An Artist of the Floating World By Kazuo Ishiguro
May11th	The Good Soldier By Ford Maddox Ford
June 1st	Everthing is Illuminated By Jonathan Safran Foer
June 29th	To be decided

The Book list

MAY 12

‘Love’s Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy’ by Irvin J. Yalom.

(Chosen by Jacquie. We will discuss the first 3 chapters.)

 

 

JUNE 2

Digital Literature – Katie to give us more information.

 

 

JUNE 23

‘The Road’ by Cormac Mcarthy

(Chosen by Annabelle)

 

(Members to bring a copy of ‘My Favourite Book’ for window display in Book Week 

JULY 14

Book Week, discussion to include ‘My Favourite Book’

SEP 8

‘An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan’ by Jason Elliott

(Chosen by Nina)

 

 

SEP 29

‘ Then we Came to the End’ by Joshua Ferris

(Chosen by Chris)

 

 

OCT 20

‘The Reader’by Bernhard Schlink

(Chosen by Lynette)

 

 

NOV 10

‘The Third Woman’ by William Cash

(Chosen by Mary)

 

 

DEC 1

Poetry – Sarah to give us more information

 

 

 

 

Sept 9th   The Buddha of Suburbia Hanif Kureishi (fiction)

Sept 30   The Rings of Saturn WGSebald  (non-fiction)

Oct 21   The Suspicions of Mr Whicher   Kate Summerscale  (non-fiction)

Nov 11th  Heart Strings   Annie Proulx    (short stories)

Dec 2nd  The End of the Affair   Graham Greene 

 Jan 6th      God on the Rocks   Jane Gardam    (fiction)

 Jan 27th  Unaccustomed Earth  Jhumpa Lahiri    (short stories)

Feb 17th The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas  William Boyne   (children's fiction)

March 10th  Breathing Lessons  Anne Tyler

March 31st White Lightning  Justin Cartwright   (fiction)

 April 21st   Discussions to decide books for the summer season