Book Choice 3

Reading List 2012 / 2013

Date	Author	Title	Intro.	Links to Buy & More Info
September 3, 2012	Charles Dickens	A Tale of Two Cities	Carol	You can buy it or read reviews on Amazon. Free Kindle edition
October 1, 2012	Tatiana de Rosnay	Sarah’s Key	Jenifer	You can buy it or read reviews on Amazon.
November 5, 2012	Kathryn Stockett	The Help	Mary	You can buy it or read reviews on Amazon.
December 3, 2012	Wilkie Collins	The Woman in White	Nancy	You can buy it or read reviews on Amazon.
January 7, 2013	Rosamund Lupton	Sister	Vivian	You can buy it or read reviews on Amazon.
February 4, 2013	Elisabeth Gaskell	North and South	Maureen	You can buy it or read reviews on Amazon.
March 4, 2013	TBD	TBD	TBD
April 8, 2013	TBD	TBD	TBD
May 13, 2013	TBD	TBD	TBD

Reading List 2011 / 2012

Date	Author	Title	Intro.	Links to Buy & More Info
September 5, 2011	Robert Harris	Pompeii	Carol	You can buy it or read reviews on Amazon. More information is also available from Wikipedia
October 3, 2011	Eva Hornung	Dog Boy	Mary	You can buy it or read reviews on Amazon. More information about Eva Sallis (aka Eva Hornung) and her books can be found on Wikipedia
November 7, 2011	Kate Mosse	The Winter Ghosts	Jenifer.	You can buy it or read reviews on Amazon. You can also read about Kate Mosse on Wikipedia. Kate Mosse also has her own website with a discussion guide.
December 7, 2011	Carlos Ruiz Zafon	The Shadow of the Wind	Carol.	You can buy it or read reviews on Amazon. More information about this book is also available on Wikipedia
January 9, 2012	Sarah Rayner	One Moment, One Morning	Vivian	You can buy it or read reviews on Amazon.
February 6th, 2012	C J Sansom	Dissolution	Carol	Dissolution, a murder mystery set in Tudor England, is the first of a series of books following the hunchback lawyer Matthew Shardlake. When a royal commissioner is brutally murdered in a monastery on the south coast of England, Thomas Cromwell summons Shardlake to lead the inquiry. You can buy it or read reviews on Amazon.
March 5th, 2012	Henry Fielding	Tom Jones	Mary	You can buy it or read reviews on Amazon.
April 2nd, 2012	Nikolai Gogol	Dead Souls	Andree	You can buy it or read reviews on Amazon.
April 30th May 14th, 2012	Aminatta Forna	The Memory of Love	Maureen	You can buy it or read reviews on Amazon.

Group Members Feedback

Book Group 3 started in September and is now firmly established with 10 or so members from a variety of backgrounds with different life experiences. We are able to gather viewpoints from other perspectives than our own. Naturally, we do not always agree, but it would be very dull if we all said "That was very lovely", and then went home, wouldn't it? Many times,having read a book, someone will shed light on an area which I had missed, making the book more enjoyable to me. Some members have said, on occasion, that they have returned to the book after one of our sessions, and seen it in a different light.

We are all invited to suggest a title which we consider would be worth reading, the only stipulation being that the book is available in paperback at the present time. The Public Library is helpful in obtaining copies of books, given enough notice. The disadvantage there is that one must keep an eye on the date due for returning the book, and some of us prefer to keep it at our leisure. There are many bookshops nearby and these are particularly useful for the blockbuster type of novel; we have become more wary of books which are launched on to the market with much fanfare and publicity, the initial wave of which can boost sales so that there is a "best seller" ready made. Another method is to shop on-line. There is usually quick service, the books may be sold at a lower price and, in the case of second hand books, very cheaply. The last one I bought cost 1p! If the seller advertises a secondhand book "in good condition" then it will be so.

Each season has its own reason for reading an interesting book. At present, the days darken early and it is tempting to stay where it is warm and read. In the lighter months, at holiday time, a good book is an interesting companion.

So far up to Christmas, we have read Pompeii by Richard Harris, Dog Boy by Eva Horfnung, The Winter Ghosts by Kate Mosse, The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. In December, Kirsten, our group leader will compile a list for next year, Jan. to May, based upon our votes for the various suggestions put forward. Mary K