It’s been a busy month so just a brief summary of our thoughts this time. Everyone enjoyed reading The Familiars, a fictional tale based at the time of the Pendle Witch Trials of 1612. The book is well researched and Read More …
Category: Reading group
The comfort of reading for pleasure
Continuing to embrace the comfort of reading our GEH Wellbeing Reading Group met virtually again last Thursday (coincidently World Book Day 🙂 ) to share our thoughts about our February book, The Comfort of Others by Kay Langdale. February is Read More …
Bound to like The Binding?
Yes it was a thumbs up to this intriguing novel from most of the group. A couple gave up reading early on, others felt it was a tad long but those of us who finished the book thoroughly enjoyed it Read More …
Guess what the reading group had for Christmas?
That’s right…books! Our January 2021 wellbeing reading group meeting Kicked off our reading year in style, with a free and easy session to share what we’re reading right now, and the booky goodness we got for Christmas. It was fabulous Read More …
Our House – disappointing on viewing
It’s fair to say most of us expected more from British Crime & Thriller Book of the Year for 2019. Some enjoyed the book, others gritted their teeth and persevered to the end, one skipped a chunk in the middle, Read More …
Simply swept along by the Underground Railroad
What can we say apart from Wow! What a book! We are still buzzing from our last Wellbeing Reading Group virtual discussion. So much to say about this powerful novel we could have easily trebled our 30 minute slot. Thank Read More …
Making time for time travel
Latest review from our Virtual Wellbeing Reading Group Well they say reading broadens the mind but with The Time Machine we were flung further than any of us had every travelled before into the future, first to the year 802,701, Read More …
The Underwhelming Gatsby…
Instead of the Great American novel we expected from our second virtual reading group choice The Great Gatsby we were all left feeling rather underwhelmed and pondering why it ever became a classic. We expected to be able to escape Read More …
Going virtual and a date for your diary
Well this novel virus is bringing many changes to our working and personal lives, so it was time for yet another new experience with our GEH Wellbeing Reading Group going virtual. Our group has been growing steadily and meeting monthly Read More …
Buzzing about books
There’s definitely a buzz about books at GEH at the moment with our reading group shadowing the joint Booker Prize winner Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo. We also invited Warwickshire public library colleagues to the hospital during Libraries Week to Read More …