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Category: Reading group

Bound to like The Binding?

February 12, 2021 gehlib

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 …

Reading group, Wellbeing

Guess what the reading group had for Christmas?

January 13, 2021 gehlib

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 …

Reading group

Our House – disappointing on viewing

November 4, 2020 gehlib

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 …

Books, Reading group, Wellbeing

Simply swept along by the Underground Railroad

October 20, 2020 gehlib

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 …

Books, Reading group, Wellbeing

Making time for time travel

August 3, 2020October 20, 2020 gehlib

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 …

Reading group, Wellbeing

The Underwhelming Gatsby…

July 1, 2020October 20, 2020 gehlib

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 …

Books, Reading groupReading Group, Virtual

Going virtual and a date for your diary

May 19, 2020October 20, 2020 gehlib

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 …

Reading group, Uncategorized

Buzzing about books

October 21, 2019October 20, 2020 gehlib

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 …

Books, Reading group

Reading group- Booker Prize excitement!

October 15, 2019October 20, 2020 gehlib

The library’s Well-being Reading Group has been going strong since March this year, and were recently chosen to be one of the select few groups nationally to shadow the Booker Prize. We received copies of  Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other, Read More …

Reading group

Library blog

  • Bound to like The Binding? February 12, 2021
  • Guess what the reading group had for Christmas? January 13, 2021
  • Our House – disappointing on viewing November 4, 2020
  • Simply swept along by the Underground Railroad October 20, 2020
  • Just keep swimming- Clinical librarian blog October 12, 2020

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