Whether you’re an avid reader, or are looking for a way to get into reading, our book group welcomes everyone.
Book group meets every 3rd Monday of the month, usually at the Lord Darcy on Harrogate Road, Alwoodley.
It doesn’t matter if you’ve read all of the book, most of the book or just some of it. Come along and join in the conversation.
Here’s a list of the current books:
◊ 20th July: The Palm Wine Drinkard, Amos Tutuola
The Palm Wine Drinkard is a landmark 1952 fantasy novel that holds crucial position in literary history as the first African novel written in English to achieve international fame outside of the African continent.
Synopsis:
When a wealthy young man’s personal tapster dies, his endless supply of palm wine vanishes. Abandoned by his friends, he embarks on a perilous quest into the supernatural wilderness to find the “Dead’s Town” and bring his tapster back. Along the way, he must use magic, wit, and courage to survive a series of bizarre and terrifying encounters with monsters, spirits, and gods.
◊ 17th August: Everything But the Truth, Gillian McAllister
The 2017 debut psychological thriller by bestselling British author Gillian McAllister. It is a Sunday Times top ten bestseller that firmly established her signature “domestic noir” style, focusing on intense emotional moral dilemmas
Synopsis:
Following a passionate, whirlwind romance, Rachel is pregnant and living with the man of her dreams, Jack. She trusts him completely—until she accidentally glimpses an email notification on his phone in the middle of the night
◊ 21st September: TBC
◊ 19th October: TBC
◊ 16th November: TBC
◊ 21t December: TBC