Meet kindred book lovers in a local Meetup Book Club!
You'll read a new book every month and we'll get together to talk about it. Come to laugh, share stories and make new friends!
In our group we aim to broaden our reading horizons, enjoy stimulating discussion, meet new people and most importantly have fun.
We meet monthly on Saturday mornings in a private room at Dartford Library. Meetings start at 10.30 and usually finish by 12.30. More often than not, we'll go for a drink or lunch after the meetup too.
We are also a social group and meet up outside of the regular Saturday meetup: coffees, drinks and lunches. We go the cinema, organise theatre trips, ballet, opera. We've also been known to have group bike rides and walks.
Books are rated on
1- enjoyablility/satisfaction
2- readability/well written
3- discussion provoking/good choice for bookgroup
giving an overall score - shown in bold.
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2012
January: Things I Want My Daughters To Know by Elizabeth Noble (3.6, 4.7, 4.9 = 4.4)
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2011
December: A Week In December by Sebastian Faulks (5, 4.8, 7.8 = 5.8)
November: The Secret History by Donna Tartt ( 6.5, 6.7, 8.2 = 7.1 )
October: Dark Matter by Michelle Paver ( 5.8, 6.5, 6 = 6.1 )
September: Dead Simple by Peter James ( 7, 5.6, 5.2 = 5.9)
August: One Day by David Nicholls ( 6.9, 6.7, 6 = 6.5)
July: The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson ( 5.4, 7, 7.1 = 6.5)
June: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot ( 5.3, 4.5, 6.8 = 5.5)
May: The Pregnant Widow by Martin Amis (5, 5, 8.8 = 6.2 )
April: Solar by Ian McEwan (7.5, 8.7, 9 = 8.4 )
March: The Long Song by Andrea Levy (7.8, 7.5, 8.2 = 7.8)
February: Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay (4.9, 4.3, 6.3 = 5.1)
January: No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy (7.9, 8.2, = 8.5)
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2010
December: Skipping Christmas, John Grisham (3, 4 (no discussion) = [b]3.5[/b])
November: The Slap, Christos Tsiolkas (scores: 4, 4.7, 8.8 = [b] 5.7 [/b])
November: The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald (scores: 7.3, 7.4, 7.8 = [b] 7.5 [/b])
October: The Woman in Black, Susan Hill (scores: 6, 6.4, 6 = [b] 6.1 [/b])
September: Water for Elephants, Sarah Gruen (scores: 4.5, 4.3, 4.3 = [b] 4.3 [/b])
August : My Fathers Glory and My Mother's Castle, Marcel Pagnol (scores: 8.5, 9.5, 7 = [b] 8.3 [/b])
July : The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Steig Larsson (scores: 8.1, 8.4, 8.5 = [b] 8.3 [/b])
June : Beloved, Toni Morrison (scores: 8.1, 7.2, 9 = [b] 8.1 [/b])
May : Anita and Me, Meera Syal (scores: 8.1, 7, 7.4 = [b]7.5[/b])
April : The Clothes On Our Backs, L Grant (scores: 8.2,8.7,8.8 = [b]8.5[/b])
March : The Gift, Cecilia Ahern (scores: 3.5,6.5,5.5 = [b]5[/b])
Feb : Never Let Me Go, [color=deeppink][/color]K Ishiguru (scores: 6,8.5,10 = [b]8[/b])
Jan : Ghostwritten, D Mitchell (scores: 8,7,10 = [b]8.5[/b])
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2009
Dec : The Year Of the Flood, M Atwood (scores: 7,8,9 = [b]8.[/b])
Nov : The Road Home, Tremain R (scores: 5,7,7 = [b]6[/b])
Oct : A Thousand Splendid Suns, K Hossein (8.7,9,5 = [b]7.5[/b])
Sept : The Good Doctor Galut D (scores 7.5,8,6.25 = [b]7.25[/b])
August : Cloud Atlas, Mitchell D (scores 9,7,9 = [b]8.5[/b])
July : The Bastard King, Plaidy J (no score)
June : The Rainbow Lawrence, DH (score 6.5,9.5 = [b]8[/b])
May : The White Tiger, Adiga A (scores 8,7.6 = [b]7.8[/b])
April : The Time Traveller's Wife, A Niffenegger (score = [b]7.3[/b])
March: Labyrinth, K Mosse
February: This Book Will Change Your Life, A Holmes
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