Book Group

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Book group meet once a week to discuss a book in a friendly, informal atmosphere, with biscuits provided. Books for each meeting are chosen by a vote of members at the end of the previous term. Copies of the books chosen can usually be borrowed from the society on request.

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[edit] Examples of Previously Chosen Books

[edit] Autumn 2008

  • "The Shining" by Stephen King
  • "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
  • "Devil May Care" by Sebastian Faulks
  • "Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell" by Susanna Clarke
  • "One Red Paperclip" by Kyle MacDonald
  • "Notes On a Scandal" by Zoe Heller
  • "A History of Insects" by by Yvonne Roberts
  • "The Stuff of Thought" by Steven Pinker

[edit] Summer 2008

  • "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards
  • "The Virgin Suicides" by Jeffrey Eugenides
  • "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" by Mark Haddon
  • "Freakonomics" by Steven D. Levitt
  • "The House of the Spirits" by Isabel Allende
  • "The Eyre Affair" by Jasper Fforde
  • "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" by Ken Kesey
  • "The Uncommon Reader" by Alan Bennett

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