The Bookworms have continued to meet throughout the sunnier months and enjoyed some great (and some not so great!) novels over the summer:
Most of us failed dismally to tackle Mikhail Bulgakov's Master and Margarita in May, finding it a confusing, surreal jumble that failed to entice us.
June was more successful, with Girl on a Train by Paula Hawkins providing an interesting read (and a fun Beer Garden Bookclub meeting over a glass or two of wine!) While we didn't love this book, we all liked it and found it gripping enough to want to read until the end.
July found us exploring 17th Century Amsterdam in The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton. Some of our Bookworms attended the Hay Festival and were lucky enough to meet Jessie and hear all about her reasons for writing the book. We all really enjoyed her writing but agreed that the ending was disappointing and more could have been done with it - perhaps a sequel could even be written.
August saw us tackling A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving - this was a favourite of several members of our group prior to becoming a Bookworms read and personally I can now see why. I found it a real page-turner and actually felt like I was mourning the loss of a friend when I had finished reading it! Another enjoyable meeting took place where we mainly concluded that we would like to explore more of John Irving's writing.
For our September read we have tackled A Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain. Our meeting this month has been slightly delayed and we are going to meet this Sunday (October 11th) to discuss this one - new members are always welcome!
Our next read will be Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee and we will meet on Sunday November 8th to discuss it.
As always, we meet at the Black Lion Pub, Welsh Row, Nantwich and new members are always welcome.
Our Twitter page is regularly updated @booknantwich and you can contact us by email on nantwichbookworms@gmail.com
Happy reading!
Kate
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