Memory of Water
Noria Kaitio is following in her father’s footsteps, like each generation before her, and is training to become a Tea Master. In a world where water is rationed, the tea ceremony is a privilege, and only the most important people…
A Spool of Blue Thread
A Spool of Blue Thread tells the story of the Whitshanks and their family home in Baltimore. Red and Abby live in the house his father built, a man who arrived in 1920’s Baltimore with nothing more than a trade….
Previously, on Bournemouth Book Club…
I’ve been a bit of a moany pants about book group reads lately, generally we’ve not been reading books I’ve been that excited by. Perhaps I’ve been judging them before I even get going but honestly, these two books weren’t…
Quickie Reviews: Book Group Edition
The fact that I have spewed my thoughts out to a group of people in person means I rarely feel the urge to write proper reviews of book group reads, but I do have a few comments on what we’ve…
Wild
Twenty-six year-old Cheryl is at rock bottom when she makes the most impulsive decision of her life. She will walk the Pacific Crest Trail. Over 1000 miles of mountainous wilderness, starting in the Mojave Desert heading north towards Washington State….
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
Rosemary Cooke was once part of a happy, if not normal, family. She delighted in words and one-upping her sister. Now her brother and sister are gone. As a young woman she is quiet, keeping her past hidden. What happened…
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Returning to his childhood home for a funeral, a man’s memories are stirred by the farm at the end of the lane. A place with a pond that the youngest Hempstock swore was an ocean. He remembers the three women…
Ghost World
What’s this? Another graphic novel? Two in one month? What’s going on? Well Ghost World was selected for book group as something a bit different; we like a bit different at our book group (check out the blog if you’re…
The Sense of an Ending
Tony, now retired, looks back on one aspect of his life; his relationship with Veronica and the death of a school friend. It’s a past that has been put to rest until one day he receives a letter, and his…
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Jeanette was adopted by the Wintersons in the sixties and raised in a terraced house in Accrington, Lancashire. The evangelistic Mrs W was eternally disappointed in her, comparing her to the son they never had. Why Be Happy When You…
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