You can find details of our previous and forthcoming reads on this site. If you would like to join us please come along.
Contact Details
Joan Chandler: j.chandler@plymouth.ac.uk
Karen Cheek: Karen.cheek@plymouth.ac.uk
Previous Reads
Each meeting we give the book an overall score (out of 10).
Here’s what everyone thought of our previous reads…
The Distance between Us by Maggie O’Farrell – 5.2
Marina Lewycka Two Caravans –
Matthew Kneale Small Crimes in an Age of Abundance – 8.3
Andrew Nicoll The Good Mayor – 6.0
Sally Vickers Miss Garnet’s Angel – 5.7
Mitch Albom The Five People you Meet in Heaven – 5.7
Peter Murphy John the Revelator –
John Steinbeck Tortilla Flat –
William Boyd Restless –
Zoe Heller Notes on a Scandal — 7
Jane Austen Northanger Abbey — 5.8
J M Coetzee Disgrace – 7
Julian Barnes Metroland — ??
Mary Lawson The Other Side of the Bridge — 8.8
Jed Rubenfeld The Interpretation of Murder — 5.4
Babs Horton Recipes for Cherubs – ??
Haruki Murakami The Wild Sheep Chase — 3.5
Jonathan Safran Foer Extremely Close and Incredibly Loud — 4.9
Patrick Gale Notes from an Exhibition – 5.8
Aravind Adiga The White Tiger – 7
Central Library book sets list, courtesy of Sue Lancaster:
Title | Large Print available | Spoken Word available |
Charmian Hussey: Valley of Secrets | On request | |
Gervase Phinn: Up & Down in the Dales | On request | On request |
Mary Lawson: The other Side of the Bridge | ||
Julian Stockwin: Kydd | On request | On request |
Maggie O’Farrell: The Distance Between Us | On request | |
Joseph O’Connor: Star of the Sea | On request | On request |
Haruki Murakami: The Wild Sheep Chase | ||
Rupa Bajwa: The Sari Shop | ||
Zoe Heller: Notes on a Scandal | Yes | On request |
David Almond: The Fire Eaters | ||
Michel Faber: The Crimson Petal & the White | ||
Angela Carter: Nights at the Circus | ||
Jane Gardam: Queen of the Tambourine | ||
Alexander Masters: Stuart – A Life Backwards | ||
Nigel Slater: Toast | On request | |
Phillipa Gregory: The Other Boleyn Girl | On request | |
Patrick Neate: Musungu Jim | ||
Wladyslaw Szpilman: The Pianist | Yes | |
Salley Vickers: Miss Garnet’s Angel | Yes | |
Barbara Pym: Quartet in Autumn | ||
Geraldine Brooks: Year of Wonders | On request | |
Dan Rhodes: Timoleon Vieta Come Home | ||
Matthew Kneale: Small Crimes in an Age of Abundance (Short stories) | ||
Anne Tyler: The Amateur Marriage | On request | On request |
Clare Chambers: Learning to Swim | On request | |
Zadie Smith: Autograph Man | Yes | |
Graham Greene: The End of the Affair | ||
Stella Gibbons: Cold Comfort Farm | ||
Anita Brookner: Bay of Angels | On request | On request |
Ann Patchett: Bel Canto | On request | On request |
EF Benson: Mapp & Lucia | On request | |
Margaret Forster: The Battle for Christabel | On request | |
Patrick Gale: A Sweet Obscurity | ||
Jane Austen: Northanger Abbey | ||
Arthur Golden: Memoirs of a Geisha | On request | |
Jed Rubenfield: Interpretation of Murder | ||
Kate Atkinson: Case Histories | On request | On request |
Marge Piercy: Three Women | ||
Chris Stewart: Almond Blossom Appreciation Society | On request | |
Bill Bryson: A Short History of Nearly Everything | On request | |
Julian Barnes: Metroland | ||
Kazuo Ishiguro:Never Let Me Go | On request | On request |
Paul Coelho: The Alchemist | On request | |
Mark Haddon: A Spot of Bother | On request | On request |
Daphne Du Maurier: Rebecca | On request | |
Jasper Fforde: The Eyre Affair | On request | |
John Rabe: The Good German of Nanking | ||
Deborah Lawrenson: Songs of Blue & Gold | ||
Tibor Fischer: Good to be God | ||
Dennis Lehane: Shutter Island | ||
Stef Penney: The Tenderness of Wolves | On request | |
William Boyd: Restless | On request | |
Imran Ahmad: Unimagined | ||
Kurt Vonnegut: Slaughterhouse 5 | ||
William Gibson: The Difference Engine | ||
Eric Sykes: If I Don’t Write it Nobody Else Will | ||
Tony Black: Paying for It | On request | |
Nicole Krauss: The History of Love | On request | On request |
Khaled Hosseini: The Kite Runner | On request | On request |
Jake Arnott: True Crime | ||
Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Love in the Time of Cholera | ||
Edward Rutherfurd: Sarum | ||
Marina Lewycka: Two Caravans | On request | On request |
Dan Gardner:Risk | ||
John Steinbeck: Tortilla Flat | ||
Curtis Sittenfeld: American Wife |
Title | Large Print available | Spoken Word available |
Charmian HusseyValley of secrets | On request | |
Gervase PhinnUp & down in the Dales | On request | On request |
Mary LawsonThe other side of the bridge | ||
Julian StockwinKydd | On request | On request |
Maggie O’FarrellThe distance between us | On request | |
Joseph O’ConnorStar of the sea | On request | On request |
Haruki MurakamiThe wild sheep chase | ||
Rupa BajwaThe sari shop | ||
Zoe Heller: Notes on a scandal | Yes | On request |
David Almond: The fire eaters | ||
Michel Faber: The crimson petal & the white | ||
Angela Carter: Nights at the circus | ||
Jane Gardam: Queen of the tambourine | ||
Alexander Masters: Stuart – a life backwards | ||
Nigel Slater: Toast | On request | |
Phillipa Gregory: The other Boleyn girl | On request | |
Patrick Neate: Musungu Jim | ||
Wladyslaw SzpilmanThe Pianist | Yes | |
Salley VickersMiss Garnet’s Angel | Yes | |
Barbara Pym: Quartet in Autumn | ||
Geraldine BrooksYear of wonders | On request | |
Dan RhodesTimoleon Vieta come home | ||
Matthew KnealeSmall crimes in an age of abundance(Short stories) | ||
Anne TylerThe amateur marriage | On request | On request |
Clare ChambersLearning to swim | On request | |
Zadie Smith: Autograph Man | Yes | |
Graham Greene: The end of the affair | ||
Stella Gibbons: Cold comfort farm | ||
Anita Brookner: Bay of angels | On request | On request |
Ann Patchett: Bel Canto | On request | On request |
EF Benson: Mapp & Lucia | On request | |
Margaret Forster: The battle for Christabel | On request | |
Patrick Gale: A sweet obscurity | ||
Jane AustenNorthanger Abbey | ||
Arthur GoldenMemoirs of a geisha | On request | |
Jed RubenfieldInterpretation of murder | ||
Kate AtkinsonCase Histories | On request | On request |
Marge PiercyThree women | ||
Chris StewartAlmond blossom appreciation society | On request | |
Bill BrysonA short history of nearly everything | On request | |
Julian Barnes: Metroland | ||
Kazuo Ishiguro: Never let me go | On request | On request |
Paul Coelho: The alchemist | On request | |
Mark Haddon: A spot of bother | On request | On request |
Daphne Du Maurier: Rebecca | On request | |
Jasper Fforde: The Eyre affair | On request | |
John Rabe: The good German of Nanking | ||
Deborah Lawrenson: Songs of blue & gold | ||
Tibor Fischer: Good to be God | ||
Dennis Lehane: Shutter island | ||
Stef PenneyThe tenderness of wolves | On request | |
William BoydRestless | On request | |
Imran AhmadUnimagined | ||
Kurt VonnegutSlaughterhouse 5 | ||
William Gibson The difference engine |
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Eric Sykes: If I don’t write it nobody else will | ||
Tony Black: Paying for it | On request | |
Nicole Krauss: The history of love | On request | On request |
Khaled Hosseini: The kite runner | On request | On request |
Jake Arnott: True crime | ||
Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Love in the time of cholera | ||
Edward Rutherfurd: Sarum | ||
Marina Lewycka: Two caravans | On request | On request |
Dan Gardner:Risk | ||
John Steinbeck: Tortilla flat | ||
Curtis Sittenfeld: American Wife |
Hello, I’ve been looking for a local book club, and came across this site. Can you advise if this club still meets regularly and if so, when the next meeting is? Thanks.
Hi:
Did you ever get a reply to your email?
M
Hi M,
No I didn’t get any reply, I assumed the club no longer meets up?
Lu
Hi Lu:
It actually does meet and it is tonight at 7:00 pm at the Carpe Diam (sp?). This is my first meeting. I will email you the website address and contact number for the facilitator a bit later. Do you have the current website? Here is my personal email: mstclair63@hotmail.com
Regards,
Margaret
Hi:
I emailed the facilitator directly:
Joan Chandler
jchandler@plymouth.ac.uk
I think the website address might have changed. It’s now:
peninsulaartsreadinggroup.worldpress.com
It’s ‘Carpe Diem’ on North Hill (4 years of high school Latin and I can’t spell Diem!)
Best,
Margaret