Piddington Book Group
The Piddington Book Group was launched at the beginning of 2024 with the idea of getting together to talk about a book suggested by a member of the group.
Any genre or type of book may be put forward for discussion, but the meetings work best if you’ve read the book before suggesting it, so that you can say why you chose it as a good – or at least an interesting – read.
We meet roughly every six weeks on Monday evening at 7.30pm. Meetings are sometimes at the village hall, but members often offer to host a meeting at their home, so if you haven't been to a meeting before, please email Hazel to check the venue. We contribute £2 each time to pay for the hall – any money over can go towards the whole payment if there are fewer than nine of us at a meeting. If you’d like to bring your own drinks and nibbles, that’s fine.
We welcome new members, and look forward to some sociable book chat over the next few months.
Any genre or type of book may be put forward for discussion, but the meetings work best if you’ve read the book before suggesting it, so that you can say why you chose it as a good – or at least an interesting – read.
We meet roughly every six weeks on Monday evening at 7.30pm. Meetings are sometimes at the village hall, but members often offer to host a meeting at their home, so if you haven't been to a meeting before, please email Hazel to check the venue. We contribute £2 each time to pay for the hall – any money over can go towards the whole payment if there are fewer than nine of us at a meeting. If you’d like to bring your own drinks and nibbles, that’s fine.
We welcome new members, and look forward to some sociable book chat over the next few months.
Date of next meeting: 31 March 2025
Book we're currently reading: The Salt Path by Raynor Wynn (2022) (suggested by Maria)
Books we've read
4 March 2024 - My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises by Fredrik Backman (2015) (Pam)
15 April - Notes from an Exhibition by Patrick Gale (2018) (Marie-Claire)
3 June - The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith (1955) (Hazel)
8 July - Foster (2010) and Small Things Like These (2021) by Claire Keegan (Cynthia)
2 September - The Last Summer by Karen Swan (2022) (Margaret)
11 November - The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (2012) (Sally/Heather)
13 January 2025 - The Warden by Anthony Trollope (1855) (Andrew)
24 February - The Chosen by Elizabeth Lowry (2022) (Karen/Hazel)
15 April - Notes from an Exhibition by Patrick Gale (2018) (Marie-Claire)
3 June - The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith (1955) (Hazel)
8 July - Foster (2010) and Small Things Like These (2021) by Claire Keegan (Cynthia)
2 September - The Last Summer by Karen Swan (2022) (Margaret)
11 November - The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (2012) (Sally/Heather)
13 January 2025 - The Warden by Anthony Trollope (1855) (Andrew)
24 February - The Chosen by Elizabeth Lowry (2022) (Karen/Hazel)