We have a friendly, informal book club at Prested for Prested members. The group meets at roughly six-weekly intervals at 11.00am on a Wednesday, to discuss a book selected by one of the members.We generally meet in the Hall unless there is a function there, in which case we gather in the club room. We regret we currently have no space for new members, but do read along with us, and if you wish to be put on the waiting list please email Celie: cp@prested.co.uk

The next meeting is at 11.00 on Wednesday 13 October when we shall be discussing four books:

The Elegance of The Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas

 

Past books we have discussed have included:

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (mostly enjoyed but some criticisms, especially about the ending)
Larry’s Party by Carol Shields
Inheritance by Lan Samantha Chang
The Bostonians by Henry James
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Other Side of You by Salley Vickers (loved by some, generally speaking, not a man's book)
The Abortionist's Daughter by Elizabeth Hyde
Ghost Town - Tales of Manhattan Then and Now by Patrick McGrath
The Devil That Danced on the Water by Aminatta Forna
Towards The End of The Morning by Michael Frayn (not enjoyed)
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (a great read..really unusual)
Naples 44 by Norman Lewis (have enjoyed other books by Norman Lewis more than this one, though interesting)
Take a Girl Like Me by Diana Melly (thumbs down sorry)
Engleby by Sebastian Faulks (several of us loved this)
Star of The Sea by Joseph O'Connor (a terrific read)
A Walk with a White Bushman by Laurens van der Post (seemed out of its time - once seemed a powerful read)
We Need to Talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver
Love Me by Garrison Keillor (another no-no)
Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
How I Live Now by Meg Rossoff
Disgrace by J M Coetzee
Prince of The Clouds by Gianni Riotta
Winter in Madridby C J Sansom
Fire in The Bloodby Irene Nemirovsky
Random Acts of Heroic Love by Danny Scheinmann
The Lollipop Shoes by Joanne Harris
If You Don't Know me by Now by Sathnam Sanghera
The Road Taken by Michael Buerk
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
The Piano Teacher by Janice Y K Lee (fantastic, we all thought)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Burrows (50/50 split on this one!)
The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo by Stieg Larsson (thumbs up generally, though the other two are evidently better)
The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Kafka on The Shore by Haruki Murakami