Bookworms(Reading Group)

Meet at the Cricket Club at 2.30pm on the third Friday of every month.

Group Leader Carol Forse.

Some of the books we have read recently:

What do we do?

• Read a different book every month on an assortment of topics. Some fiction some factual.

• Meet and discuss their content in a friendly atmosphere.

• Investigate the author's background and their previous work. Talk about how this has influenced the book we have read

• Make a critical assessment of language and style

• Suggest other books we would like to read and order them from the library.

• Investigate other cultures and ways of life through both fiction and non fiction.

• Enjoy an annual visit to the 'Way with Words' literary festival at Dartington.

What our members say?

• It makes me read books more carefully and think about what I am reading

• My main joy is sharing one's impressions with others and learning much as a result. Not only about the books themselves, but how others react to them.

• The books increase my understanding of myself as well as others in the group.

• I read books I would normally not have read.

• I like sharing my views with other members of the group and listening to their views although they sometimes differ from my own

• Reading has broadened my experience and knowledge of other cultures and ways of life