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The group meet on the second Monday of the month, apart from April and May when it is the third Monday. The meeting is in Bolsover Library Church Street S44 6HB from 2pm to 4pm.
(Dates are subject to change)
February 22nd 2021
Bolsover District u3a Books & Reading Group
A Selection of Individual Members’ List of Books Read During Lockdown 2020/2021
Rating
1. Tracey Chevalier: Remarkable Creatures. Based on a true story about two 19thCentury fossil hunters. Kate Winslet to star in the upcoming film. 8/10
2. Muriel Barbery: The Elegance of the Hedgehog. Translated from the original French, tells of a concierge living/working in a block of upmarket apartments. 7/10
3. Andrea Camilleri: Angelica’s Smile. Crime novel set in Sicily. Montalbano fans will enjoy this. 9/10
4. Katherine McMahon: A Way Through the Woods. Blurb describes it as “A Past Full of Secrets”. Well written. 6/10
5. Richard Osman: The Thursday Murder Club. One to chase away the blues on a dull afternoon. 9.5/10
6. Robert Galbraith: Troubled Blood. His (her) latest Strike novel. Can’t go wrong with this excellent writer. 9.5/10
7. Delia Owens: Where the Crawdads Sing. “The story pulls you in so much that you can’t bear to leave it.” 9.5/10
8. William Boyd: Sweet Caress – The Many Lives of Amory Clay. Fictional Biography 9/10
9. Kate Rordan: The Girl in the Photograph. Mystery story spanning different generations. 8/10
10. Anita Shreve: The Lives of Stella Bain. Amnesia patient with intriguing past which is gradually revealed. 9/10
11. Alex Michaelides: The Silent Patient. A suspenseful murder mystery. 8/10
12. Alex Michaelides: Silent Witness. Psychological thriller. “Brilliant” 9/10
13. C.J. Tudor: The Other People. A man searches for his lost daughter following the murder of his wife. 7/10
14. Mike Jackson: The Underground Man. Loosely based on the eccentric 5th Duke of Portland. “A very gentle work of fiction”. 8/10
15. Joseph Conrad: Chance. “Interesting plot but tedious”. 5/10
16. Dean Koontz: Devotion. “Fantasy and a half!” Left our reader thinking “What if?!” 8/10
17. Kate Atkinson: Transcription. Our reader felt disappointed after its brilliant write-up. 5/10
18. Hilary Mantel: The Mirror and the Light. Last in the Wolf Hall Trilogy. 8/10
19. Ian Mortimer: The Time Traveller’s Guide to Elizabethan England. An absorbing read and an excellent accompaniment for our History Group’s project, the Tudors, last year. 9/10
20. Dick Francis: Under Orders. Murder and suspense in the sport of horse racing. “A light and agreeable read”. 9/10
21. Simon Montefiore: Shashenka. Shashenka is the daughter of Stalin and this is a story of love and betrayal. 8/10
22. Tony Parsons: The Murder Bag. A group of boys who were friends at a private school and are murdered one by one. “Gripping!”. 9/10
23. Clare Mackintosh: I Let You Go. Tragic story of a woman who loses
everything, moves away to start again, only for her past to catch up with her. “Great read!”. 9/10
24. Christie Watson: Tiny Birds Far Away. First novel, set in the niger delta, about a 12 year old girl and her family. 10/10
