2023
December - concelled due to sickness
November - Cannot for the life of me remember
October - Joka's Choice - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society – Mary Ann Shaffer
September - Mission - Patrick Tilley - Pat's choice
August - Jumping The Queue by Mary Wesley - Robin's choice
July - The Dog of the North - Elizabeth McKenzie - - Catherine's choice
June - The Maid - Nita Prose - La Femme de Chambre - Carol's Choice - Paddy and Robin's
May - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (Projet Dernier Chance) - Nigel's Choice
April - Sweet Caress by William Boyd - Paddy's Choice
March - I, Robot (Isaac Asimov) - Simon's Choice
February - Nine Coaches Waiting (Mary Stewart) - Pat's choice
January - Putin's people - Robin's choice - to be discussed in February
2022
December 11th - Pat and Simon's - The The Shepherd by Frederic Forsythe
November 13th - Michelle - Evelyn Waugh - Vile Bodies (Catherine's Choice)
October 9th - Robin and Paddy - Remise De Peine - Patrick Modiano - Suspended Sentences (Michelle's choice)
September 13th - Carol and Nigel - Good Omens(Terry Pratchett) - De Bonnes Presage (Carol's choice)
September 13th - Carol and Nigel - Good Omens(Terry Pratchett) - De Bonnes Presage (Carol's choice)
August - Pat and Simon - The Red Notebook by Antoine Lauraine (Pat's choice) and The Maidens
July - (cancelled) - The Maidens by Alex Michaelides (Les Muses) (Nigel's choice)
June - Suzanne- The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz (La Maison de Soie) (Suzanne's choice)
July - (cancelled) - The Maidens by Alex Michaelides (Les Muses) (Nigel's choice)
June - Suzanne- The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz (La Maison de Soie) (Suzanne's choice)
May 15th - Carol and Nigel - A Gentleman in Moscow – Amor Towles (Paddy's choice)
April 10th - Pat and Simon - Ken Grimwood - Replay (Simon's choice)
March 6th - Michelle - 'Driving over Lemons' by Chris Stewart (Robin's choice)
February 19th - Robin and Paddy - Drive your plow over the bones of the dead - Olga Tokarczuk (Catherine's choice)
January 16th - Carol and Nigel - The Handmaid's Tale (Carol's choice) as well as Firelight and Woodsmoke (Michelle's choice)
March 6th - Michelle - 'Driving over Lemons' by Chris Stewart (Robin's choice)
February 19th - Robin and Paddy - Drive your plow over the bones of the dead - Olga Tokarczuk (Catherine's choice)
2021
December meeting - Catherine - The Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. (available in Kindle audio etc and French
October meeting - Carol - The Handmaid's Tale
July meeting - Paddy - Black Diamond by Martin Walker.
June meeting - Simon - Sophie's World (link to Amazon UK, but you can buy it secondhand and cheaper no postage from Momox). The French version is here - (Momox again). This will be held at Carol and Nigel's.
May meeting - Robin - Ordinary Thunderstorms – William Boyd, (Orages Ordinaires)
April Meeting - Michelle - Total Chaos by Jean Claude Isso (Amazon here).
March Meeting - Gill - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (French Version here)
February Meeting - Joka - The Wind Up Bird Chronicles by Haruki Marukami (French version here)
January Meeting - Carol - The Cuckoo's calling by Robert Galbraith (French version here)
January Meeting - Carol - The Cuckoo's calling by Robert Galbraith (French version here)
2020
Each member in turn will suggest a book for the month, hopefully having 3 month's books on the go. The book must be in both English and French editions.
2019
December - Nigel - Last Breath by Karin Slaughter (French Edition here).
November - Pat - The house on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier (French Edition here)
October - Carol - Big Little Lies by Leanne Moriarty (French edition here)
September - Gill - Rebecca bu Daphne Du Maurier (French edition here)
August - Michelle - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (French edition here)
July - Pauline - Black Water Lillies by Michel Bussi (French edition here).
June - Mary - A man Called Ove
May - Joka - Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie
April - Ruth - This is going to Hurt by Adam May
March - Pat - The Nightingale by Kristen Hannah
February - Nigel - Gridlock by Ben Elton
January - Pauline The Rosie Project
2018
January : MORGAN'S RUN by Colleen McCullough
February : MY BRILLIANT FRIEND by Elena Ferrante
March : CAMINO ISLAND by John Grisham
April : SUITE FRANCAISE by Irene Nemirovsky
May : STORM FRONT (The Dresden Files, Book 1) by Jim Butcher
June : TO KILL THE PRESIDENT by Sam Bourne
July : Wool
August:
September:
October: Dune by
November: My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
2017
January : THE MINIATURIST by Jesse Burton
February :
The Lollipop Shoes by Joanne Harris
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
The Potter's Field by Andrea Camilleri
July : ELIZABETH IS MISSING by Emma Healey
August : MISTRESS OF THE ART OF DEATH by Ariana Franklin
September : PEOPLE OF THE BOOK by Geraldine Brooks
October : THE DRESSMAKER by Rosalie Ham
November : THE NAME OF THE WIND by Patrick Rothfoss
December : A PIANO IN THE PYRENEES by Tony Hawks
2016
June : THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN by Paula Hawkins
July : THE LIFE WE BURY by Allen Eskens
August : EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU by Celeste Ng
September : THE INVENTION OF WINGS by Sue Monk Kidd
October : EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE (THE ENZO FILES #1) by Peter May
November : THE 100-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT OF THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED by Jonas Jonasson
December : A STREET CAT NAMED BOB by James Bowen
Meeting dates
2019
January 13th
February 10
March 10
April 14
May 12
June 9 - Joka's
July 7 - Pat's
August 11 - Carol and Nigel's
September 15 - Michelle's
October 6th - Gill's
November 3rd - Joka's
December 1st (Christmas Party) - Carol and Nigel's - This is also Christmas Party - with the Present exchange game. See this page for more information.
2018
January 14
February 11
March 11
April 8
May 13
June 10
July 8
August 12
September 9
October 14
November 11
December (Holiday party, date TBD)
2017
January 8
February 12
March 12
April 9
May 14
June 11 (our 1-Year Anniversary!)
July 9
August 13
September 10
October 8
November 12
December (Holiday party, date TBD)
2016
June 12
July 10
August 14
September 11
October 9
November 13
December (Holiday party, 4 December)
Each member in turn will suggest a book for the month, hopefully having 3 month's books on the go. The book must be in both English and French editions.
December meeting - Ruth - The Confession by Jesse Burton (French edition here )
November meeting - Pat - Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bergman (French edition here)
October meeting - Nigel - - Children of time, by Adrian Tchycovsky (French edition here).
September meeting - Paddy - The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine. B by Sandra Gulland (French edition here)
August meeting - Robin - Berezina, by Sylvain Tesson (French edition here)
July meeting - Michelle - Les mots entre mes mains by Guinevere Glasfurd (English edition here)
June - Pauline - Vintage 1954 by Antoine Laurain (French edition here) -
May - Gill - The Salt Path by Raynor Wynn.
April - Joka - Submission by Michel Houellebecq (French edition here)
March - Carol - The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter (French Edition here)
February - Mary - The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore (French edition here)
January - Ruth - Us by David Nichols - (French edition here )
October meeting - Nigel - - Children of time, by Adrian Tchycovsky (French edition here).
September meeting - Paddy - The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine. B by Sandra Gulland (French edition here)
August meeting - Robin - Berezina, by Sylvain Tesson (French edition here)
July meeting - Michelle - Les mots entre mes mains by Guinevere Glasfurd (English edition here)
June - Pauline - Vintage 1954 by Antoine Laurain (French edition here) -
May - Gill - The Salt Path by Raynor Wynn.
April - Joka - Submission by Michel Houellebecq (French edition here)
March - Carol - The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter (French Edition here)
February - Mary - The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore (French edition here)
January - Ruth - Us by David Nichols - (French edition here )
2019
December - Nigel - Last Breath by Karin Slaughter (French Edition here).
November - Pat - The house on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier (French Edition here)
October - Carol - Big Little Lies by Leanne Moriarty (French edition here)
September - Gill - Rebecca bu Daphne Du Maurier (French edition here)
August - Michelle - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (French edition here)
July - Pauline - Black Water Lillies by Michel Bussi (French edition here).
June - Mary - A man Called Ove
April - Ruth - This is going to Hurt by Adam May
March - Pat - The Nightingale by Kristen Hannah
February - Nigel - Gridlock by Ben Elton
January - Pauline The Rosie Project
2018
January : MORGAN'S RUN by Colleen McCullough
February : MY BRILLIANT FRIEND by Elena Ferrante
March : CAMINO ISLAND by John Grisham
April : SUITE FRANCAISE by Irene Nemirovsky
May : STORM FRONT (The Dresden Files, Book 1) by Jim Butcher
June : TO KILL THE PRESIDENT by Sam Bourne
July : Wool
August:
September:
October: Dune by
November: My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
2017
January : THE MINIATURIST by Jesse Burton
February :
The Lollipop Shoes by Joanne Harris
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
The Potter's Field by Andrea Camilleri
July : ELIZABETH IS MISSING by Emma Healey
August : MISTRESS OF THE ART OF DEATH by Ariana Franklin
September : PEOPLE OF THE BOOK by Geraldine Brooks
October : THE DRESSMAKER by Rosalie Ham
November : THE NAME OF THE WIND by Patrick Rothfoss
December : A PIANO IN THE PYRENEES by Tony Hawks
2016
June : THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN by Paula Hawkins
July : THE LIFE WE BURY by Allen Eskens
August : EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU by Celeste Ng
September : THE INVENTION OF WINGS by Sue Monk Kidd
October : EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE (THE ENZO FILES #1) by Peter May
November : THE 100-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT OF THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED by Jonas Jonasson
December : A STREET CAT NAMED BOB by James Bowen
Meeting dates
2019
January 13th
February 10
March 10
April 14
May 12
June 9 - Joka's
July 7 - Pat's
August 11 - Carol and Nigel's
September 15 - Michelle's
October 6th - Gill's
November 3rd - Joka's
December 1st (Christmas Party) - Carol and Nigel's - This is also Christmas Party - with the Present exchange game. See this page for more information.
2018
January 14
February 11
March 11
April 8
May 13
June 10
July 8
August 12
September 9
October 14
November 11
December (Holiday party, date TBD)
2017
January 8
February 12
March 12
April 9
May 14
June 11 (our 1-Year Anniversary!)
July 9
August 13
September 10
October 8
November 12
December (Holiday party, date TBD)
2016
June 12
July 10
August 14
September 11
October 9
November 13
December (Holiday party, 4 December)
