Why you should join a book group?

I've been a member of a bookclub for as long as I can remember.


They are a massive part of my life, so I really hope to keep the Ponders End Bookclub going from strength to strength and growing.

We'd love it if you could join us if you love reading new books and meeting new people and having a relaxing fun time. There are many reasons to join a bookclub. For instance "The Huffington Post" came up with Five reasons to join a bookclub



1. You meet interesting people
2. You read things you wouldn't normally read
3. Some books need to be discussed
4. You eat great food
5. It's fun to chat I agree with all these reasons and many more.


If these reasons sound like our book club is something you would enjoy being part of then please come and join us. It is free to join apart from your time (and the cost of reading the chosen book - and where possible I get hold of a library book or second hand book so it shouldn't break the bank to join us).

And don't forget that book club also means wine o'clock!

Until December 2016 we are reading the following books

Thursday 20 October - "Everland" by Rebecca Hunt
Thursday 17 November - "Our Kind of Traitor" by John Le Carre
Thursday 15 December - "Weirdo" by Cathi Unsworth

We meet at 7.45pm at the Ponders End Working Mens Club on South Street, Ponders End.

Look forward to you joining us soon....

Book club choices - March to August 2016 (including the selected CityRead London 2016 choice)

 

Our latest reading choices
 

Listed below are the books (and meeting dates) that we will be reading and discussing between March and July 2016:

 
Thursday 15 March - "The Man Who Couldn't Stop" by David Adam
Thursday 21 April - "Lost Girl" by Adam Nevill
Thursday 19 May - "Galina Petrovna's three-legged dog story" by Andrea Bennett

Thursday 16 June - "Ten Days" by Gillian Slovo (CITYREAD LONDON 2016)

Thursday 21 July - "If I Close My Eyes Now" by Edney Silvestre

Thursday 18 August - "A Man Called Ove" by Frederik Bachman

We will be transported to a diverse range of places and settings such as Brazil and London. We'll be reading books ranging from comedy to thriller to non-fiction to books in translation and books by first time authors (Bennett and Bachman). An eclectic selection just like our brilliant little group!

More about CityRead London 2016 - "Ten Days"

Our choices include the latest CityRead London 2016 selection - "Ten Days" by Gillian Slovo which we have chosen to read in June.

CityRead London is a month long annual festival in April 2016 of reading when everyone across London is invited to read and discuss the same book. The chosen title this year is Ten Days by Gillian Slovo, a new novel which was published on 3 March 2016 by Canongate. We will be discussing the book on Thursday 16 June 2016 at 7.30pm.

Gillian Slovo is an Orange Prize shortlisted author. Her latest book is a political thriller set in London which is told from three perspectives - a newly appointed Police Chief, the Home Secretary and Cathy Mason, a resident on an estate due to be demolished. The themes are portest and rebellion and what happens when politics, policing and reality collide in London.

CityRead London comprises a month long programme of events across all London boroughs including in Enfield.

Keep up to date with CityRead events happening in April via https://www.facebook.com/#!/cityreadlondon/?fref=ts and http://www.cityread.london/

Join us?

If you are inspired to come and join us you are more than welcome. Please get in touch .

Happy reading!

 

 

 

 

Make time for books this New Year 2016 - Ponders End Book Club choices - January to March 2016

A very bookish New Year 2016 to you all.

Why don't you make one of your New Years Resolutions to join a local book group?

Indeed this resolution no 6 on Sadie L Trombetta's (@lady_strombetta) list of 11 Reading New Years Resolutions for 2016.)

Or why not sign up to a reading challenge such as the New Year Resolution Reading Challenge or the 2016 Reading Challenge. I have just signed up to the Good Reads Reading Challenge to read 30 books in 2016 which will include all of the Ponders End Book Club reads and also some other books in the 2016 Reading Challenge.

Anyway, the Ponders End Book Club has some great reading choices coming up over the next few months.

Our programme of future reads looks like this up until March 2016:

Thursday 21 January - "An Untamed State" by Roxane Gay
Thursday 18 February - "Lucky You" by Carl Hiaasen
Thursday 17 March - "The Man Who Couldn't Stop" by David Adam

We meet on the 3rd Thursday of the month at 7.45pm at the Ponders End Working Mens Social Club in South Street, Edmonton, EN3 4LB - https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/ponders+end+working+mens+social+club/@51.64572,-0.043516,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x4e90db307e249852?hl=en

So why not turn your love for reading into a social activity and make 2016 a year of good company, drink, food and some serious and not so serious book talk. I really hope you can join us in 2016!

PS...Don't forget to support your local library more in 2016 and borrow books from Enfield Libraries (and no I am not paid to say that - I just love libraries!)