Hurstbourne Tarrant Book Club
CO-ORDINATOR: Pamela
Reeves 01264-736130
07900072961
marinecottage@btinternet.com
Calling
all Book Lovers!
We are now up and running.
Please join us if you enjoy reading
and would enjoy a night of good conversation and an easy
supper together. If you are interested, please contact me.
Current Group Practices
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We meet once every 6-8 weeks
on a Friday evening at 7:30. We set the date at the
end of each meeting and try to find a date that most
of us can make. |
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We
take turns at hosting it at each other’s homes.
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We
share a simple meal together. The host prepared the
main course and someone else brings a pudding. The
main rule that we operate about the meal is that it
needs to be simple, easy to make and that there is
absolutely no social competition! (1 pot suppers
and things that can be eaten on laps are perfect) |
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We
generally don’t talk about the book either before or
during the meal and use this time to catch up with
each other and drink a fair amount of wine.
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After supper, we each briefly
rate the book and say why. After each person has
given their initial rating and opinion, we then talk
about the themes that have come up and will talk
through issues raised by the book. We don’t have a
set way that discuss the books and so each book
inspires a different type of discussion: some
discussions are directly related to plot or
character, some discussions focus on writing style,
while others focus on the issues/ themes raised by
the book. |
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When we have discussed the
book for about an hour, we rerate the book and total
the scores. |
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We
then chose our next book. |
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Currently we have a “hat” with titles of books we
have all contributed. People can have up to 3 books
in the hat at any time and we have no rules
regarding the types of books that can be read.
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So
far we have covered historical novels; military
based novels, biographical novels, biographies and
pure fiction. |
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We
also have no rules about whether you have read the
book or not prior to putting it in the hat.
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We have agreed that if almost
everyone has read the book we might agree not to
read that as a group. |
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We
have agreed that sometimes a book really does not
appeal or you might not have time to read it all, so
generally we ask that people have read at least 3
chapters or 1/3 depending on the size of the book.
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We
then also plan our next meeting and venue. |
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We
generally then continue to drink coffee and wine and
talk about whatever we feel like. |
Overall, we have a really social group of people, who love
reading and chatting and we strike a balance between a fun
evening of socialising and book related chat. If you are
interested in joining, please contact Pamela Reeves, who
would be happy to answer any questions. Alternatively, just
come along to the next meeting – we all have a problem with
chronic over catering, so there will definitely be enough
food!
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