{"id":91,"date":"2015-01-29T10:37:28","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T10:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/usku3a.org.uk\/blog\/?page_id=91"},"modified":"2025-12-08T10:00:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T10:00:45","slug":"reading-groups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/usku3a.org.uk\/blog\/reading-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"

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USK u3a Reading Group No. 1.
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** Please note this group is not running at present **<\/strong><\/p>\n

We have 9 members in our group. We meet in each other\u2019s houses on the 3rd Thursday of the month at 2pm. During the coronavirus outbreak we have been emailing each other and phoning , particularly to members that do not have a computer.<\/p>\n

We have read a variety of books since we started our group in 2005, commencing with The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night, to our latest book The Salt Path.<\/p>\n

The last book that we read before coronavirus struck was The Wedding by Dorothy West. We had a quiet period during the first and second wave of Covid and started doing reviews by email in the autumn of 2020.<\/p>\n

We had our first group meeting outside on the 27th of May 2021, It was wonderful to get back together again, the weather was beautiful, it was lovely to chat and enjoy a cup of tea and cake.<\/p>\n

USK u3a Reading Group No. 2<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Book Group 2 meets on the first Thursday morning of the month at 10.30am. At present we have 8 members which we feel is a number that works well as we meet in each other\u2019s homes. There is no obligation to host a meeting if space for eight is a problem or for other reasons you are not able to offer a room at home.
\nWe democratically choose the book titles for the year ahead by voting on the list of suggestions accumulated at the end of each year. Our discussions are preceded by tea or coffee and cake or biscuits and general chat and any u3a or group business. There is rarely unanimous agreement on the enjoyment or appreciation of the books, which gives us the opportunity to consider other views with amicable but lively debate!
\nPlease register your interest in joining a book group with the Usk u3a membership secretary<\/p>\n

USK u3a Reading Group No. 3
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As the smallest and most recent of the U3A’s Book Groups in this area, we’re still small but very friendly! (5 members currently, but open to more). We meet in each other’s houses in turn, fortified by tea\/coffee and Kit Kats. Taking it month by month, we decide at each meeting the date of the next in order to suit as many members as possible and accommodate their last-minute arrangements and availability. Normally we meet between 1pm-3pm but being super-flexible we can adjust to accommodate school-times or medical appointments or whatever Fate throws at us….! We also take a break in August by mutual agreement, and have a purely social get-together in December.<\/p>\n

These are some of the titles we read:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhy be Normal when you could be happy?\u201d by Jeanette Winterson
\n\u201cThe Wolf Border\u201d by Sarah Hall
\n\u201cA Gentleman in Moscow\u201d by Amor Towles
\n\u201cThe Island of Missing Trees\u201d by Elif Shafak
\n\u201cThe Salt Path\u201d by Raynor Wynne
\n\u201cThe Glass House\u201d by Eva Chase
\n\u201cWithout Warning..\u201d by Kit de Waal
\n\u201cThe Marriage Portrait\u201d by Maggie O’Farrell\u201cSmall Things Like These\u201d by Clare Keegan
\n\u201cThe Wild silence\u201d by Raynor Wynne
\n\u201cThe Island\u201d by Victoria Hislop
\n\u201cThe Beekeeper of Aleppo\u201d by Christy Lefteri
\n\u201cThe Whalebone Theatre\u201d by Joanna Quinn
\n\u201cTwo Women in Rome\u201d by Sarah Buchan…<\/p>\n

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