Book Circle

Group Leader: Joan Annetts – joan@u3a-llandrindod.org.uk

Meetings are held at Llanyre Village Hall at 10:30am on the 3rd Monday of the month.

Note: The Book Circle is one of two book groups in Llandrindod u3a. See also The Readers.

Programme for 2024

  • 15th January: Trustee from the Tearoom by Neville Shute
  • 19th February: Bad Blood by Lorna Sage
  • 18th March: Haven’t They Grown by Sophie Hannah
  • 15th April: Fools of Fortune by William Trevor
  • 20th May: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
  • 17th June: Excellent Women by Barbara Pym<
  • July 15th: Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine by Gail Honeyman
  • August: no meeting
  • Sept 16th: The Butterfly Room by Lucinda Riley
  • Oct 21st: Blaming by Elizabeth Taylor

Recently the group has read:

2023

  • Jan 16th: Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng
  • Feb 20th: Testimony by Anita Shreve
  • 20th March. Dead Simple by Peter James
  • 17th April. Arthur by Mikael Lindnor
  • 15th May. Human Factor by Graham Green
  • 19th June: Elemental by Amanda Curtin
  • 17th July: In a Dark Dark Wood by Amanda Curtin
  • 21st August: Summer Lightening by P. G. Woodhouse
  • 18th September: The Change by Kirsten Miller
  • 16th October: A Change of Climate by Hilary Mantel
  • 20th November: Shadow of the Silk Road by Colin Thubron
  • December: No meeting

2022

  • Jan 17th: The J.M. Barrie Ladies Swimming Society by Barbara J Zitwer
  • Feb 21st: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
  • March 21st: Old Filth by Jane Gardam
  • April: Easter Monday – no meeting
  • May 16th: China Room by Sanjeev Sahota
  • Jun 20th: Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo
  • July 18th: Small Pleasures, Clare Chapman
  • August 15th: North and South, Elizabeth Gaskell
  • September 19th: Wedlock, Wendy Moore
  • October 17th: The Spanish Gardener, A.J.Cronin
  • Nov 21st: Where the Crawdads Sing by Elia Owens
  • Dec 19th: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

2021

  • October 18th: The Berlin Shadow by Jonathon Lichtenstein
  • November 15th: The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles
  • December 20th: Requiem for a Wren by Neville Shute

2020

  • January 20th: Warlight by Michael Ondaatje
  • February 17th: Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor
  • March 16th: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
  • April 20th: Days Without End by Sebastian Barry
  • May 18th: Mudlarking by Lara Maiklem

2019

  • January 20: Diary of a Nobody by George & Weedon Grossmith
  • February 18: The Cleaner of Chartres by Salley Vickers
  • March 18: The Cupboard by Rose Tremain
  • April:15: The Child by Fiona Barton
  • May 20: Heartbreak Hotel by Deborah Maggoch
  • June 17: Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor
  • July 15; The Glassblowers by Daphne du Maurier
  • September 16: Transcription by Kate Atkinson
  • October 21: The Glovemaker’s Daughter by Leah Fleming
  • November 18: The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry