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Book Club

Our friendly Book Club meets on the third Tuesday of the month in the Library at 3.30pm. We welcome anyone who enjoys reading and likes
talking about books. We don't do 'lit crit' but we discuss why we like/didn't like the book choice. We exchange tips on recent reads that we think others might enjoy, and then wander on to a wide range of subjects. You don't have to buy the books – we take turns to choose a book from a Cambridgeshire Libraries multi-copy list. If you are interested in joining us, send a request to Sally via info@haddenhamlibrarycambs.co.uk or give your contact details to a Library Volunteer.

 

Upcoming read:

Our next book is Nicola Upson's 1930s Cambridge-set 'Nine Lessons' which is the 7th in her series of mysteries featuring real-life crime writer Josephine Tey (1896–1952). All are welcome, and we will provide a copy of the book.  We will be meeting in the library to discuss it on Tuesday 17th March at 3.30pm. 

 

To join us, speak to a Library volunteer, or drop a line to info@haddenhamlibrarycambs.co.uk.

'The Family Upstairs' by Lisa Jewell.

 

En masse we declared this book 'easy to read' and we all but one enjoyed it to a greater or lesser degree. It wasn't as gripping and dark as it's front cover reviews would have had us believe but it did deal with some quite heavy themes with a fairly light touch and kept us all reading to the end.

 

There was some confusion over characters and who was narrating at times but most of those issues tended to disappear once you were immersed. To give the author perhaps more credit than she is due, one of our readers described this book as 'the modern version of the Gothic novel' and sent several of us scurrying to revisit or discover 'The Flowers in the Attic'. Whilst at the other end of the spectrum it was 'misogynistic' 'saccharin' and 'predictable'.

 

We do have a copy of this on our shelves, along with another by the same author.

Overall, seven thumbs up and one thumbs down.