St Helen’s Book Club – A Review of 2023
St Helen’s Book Club has been running since the start of the pandemic and in that time we have read one book each…
I, Mona Lisa – July’s book selection
This month our chosen book is I, Mona Lisa, by Natasha Solomons. Our books were chosen by John who, it must be said…
June 2023 Book Club Selection
Last month we read and reviewed William Boyd’s book, The Romantic which the Guardian calls his “a rambunctious, swashbuckling tale, told with panache…
Book of the month: The Caliph’s House
Last month our book club members read Dylan Thomas’ masterpiece Under Milk Wood, another book (play, sorry!) which went down well with everyone….
Book of the Month: Under Milk Wood
To begin at the beginning: It is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black, the cobble streets silent and the…
March Book of the Month – The President is Missing
Last month’s book of the month was Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and we had a very good discussion about the book on Tuesday….
December book of the month – The Thursday Murder Club
Having just finished Michelle Obama’s autobiography, Becoming, the St Helen’s Church Book Club now turn its sights to a murder mystery by Richard…
October book of the month – For Whom the Bell Tolls
Last month we read the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows and it must be…
September Book of the Month Selected
Last night we held another book club evening where we discussed August’s book, the Alchemist, and selected our 4th Book of the month….
August Book of the Month – The Alchemist
On Tuesday we had our third book club meeting and chose yet another book for the month ahead. This month we will be…