Book Recommendation
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Shirley recommended a book to the group. Munich by Robert Harris is a spy novel set amid the politicking of Chamberlain’s last ditch negotiations with Hitler.
What we thought of the books we read in March
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The book group met on Monday 9th April that members had read in March. It is fair to say that both books divided the group and some members found the books a little too ‘miserable’ to be truly enjoyable reads. However in contrast a number of the group thought that the books were excellent. His […]
The books we will discuss at our April 30th Meeting
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The next Book Group meeting will be April 30th in the village hall when we will discuss the books we have been reading in April. This month the Covington Book Group have had a choice of two books for their reading pleasure. Either Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave or We are all Completely […]
Meet the Author
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There are two forthcoming ‘meet the author’ events at St Ives Library. On Tuesday March 27th between 2pm & 3pm Peter Murphy will be at St Ives library to talk about his writing, answer questions and sign copies of his latest book Walden of Bermondsey. Peter Murphy is a recently retired judge and Walden of […]
What we thought of the books we read in February
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Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry. It is fair to say that this book really divided the group with some members who thought it was fabulous and others who were ‘glad to get to the end of it’ and even one or two who didn’t enjoy the read sufficiently to preserve to the end. The group […]
Books we will discuss at our April 9th Meeting
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The next Book Group meeting will be April 9th in the village hall when we will discuss the books we have been reading in March. In March the Covington Book Group have had a choice of two books for their reading pleasure. Either His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet or The Wonder by Emma […]
Books we read in February
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In February the Covington Book Group has a choice of two books to read The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry and Golden Hill by Francis Spufford. Please use the link below to download a copy of the reviews for both these books from the Goodread website & The New York Times. 180129 CBG February Book […]
What we thought of the books we read in January
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Office & A Spy Robert Harris: Generally this was felt to be a really good read, with a number of the group describing it as a real page turner ‘I couldn’t put it down’. Some members felt it took a while to get into. The book was felt to be true to Robert Harris’ strength […]
Covington Quiz Night – 9th June
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You are invited to the annual Covington Quiz, starting at 7pm, Saturday 9th June in the Village Hall. Jonathan Baker will be our quiz master and has promised some challenging, interesting and fun questions! The ticket price is £10 per person and this includes a fish and chip meal during a break in the quiz. […]
Visit to Queen Eleanor Cross – June 2018
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The Covington History Group is planning a visit to Queen Eleanor Cross and Church in Geddington one weekday in early June. This is an English Heritage site and we will be escorted around the site by a guide. This will be followed by lunch at a local pub. You can find out more from the […]