High Ham Book Group had its first gathering late 2014. We meet about every 6 weeks to discuss a book chosen by one of the group. We meet informally at 2pm at someone's house where drinks are served and discussion begins. The host chooses the next book - mainly fiction covering a wide range of genres, and occasionally non-fiction and poetry. We always find time to talk about current news, both UK/local and international. Please email Anne Bond if you are interested in joining the group.
February '25 book choice: Butter - Asako Yuzuki
Books Read so Far:
Spies - Michael Frayne Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver
The Distracted Preacher and Other Tales - Thomas Hardy
Lake Woebegone - Garrison Keillor Darling - Rachel Edwards
Blackwood - Michael Farris Smith If on a Winter's Night a Traveller - Italo Calvino
The Echo Chamber - John Boyne Trust - Hernan Diaz
Things I Don't want to Know - Deborah Levy Three Sisters - Heather Morris
London Under - Peter Ackroyd House on the Strand - Daphne du Maurier
Giver of the Stars - Jo Jo Moyes Things Like These - Claire Keegan
Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont - Elizabeth Taylor The Overstory - Richard Powers
Cassandra at the Wedding - Dorothy Baker Every Man For Himself - Beryl Bainbridge
The Bond of Green Withy - Bertha Lawrence Open Water - Caleb Azumah Nelson
Good Morning Midnight - Jean Rhys Pure - Andrew Miller
Howards End is on the Landing - Susan Hill Miss Garnett's Angel - Sally Vickers
Three Men in a Boat - Jerome K Jerome The Architect's Apprentice - Elif Shafa
O Pioneers! - Will Cather The Painted Veil -Somerset Maugham
American Dirt - Jeannine Cummins Piranesi - Susannah Clarke
Hungry - Grace Dent Mum and Dad - Joanna Trollope
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Schaffer, Annie Barrows
Reading in Bed - Sue Gee The Franchise Affair - Josephine Tey
My Dear, I Wanted to Tell You - Louisa Young Entangled Life - Martin Sheldrake
The Old Mand and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell
Hello Mum - Bernadine Evaristo Midnight Sun - Jo Nesbo
West - Carys Davies Beloved - Toni Morrison
Now we Shall be Entirely Free - Andrew Miller Miss Oliphant is Perfectly Fine - Gail Honeyman
Daphne - Justine Picardie Summer's Lease - John Mortimer
Slow Horses - Mick Herron Uncommon Types - Tom Hanks
Wool - Hugh Howey An American Marriage - Tayari Jones
The Running Hare - John Lewis Stempel Punishment - Anne Holt
The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller The Story of Lucy Gault - William Trevor
Six Weeks - John Lewis-Stempel Regeneration - Pat Barker
The Little Paris’s Bookshop - Nina George The Wife - Meg Wolitzer
The Hare With the Amber Eyes - Edmund de Wall Resevoir 13 - Jon McGregor
Blood and Beauty - Sarah Dunant Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
Star of the Sea - Joseph O'Conner No Great Mischief - Alistair MacLeod
Sebastian Barry - On Canaan's Side Elizabeth Jane Howard - The Light years
Kate Atkinson - Life After Life Pat Barker - Blow Your House Down
Michael Faber - The Book of Strange New Things Katzuo Ishiguro - The Buried Giant
Patrick Gale - Notes on an Exhibition Elena Ferrante - My Brilliant Friend
Jo Jo Moyes - Me Before You Tove Jannson - The True Deceiver/ The Summer Book
Alexander Eden - The Proof of Heaven Ian McEwan - Sweet Tooth
Alison Weir - Katherine Swynford Diane Setterfield - The 13th Tale
John Williams - Stoner Chris Cleave - The Other Hand
Andrew Marr - Head of State James Runcie - The Colour of Heaven
Markus Zusak - The Book Thief Robert Harris - An Officer and a Spy
Deborah Levy - Hot Milk Robert James Walker - The Bridges of Madison County
Simon Armitage - Walking Home Tan Twan Eng - The Garden of Evening Mists
BBC Books - The Nation's Favourite Poems Bruce Chatwin - On the Black Hill
Gustav Sonata - Rose Tremain A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara
Miriam Toews - All My Puny Sorrows The Other Einstein - Marie Benedict