Casterton WI
Book Group
Our light-hearted book group currently has ten members and meets monthly, in the afternoon, on the first Wednesday of the month (which is the same day as our evening WI meeting).
We do not have to buy the books as they are supplied by Cumbria Libraries. A new book is issued every other month. Cumbria Libraries supplies a list annually from which we can choose our books for the next year.
We tend to meet at Casterton Golf Club and we give our opinions on the book we have just read. If we don’t like the book, some of us don’t bother to finish it! We always enjoy our chat and a cup of tea and sometimes we are indulgent and have some cake.
Please contact Jill Humphris if you would like to come along.
BOOKS FOR 2025
Feb/March: | Tayari Jones | An American Marriage |
April/May: | Hilary Mantel | Beyond Black |
June/July: | Barbara Kingsolver | Flight Behaviour |
Aug/Sept: | Hana Yanagihara | A Little Life |
Oct/Nov: | Sonia Velton | Blackberry and Wild Rose |
Dec/Jan: |
BOOKS FOR 2024
Feb/March: | Helen Simonson | Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand |
April/May: | Ruth Hogan | The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes |
June/July: | Joanna Glen | The Other Half of Augusta Hope |
Aug/Sept: | Adele Geras | War Girls |
Oct/Nov: | Kate Atkinson | One Good Turn |
Dec/Jan: | Ysenda Maxtone Graham | British Summer Time Begins |
BOOKS FOR 2023
Feb/March: | Samuel Bjork | I'm Travelling Alone |
April/May: | Julian Barnes | Sense of an Ending |
June/July: | Esi Edugyan | Half Blood Blues |
Aug/Sept: | Helen Dunmore | Exposure |
Oct/Nov: | Ann Patchett | The Dutch House |
Dec/Jan: | Audrey Magee | The Undertaking |
BOOKS FOR 2022
Jan/Feb: | Simon Mawer | The Girl Who Fell from the Sky |
Mar/Apr: | Amy Liptrot | The Outrun |
May/June: | Peter Carey | Oscar and Lucinda |
July/Aug: | Margaret Forster | Over |
Sept/Oct: | Jo Baker | A Country Road, a Tree |
Nov/Dec: | Richard Flanagan | Narrow Road to the Deep North |
BOOKS FOR 2021
Jan/Feb: | |||
Mar/Apr: |
| The Thing around your neck | |
May/June: | Maya Angelou | I know why the caged bird sings | |
July/Aug: | Victoria Hislop | The Sunrise | |
Sept/Oct: | Rachel Joyce | The Music Shop | |
Nov/Dec: | Celeste Ng | Little Fires Everywhere |
BOOKS FOR 2020
Unfortunately, because of Covid-19 we were only able to receive the first two books for 2020
Jan/Feb:
|
Laura Esquivel
|
Like Water for Chocolate
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Mar/Apr:
| Amanda Berriman |
Home
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May/June:
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Rachel Joyce
| The Music Shop |
July/Aug:
| Chimamanda Ngoze Adichie | The Thing around your neck |
Sept/Oct:
| Celeste Ng | Little Fires Everywhere |
Nov/Dec:
| AJ Pearce | Dear Mrs Bird |
BOOKS FOR 2019
Jan/Feb:
|
Frances Hardinge
|
The Lie Tree
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Mar/Apr:
| Jessie Burton |
The Muse
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May/June:
|
Sue Gee
| Reading In Bed |
July/Aug:
| Alan Johnson | Please Mister Postman |
Sept/Oct:
| Jennifer Donnolley | A Gathering Light |
Nov/Dec:
| Virginia Ironside | No! I Don't Want To Join A Bookclub |
BOOKS FOR 2018
Jan/Feb:
|
The Moon Field
| |
Mar/Apr:
| Arundhati Roy |
The God of Small Things
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May/June:
|
Jessie Burton
| The Miniaturist |
July/Aug:
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Jojo Moyes
| The Girl You Left Behind |
Sept/Oct:
| Salley Vickers | Cousins |
Nov/Dec:
| Kate Adie | Nobody's Child |
BOOKS FOR 2017
Jan/Feb:
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Mar/Apr:
| Hannah Rothschild |
The Improbability of Love
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May/June:
|
J L Carr
| Month in the Country |
July/Aug:
|
Tracy Chevalier
| Falling Angels |
Sept/Oct:
| Laura Barnett | Versions of Us |
Nov/Dec:
| Anne Bronte | The Tenant of Wildfell Hall |
BOOKS FOR 2016
Jan/Feb:
|
Elena Ferrante
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My Brilliant Friend
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Mar/Apr:
|
Sally Magnusson
|
Where
Memories Go
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May/June:
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Diana Athill
|
Instead of a Book
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July/Aug:
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Lissa Evans
|
Crooked Heart
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Sept/Oct:
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The Countess of Caernarvon
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Lady Catherine and the real Downton Abbey
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Nov/Dec:
|
James Rebanks
|
The Shepherd’s Life
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Some 2015 photos:
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| The Book Group enjoying tea at Plato's - February 2015 |
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| Sue and Annie with one of the books |
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| Annie with a book |
Our Books for 2015 were:
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| January and February |
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| March and April |
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| May and June |
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| July and August |
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| September and October |
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| November and December |
Books read in 2014
Jan/Feb:
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Mar/Apr:
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Sue Gee
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Last Fling
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May/June:
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Jane Harris
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July/Aug:
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Rosie Thomas
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Sept/Oct:
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Vikram Seth
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Nov/Dec:
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Books read in
2013
Jan/Feb:
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Elizabeth Chadwick
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Shadows and Strongholds
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Mar/Apr:
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Laurie Graham
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The Importance of Being Kennedy
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May/June:
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Jeremy Paxman
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The English: A Portrait of a People
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July/Aug:
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Arthur Ransome
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Swallows and Amazons
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Sept/Oct:
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Alison Weir
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Isabella: She-Wolf of France, Queen of England
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Nov/Dec:
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