2026 – CHATTERBOOKS All meetings start at 19:00 unless stated otherwise
19th January – Why Did You Lie by Yrsa Sigurdardottir – 10:30am at Willowbrook Garden Centre
Saturday 21st February – The Ladies of Llanfairpwll by LK Wilde at Jenny B’s
16th March – Trick of the Dark by Val McDermid
20th April – Night Music by Jo Jo Moyes
18th May – Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
15th June – Fried Green Tomatoes by Fannie Flagg
20th July – The Library of Lost and Found by Phaedra Patrick
17th August – The Butterfly Room by Lucinda Riley
21st September – The Glass Maker by Tracy Chevalier
19th October – The Book Club by Roisin Meaney
16th November – Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson
21st December – Her Last Move by John Marrs
2025 – LITCHICKS – All meetings start at 19:30 unless stated otherwise
19th January – The people on platform 5 by Clare Pooley – Julia
16th February – Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen – Anne
16th March – Northanger Abbey by Val McDermid – Margaret
20th April – Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers – Jane
18th May – Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery – Cherry
15th June – The Bromsgrove Collectors’ society – A Murder in the Midst by Steven George – Clare
20th July – The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien – Joyce
17th August – List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey – Yetta
21st September – A Month in the Country by JL Carr – Rose
19th October – The Dentist by Tim Sullivan – Julia
16th November – Guilt by Definition by Susie Dent – Anne
21st December – The Ladies of Llanfairpwll by LK Wild – The Cross at Midday.
2025 – CHATTERBOOKS All meetings start at 19:00 unless stated otherwise
20th January – The Nightingale by Kristen Hannah – 10:00 at Willowbrook Garden Centre.
17th February – The Trial by Rob Rinder – 10:00 at Willowbrook Garden Centre.
17th March – The Little Princesses by Marion Crawford – Jennie G’s
28th April (Easter Monday, so date TBD) – Deadly Animals by Marie Tierney at Jenny B’s
19th May – Love Marriage by Monique Ali – at Angie A’s
16th June – House of Trelawney by Hannah Rothschild at Mary’s
21st July – The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier and To School Through The Fields by Alice Taylor at Anne Att’s
18th August – Hidden Years by Rachel Hore – at Joanne’s home.
15th September – Drowned Lives by Stephen Booth – at Nicola’s home
20th October – The Stationery Shop Tehran by Marjan Kamali – Jenny B’s home
17th November – Someone Else’s Shoes by Jo Jo Moyes – Anne Atw’s home
15th December – The Tea Planter’s Wife by Dinah Jeffries
2025 – LITCHICKS – All meetings start at 19:30 unless stated otherwise
20th January – Lady Clementine by Marie Benedict – Yetta
17th February – The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett – Rose
17th March – A Room Made of Leaves by Kathleen Greville – Anne
Wednesday 23rd April – The Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis – Julia
19th May – Murder in Helsinki by John Swallow – Jane L
16th June -The Trial by Rob Rinder – Fay
21st July – 44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith – Cherry
18th August – The Long Summer Day by RF Delderfield – Jane L
15th September – A Fortunate Woman by Polly Morland – Joyce
20th October – The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods – Yetta’s
17th November – Pachinka by MinJin Lee – Rose
15th December – Orphans of the Storm by Celia Imrie – Julia
2024 – CHATTERBOOKS
15th January – Holy Island by LJ Ross – 10:00 at Willowbrook Garden Centre
19th February – The Paris Secret by Natasha Lester (recommended by Maggie) – 11:00 at The Tardebigge Pub
18th March – Northanger Abbey by Val Mcdermid – 19:00 at Jenny B’s
15th April – Giver of Stars by Jo Jo Moyes – 19:00 at Jenny B’s
20th May – Salt Path by Raynor Winn 7 pm at the home of Anne A
17th June – Canal Pushers by Andy Griffee 7pm at Angie’s
15th July – Italian Bookshop among the Vines by Amanda Weinberg at Joanne’s
19th August – Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 7pm at Jennie’s
16th September – You Let Me In by Lucy Clarke 7pm at Jenny B’s
21st October – Edda Mussolini – the most dangerous woman in Europe by Caroline Moorehead 7pm at Anne A’s.
18th November – Queenie of Norwich by LK Wilde 7pm at Jenny B’s
16th December – The Wish by Nicholas Sparks
2024 – LITCHICKS
22nd January -Stasiland by Anna Finder – 19:30 at Anne’s to discuss this and Water Babies from December – cancelled due to illness
19th February – Open Secret by Stella Rimmington – at Anne’s to discuss this book, Stasiland and The Water Babies. 19:00 at Julia’s.
18th March – Truly Darkly Deeply by Victoria Selman – Margaret’s at 19:30
15th April – Love Marriage by Monique Ali – 19:30 at Rose H’s
20th May – The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams – 7.30 pm at the home of Ann K
17th June – Canal Pushers by Andy Griffee – 7:30pm at Cherry’s
15th July – Excellent Women by Barbara Pymm
19th August – The Enigma Room 622 by Joel Dicker – 7:30pm at Joyce’s
16th September – Mrs Harris Goes to Paris by Paul Galico – 7:30pm at Claire C’s.
21st October – Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kinsolver – 7:30pm at Julia H’s
18th November – Violetta by Isabel Allende – 7:30pm at Fay P’s
2nd December – The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle by Jennifer Ryan- 11:00 at The Cross Inn
2023
16th Jan The True Colours – Kristin Hannah – Chatterbooks at Maggie Harvey’s and Litchicks at Jane Lodge’s
20th Feb The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo – Taylor Jenkins Reid – Chatterbooks at Anne Attwood’s and Litchicks at Margaret Knewstubb’s
20th Mar Piccadilly Jim – P.G. Wodehouse –
17th Apr The Murders at Fleat House – Lucinda Riley – Chatterbooks at Angie Haran’s and Litchicks at Julia Harwood’s
15th May Narrow Dog to Carcassonne – Terry Darlington Chatterbooks at Anne Attwood’s
24th May Narrow Dog to Carcassonne – Terry Darlington – Litchicks at Cherry Foster’s
19th Jun The Girl at the Window – Rowan Coleman
17th Jul Lessons in Chemistry – Bonnie Garmus – Litchicks at 17:00 at The Ewe and Lamb (to remember Sue Davies) and Chatterbooks at 19:30 at Jennie’s.
21st Aug The Guest List – Lucy Foley
18th Sep Miss Austen – Gill Hornby
16th Oct Murder Before Evensong – The Reverend Richard Coles
Chatterbooks at 10am at Willowbrook Garden Centre
LitChicks at 19:30 at Claire C’s
20th Nov This Boy – Alan Johnson a joint meeting of both groups at The Tardebigge for book discussion and lunch.
18th Dec Chatterbooks – Water Babies – Charles Kingsley – 10:00 at Jenny B’s.
Dec – Litchicks to discuss Water Babies at the January meeting.
2022
17th Jan These Tangled Vines by Julianne Maclean
21st Feb Old Baggage by Lissa Evans
21st Mar Girl Balancing by Helen Dunmore
18th Apr Moloka’i by Alan Brennert
16th May Rachel’s Holiday by Marian Keyes
20th Jun Thursday Murder Club or The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
18th Jul The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christi Lefteri
13th Aug The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie – our 100th book celebrated with Afternoon Tea at Cottage in The Wood, Malvern
19th Sep Chatterbooks – Carnival of the Dead by David Hewson
19th Sep Litchicks – The Lost Daughter by Eleanor Ferrante
17th Oct Iced by Felix Francis
21st Nov Chatterbooks – Mrs Boots by Deborah Carr
28th Nov Litchicks – Mrs Boots by Deborah Carr and Golden Hill by Francis Spufford
19th Dec Chatterbooks – Golden Hill by Francis Spufford
2021
18th Jan Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
15th Feb The Heat Wave by Kate Riordan
15th Mar The Garden of Lost and Found by Harriet Evans
19th Apr A Minute to Midnight by David Baldacci
17th May Good Cop, Bad War by Neil Woods
21st Jun Cold in the Earth by Aline Templeton
19th Jul One Last Summer by Victoria Connelly
16th Aug Old Filth by Jane Gardam
20th Sep All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
18th Oct Dirty Little Secrets by Jo Spain
15th Nov The Empty Nest by Sue Watson
20th Dec The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
2020
January – Addlands by Tom Bullough
February – This is going to hurt by Adam Kay
March – The seven sisters by Lucinda Riley
The following dates below will go ahead via a Zoom meeting.
April – Once upon a river by Diane Setterfeld
May – Becoming by Michelle Obama
June – The remains of the day by Kazuo Ishiguro
July – When crickets cry by Charles Martin
August – The war widow by Lorna Gray
September – This is how it always is by Laurie Frankel
October – The cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
November – The great alone by Kristin Hannah
December – I see you by Clare Mackintosh
2019
January – Winter in Madrid by C.J. Sansom
February – Instructions for a heatwave by Maggie O’Farrell
March – A man named Ove by Frederick Backman
April – the keeper of lost things by Ruth Hogan
May – Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine by Gail Honeyman
June – The shadow of the wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
July – I let you go by Clare Macintosh
August – Ultimatum by Frank Gardiner
September – Unravellling Oliver by Liz Nugent
October – Behind closed doors by B.A. Paris
November – God of small things by Arundhati Roy
December – The crossing places by Elly Griffiths
2018
Jan 15th—Bones Never Lie—Kathy Reichs
Feb 19th—A Place Called Winter— Patrick Gale
Mar 19th—The Autobiography of Henry the 8th—Margaret George
Apr 16th—Last Rituals—Yrsa Sigurdardottir
May 21st —Cat’s Eye—Margaret Attwood
Jun 18th—Under the Sun—Lottie Moggach
Jul 16th—The Soldier’s Wife— Joanna Trollope
Aug 20th—Exposure—Helen Dunmore
Sep 17th—My name is Lucy Barton—Elizabeth Strout
Oct 15th—At the Edge of the Orchard—Tracy Chevalier
Nov 19th—God in ruins— Kate Atkinson
Dec 17th—Big Little Lies—Lianne Moriaty
2017
Jan 16th – Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
Feb 20th My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
Mar 20th – The Button Box. Lifting the lid on women’s lives by Lynn Knight
Apr 24th – Heresy by S.J. Parris
May 15th – Maggie Smith A biography by Micheal Coveney
Jun 19th – The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham
July 17th – The Gustav Sonata by Rose Tremain
Aug 21st – The Loney by Andrew Hurley
Sep 18th – Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
Oct 16th – The Past by Tessa Hadley
Nov 20th – The English Passenger by Matthew Kneale
Dec 18th – The Lock Keeper’s Daughter by Pat Warner
2016
Jan – Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell
Feb – Dominion by C.J. Sansom
Mar – Tildy by S Fraser
Apr – Arthur and George by J Barnes
May – Various haunts of men by S Hill
Jun – White tiger by A Adig
Jul – Pillars of the Earth by K Follett
Aug – Bless this house by N Lofts
Sep – To kill a mockingbird by H Lee
Oct – Fractured by D Atkins
Nov – Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont by E Taylor
2015
19th Jan – My War Diary by E Bilbrough – score 55.7%
16th Feb – Enchanted April by E Von Arnim – score 64.29%
16th Mar – Wait for Me by D Devonshire – score 63.12%
20th Apr – The Separation by D Jeffries – score 85%
18th May – Saturday Night and Sunday Morning by A Sillitoe – score 52.5%
15th Jun – The Last Boat Home by D Brovig – score 69.7%
20th Jul – Getting it Right by E J Howard – score 61.6%
17th Aug – Knots and Crosses by J Rankin – score 78.8%
21st Sep – Hearts and Minds by A Craig
19th Oct – I am a Pilgrim by T Hayes
16th Nov – The Telling Error by S Hannah
14th Dec – Poetry form the Century
2014
We will be reading the folowing books over the year. We will add our score for each book for it’s enjoyability.
17th Feb – Jenny B – Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs – Score 54%
17th Mar –Sandy – Tiny Sunbirds Far Away by Christie Watson – Score 75%
28th Apr – Sue D – Dissolution by C J Sansom – Score 87%
19th May – Margaret – Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy Score 45%
16th Jun – Caroline – Moon Island by Rosie Thomas Score 53%
21st Jul – Thalia – Raven Black by Ann Cleeves
18th Aug – tba – The Kitchen’s God’s Wife by Amy Tan Score 80%
22nd Sep – Caroline – Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford Score 74%
20th Oct – Margaret – And the Mountain Echoed by Khalid Hosseini Score 73%
17th Nov – tba – The Island by Victoria Hislop
15th Dec – Sue D – tba
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