The last book group meeting of the year took place last week and we won't be gathering together now until the end of January. But our discussion has given us lots of reading matter to pursue until we meet again. 

There were a dozen recommendations enthusiastically and eloquently shared by members of the group, and I'll be listing these on my website next week (sorry for the delay, this week has run away from me!).

We've also picked up the book we'll all be reading together in time for the discussion on Monday 27 January - it is called 'The Valley at the Centre of the World' by Malachy Tallack. It will be interesting, as always, to see what we each make of that.

At our last meeting it was good to look back on the titles we've read in 2024 and, in voting for our favourite, we found that they all had something memorable and thought-provoking to contribute.

But the overall winner? It was a resounding vote for 'Horse' by Geraldine Brooks, the book we've just finished reading. Good to end the year on a high!

Thank you for reading.