{"id":1133,"date":"2022-04-01T18:55:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T18:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jrubinstein.co.uk\/?page_id=1133"},"modified":"2025-01-07T11:11:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T11:11:48","slug":"obc-book-list","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jrubinstein.co.uk\/index.php\/obc-book-list\/","title":{"rendered":"OBC Book List"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Book Club Archive!<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Thanks to Kirsten we have an archive of 20 years of books read, enjoyed, torn apart or just discussed!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Glass Pearls<\/strong> by Emerich Pressburger – Penny\u2019s suggestion \u2013 226 pages – January<\/em> – virtual<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ask The Fellows Who Cut The Hay<\/strong> by George Ewart Evans \u2013 Graham\u2019s suggestion \u2013 260 pages – February<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Demon Copperhead<\/strong> by Barbara Kingsolver \u2013 Ros\u2019s suggestion \u2013 560 pages – March<\/em> – virtual<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kafka<\/strong> \u2013 Julia\u2019s suggestion is \u201cThe Trial\u201d 255 pages \u2013 but this could alternatively be an \u201cauthor\u201d evening in which people bring different works from or about the author –April<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1984<\/strong> by George Orwell\/Julia by Sandra Newman – 1984 – Ted’s suggestion- 328 pages, Julia – Jay’s suggestion – 400 pages – May<\/em> – virtual<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Puffball<\/strong> – Fay Weldon – January<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Braiding Sweetgrass<\/strong> – Robin Kimmerer – February – <\/em>Virtual meeting<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Dalkey Archive<\/strong> – Flann O’Brien- March<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Years<\/strong> – Annie Ernaux – April- <\/em>Virtual meeting<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We Begin at the End <\/strong> – May<\/em> – Chris Whitaker<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time Shelter<\/strong> by Georgi Gospodinov<\/a> \u2013 My suggestion \u2013 296 pages –June- <\/em>virtual?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Super-Infinite<\/strong> by Katherine Rundell \u2013 Agris – 352 pages –July- <\/em>virtual?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sourdough <\/strong>by Robin Sloan \u2013 Barrie\u2019s suggestion \u2013 256 pages \u2013 October<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fahrenheit 451 <\/strong>by <\/strong>Ray Bradbury \u2013 Kirsten\u2019s suggestion \u2013 November<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Song of Achilles <\/strong>by Madeleine Miller \u2013 Carol\u2019s suggestion \u2013 368 pages – December<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Suggestions for the next few months<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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2022 – 23<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Untraceable.<\/strong> Sergei Lebedev May<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kleptopia <\/strong>Tom Burgess June<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shuggie Bain<\/strong> Douglas Stuart. July<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Book of Trespass<\/strong> Nick Hayes. September<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Last Word<\/strong> Hanif Kureishi October<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preludes and Nocturnes <\/strong> Neil Gaiman – November<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Last Runaway<\/strong> by Tracey Chevalier OR The Underground Railroad<\/strong> Coulson Whitehead – January<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1000 Years of joys and Sorrows<\/strong>. – Ai Wei Wei – February<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I Give it to you<\/strong> – Valerie Martin – May<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Islands of Abandonment<\/strong> – Cal Flyn – June<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Weight of Ink <\/strong>– Rachel Kadish – July<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting Better <\/strong>– Michael Rosen – September<\/em>– Virtual meeting<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Things that we Lost<\/strong> – Jyoti Patel – October<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pandora’s Jar<\/strong> – Natalie Haynes – November<\/em>– Virtual meeting<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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