Reading
Come and join the
EuroMayenne Reading Group
We share a love of books !
PLEASE NOTE that there will NOT be a meeting of the group in December.
NEXT MEETING:
WEDNESDAY 28 January 2026 at 2:30pm
Venue: at a EuroMayenne Member’s house
in Evron (Contact Pam Davies, details below)
This EuroMayenne group is for members to get together each month to discuss a book that they have all just read.
It will encourage you to read more books and books that you might not normally choose.
The reasons that people give for joining a reading group include reading a wide variety of books, making friends, having fun, meeting like-minded people and stimulating the brain cells!
So please come and join us for our fourth year in this venture.
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When
Monthly on the last Wednesday at 2.30 pm.
Please let Pam know (contact details at the bottom of this page) at least one week in advance if you will be going.
So, make notes in your diary for
Book titles – see table below.
These are to be across a wide range of genres including general fiction, mysteries, historical fiction and non-fiction. They are always available in English and French versions. They allow for discussion between both English and French speakers.
Future books to read are decided by the group members.
2026
| Month | Title | Author | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 28 | Out of Africa | Karen Blixen | In 1914 Karen Blixen arrived in Kenya with her husband to run a coffee farm. Instantly drawn to the land, she spent her happiest years there until the plantation failed. Karen Blixen was forced to return to Denmark in 1931 and it was there that she wrote this classic account of her experiences. A poignant farewell to her beloved farm, Out of Africa describes her strong friendships with the people of her area, her affection for the landscape and animals, and great love for the adventurer Denys Finch-Hatton. |
| February 25 | The Last List of Mabel | Laura Pearson | Mabel Beaumont’s husband Arthur loved lists. He’d leave them for her everywhere. But now Arthur is gone. He died: softly, gently, not making a fuss. But he’s still left her a list. This one has just one item on it though: ‘Find D’. Mabel feels sure she knows what it means. She must track down her best friend Dot, who she hasn’t seen since the fateful day she left more than sixty years ago. What she doesn’t know is that her list isn’t just about finding her old friend. And that if she can admit the secrets of the past, maybe she could even find happiness again… |
| March 25 | How to Talk About Books You Haven’t Read | Pierre Bayard | How and why do we spend so much time talking about forgotten books, books we’ve skimmed or books we’ve only heard about? In this mischievous and provocative book, Pierre Bayard contends that the truly cultivated person does not need to read books: understanding their place in our culture is enough. |
| April 29 | The Midnight Library | Matt Haig | THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON READERS’ MOST LOVED BOOK OF 2021 WINNER OF THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD FOR FICTION Nora’s life has been going from bad to worse. Then at the stroke of midnight on her last day on earth she finds herself transported to a library. There she is given the chance to undo her regrets and try out each of the other lives she might have lived. Which raises the ultimate question: with infinite choices, what is the best way to live? |
| May 27 | The Glassmaker | Tracy Chevalier | Venice, 1486. Across the lagoon lies Murano. Time flows differently here – like the glass the island’s maestros spend their lives perfecting. In secret, Orsola Rosso learns to craft glass. As a woman, she must flout convention to save her family from ruin. We follow her through hundreds of years of war and plague, tragedy and triumph, love and loss. Skipping like a stone across the centuries, The Glassmaker is a virtuoso portrait of a woman, a family and a city that are as everlasting as glass. |
| June 24 | Rebecca | Daphne du Maurier | ‘The greatest psychological thriller of all time’ ERIN KELLY Everyone knows that Maxim de Winter was obsessed with his glamorous wife – and devastated by her tragic death. So when he proposes to a shy, anxious young woman after a whirlwind meeting in the South of France, no one is more surprised than the new bride herself. But when they reach Manderley, his beautiful, isolated Cornish mansion, the second Mrs de Winter begins to realise that every inch of her new home – and everyone in it – still belongs to Rebecca. |
Where
At the home of a member in Evron
Contact Pam Davies for details (see below)
Cost
There will be no cost other than the member purchasing/downloading the book of the month.
Refreshments (tea/coffee/cakes) will always be available – all that is asked is for a small donation.
Interested ?
Contact the reading group:
| Pam DAVIES | 02.43.00.87.17 | contact@euromayenne.org |
