Church Road Book Club

We twelve women are Church Road Book Club. Church Road is in a small corner of a rural village in North Somerset. We met virtually during the pandemic in a WhatsApp support group, and discovered we wanted to talk about books. Although we welcomed anyone in the community to join, interestingly, only women responded. Initially, we didn't know each other well (or at all!) despite living around the corner. We range from mid-30s to 70+, including two sets of mothers and adult daughters, with varied life experiences; some people were ‘hard-core’ readers, whereas others wanted to know where to start. We meet once a month in our homes with one member choosing and then ‘championing’ a book. Over 75% of the books we have read are written by women, and we read widely across genres. We enjoy every aspect of ‘Book Talk’: the nitty gritty of character, style and plot, as well as the stories – and we sometimes bake goodies matching the book :) We enjoy sharing our diverse views on what we read but absolutely agree on one thing: after book club, the book is always better!

Tags audio, ebook, women only