The new season of our Book Club will run from November 2025 to May 2026. The theme is Book Award Winners and the selected books are: The Book Club will meet online every 6-8 weeks from 19:30 to 21:00 (CET). Our discussion will revolve around 2 elements, namely story (plot + character development) and style (writing style + length). We will also score each book so that, … Continue reading Book Club Season 26
“Map of the Invisible World” by Tash Aw (Malaysia) Review Intriguing, colourful and touching are some of the words that readers used to describe this story set at the beginning of Indonesian independence. They agreed that the author painted a vivid picture of life both in the countryside and in the city during these turbulent times. One reader found it somewhat confusing because of the change in … Continue reading Map of the Invisible World
Members of the Summer Reading Group enjoyed the selection of books this year, though most did not manage to read all five (on average they read four)! They voted “The Harmony Silk Factory” by Tash Aw the Best Summer Read 2006. The story has three parts with three different narrators and members enjoyed the suspense the author manages to build up in the first two … Continue reading Best Summer Read 2006 – The Harmony Silk Factory
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