Read the What I Am Reading posters on doors to see what staff are currently reading.
Read the What I Am Reading posters on doors to see what staff are currently reading.
Ask staff about their books!
Ask staff about their books!
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Books are Us!
Books are Us!
Lively, lovely booky chat
Lively, lovely booky chat
Everyone loved this epic emotional rollercoaster of a novel.
End of term Staff Book Group Lunch
End of term Staff Book Group Lunch
Summer is here when it is the end of term sharing lunch for Staff Book Group.
All are taking part in the World Cup Staff Reading Fun over the summer.
This is a dual-perspective novel following a Mi'kmaq family from Nova Scotia whose 4-year-old daughter, Ruthie, goes missing from a Maine blueberry field in 1962. The story explores the ensuing decades of familial trauma, centering on Ruthie’s brother, Joe, and Ruthie herself, who was kidnapped and raised by a wealthy white family. All in Book Group enjoyed this book.
Eurotrash follows a middle-aged narrator and his 80-year-old mother on a surreal road trip through their native Switzerland as they attempt to rid themselves of a fortune built on arms dealing.
Close to home with this choice and Elgin features in the story of the bog woman and the Cabrach.
Everyone enjoyed the book and there was good discussion about the characters, the superstitions, WW1, Moray and more.
"When we finish this story, you may say, "That was impossible." But here is the funny thing about truth: the less real something seems, the more people want to believe it."
Until he was eleven years old, Nico Krispis never told a lie. On the day the Nazis invaded his home in Salonika, Greece, a German officer found Nico and offered him a chance to save his family. When Nico realizes he helped send the people he loved to their doom in Auschwitz, it's all too late. Since that day, Nico never tells the truth again.
All thought this a very readable and intriguing book.
Featuring a host of unforgettable, colourful, and irreverent members of the Havana underground, The Weasel and The Whore raises vitally important questions which a whole generation is finding increasingly difficult to ignore: how to live under a regime that promotes class abuse and hate, whether it be sexual or for reasons of gender identity, or the simple fact of voicing one’s own thoughts?
The Weasel and The Whore is a debut novel and was awarded the Franz Kafka Prize in 2020 as well as the English PEN Award for English translation.
It was agreed in th e group that this was a provocative read.
24 February: some of Staff Book Group
24 February: some of Staff Book Group
Everyone loved our January book: Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton. A couple in the group were not too sure to begin with, but soon changed minds and relished it all.
Gifts from Santa
Gifts from Santa
16 December: festive lunch
16 December: festive lunch
The elves were busy
The elves were busy
What a lovely final meeting of term for the Staff Book Group.
Books, of course were the gifts from Santa!
Books, of course were the gifts from Santa!
Miss Wignall in the Maths department said: It was a slower pace, but still very engaging. I found the characters had an excellent level of depth, allowing me to really connect with them. It was a read I found very enjoyable and easy to finish.
The story of one family living in Bournville (home of the Cadbury chocolate factory) from World War II to present day.
Everyone loved this book and there were lots of enthusiastic comments and great chat about this award-winning book.
There was a big fan base for Elif Shafak and everyone loved her book. In this meeting, there was good book chat as always and lots of interesting thoughts and opinions.
2024 - 2025
2024 - 2025
End of term lunch and book chat
End of term lunch and book chat
Some of our Staff Book Group enjoyed a sharing lunch and chat about summer holiday reads.
Plus, they enjoyed the discussion about our June book: Intermezzo by Sally Rooney.
Happy summer from the Staff Book Group.
A tense and chilling novel which explores the experiences of an Englishwoman, Frances Shore, living in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia with her husband.
December 2024: Festive Fun
December 2024: Festive Fun
Happy Staff Book Group today and all are looking forward to lots of holiday reading.
Secret Santa Draw
Secret Santa Draw
This was an exciting Staff Book Group meeting on 26 November: brilliant book chat, choosing new reads AND drawing Secret Santa names! All of Santa's gifts will be books. Lucky Team EA staff .
Giggles!
Giggles!
Giggles? At Staff Book Group? Yes and lots of them.
There was a good discussion and sharing of recent reads during the September meetig.
Welcome too, to Mrs Ross (on the left), recent Team EA recruit, to the group.
Late one evening towards the end of March, a teenager picked up a double-barrelled shotgun, walked into the forest, put the gun to someone else's forehead and pulled the trigger. This is the story of how we got there.
This novel sees a researcher of ancient algae make a discovery which will propel her on a journey across the universe. Our first science fiction choice in a while and the first book of the new term.
Staff Book Group 2023 - 24
Staff Book Group 2023 - 24
The final meeting of the term was a BYODish lunch and lots of book chat. Especially about this literry thriller, based ona true story.
The book in the spotlight was this dark, twisty crime thriller
All enjoyed this 21st century version of David Copperfield: this powerful reimagining of David Copperfield follows one boy’s struggle to survive amid America’s opioid crisis.
Snakes Alive! Our March Staff Book Group meeting was all about the gorgeous gorgon Medusa.
Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes was the book in the spotlight.
Gods, men and monsters!
Our first book of 2024 and there was lots to discuss.
Secret Santa and holiday reading were also shared in the group.
December 2023: Festive Staff Book Group
December 2023: Festive Staff Book Group
Delicious food and Secret Santa
Delicious food and Secret Santa
It was exciting to be discussing this absolute cracker: the stunning Yoto Carnegies 23 winner ! All loved the writing and there was lot sof discussion about the characters; the mutated animals, the driving towards a nuclear power station and... were Dylan and his mum unreliable narrators? But, decided they were, indeed, reliable. All agreed: powerful and memorable.
One book was stuck in the North Pole. To be delivered soon.
One book was stuck in the North Pole. To be delivered soon.
September 2023: The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
September 2023: The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
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