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Saxon Shore (Herne Bay and Whitstable)

Reading group 2

Status:Active, not currently accepting new members
Facilitator:
Susan Joy
Group email: Reading group 2 group
When: Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
Venue: Member's home

We are an informal group and meet monthly to discuss a book chosen by individual group members. At each meeting, the person who chose the book under review summarises why they chose it. Susan Joy then goes around to each person and asks for scores against categories which enables discussions. We also have refreshments during our reviews. Towards the end of each meeting, the following month's read is mentioned. We then share information on other books we have been reading and interesting TV programs, films and events.

For the discussions we look at a book with various review criteria in mind:-

Did it have a good story/plot? Was there an emotional impact? Would we recommend it? Did we like the style and the characterisation? Was it thought provoking and encouraged further research? Did it resonate and would we read more books by this author?

For more details, please click on the Group email.

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Groups listed alphabetically

  • Armchair Travel
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
    3rd Thursday of the month
  • Art History and Appreciation
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    3rd Tues of the month
  • Arts & Crafts
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
  • Bird Watching
    Status: Active
    Ad Hoc, usually fortnightly
  • Bolivia Card Game
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
  • Bridge
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
  • Bus Pass Travel
    Status: Active
    Ad Hoc
  • Canasta
    Status: Full
    Weekly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Aim to arrive from 1.45pm to ensure time to buy a refreshment.
  • Canasta 2
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Please arrive from 1.45 pm in time to make yourself a drink.
  • Card making & mixed media
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
  • Cercle Francais
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Thursday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
  • Computer Group
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    1st and 3rd Weds
  • Contemporary Music
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:30 am-12:30 pm
  • Creative writing
    Status: Waiting list
    Fortnightly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:30 pm
  • Cribbage
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
  • Crime Novel Reading
    Status: Active
    On Thursday afternoons 2:30 pm-4:30 pm
    3rd Thurs of the month
  • Current Affairs
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 11:00 am-12:30 pm
    1st Thurs of the Month
  • Cycling for Fun
    Status: Active
    Ad hoc
  • Drawing
    Status: Active
    On Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd and 4th Tues
  • Family History
    Status: Waiting list
    Fortnightly on Monday mornings 10:15 am-12:15 pm
  • Family History 2
    Status: Full
    Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons
  • French Conversation Intermediate+
    Status: Full
    Weekly on Monday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
    Weekly
  • Fun with Words (Writing Group 2)
    Status: Waiting list
    Weekly on Tuesday mornings 10:15 am-12:00 pm
  • Gardening Volunteers
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 1:30 pm
    4th Tues of the month
  • German Conversation
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Wednesday afternoons 3:00 pm-4:00 pm
  • Gin Group
    Status: Full
    Evenings 7:00 pm-9:15 pm
    Ad Hoc
  • Jazz Appreciation
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:30 pm-4:30 pm
    4th Tues of the month except for July, August and December.
  • Knitting & Crochet Social
    Status: Waiting list
    Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
    Also optionally, every 1st Wednesday of the month, pre-session lunch.
  • Local History
    Status: Waiting list
    On Thursday mornings 10:30 am-12:30 pm
    3rd Thurs of the month
  • Mah Jong
    Status: Active
    On Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-1:00 pm
  • Medieval History
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
    3rd Mon of the month
  • Meditation
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Wednesday mornings 9:45 am-12:00 pm
  • Members On Their Own (MOTO)
    Status: Active
    Ad Hoc
  • Motorcycle
    Status: Active
    Ad hoc
  • Out to Lunch
    Status: Full
    Ad hoc
  • Outings
    Status: Active
    Ad Hoc
  • Parlons Francais
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-11:30 am
    2nd and 4th Thurs
  • Patchwork & Quilting
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:30 am-12:30 pm
    2nd Thurs of the month
  • Petanque
    Status: Active
    On Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
  • Petanque 2
    Status: Full
    Weekly on Tuesday mornings 11:00 am-1:00 pm
  • Pickleball
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Thursday mornings 9:30 am-11:30 am
  • Play Reading
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-5:00 pm
    2nd Thurs of the month
  • Poetry
    Status: Waiting list
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons
  • Quizzicals
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 12:30 pm-2:30 pm
    Last Weds of each month
  • Reading group 1
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
    3rd Mon of the month
  • Reading group 2
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
  • Reading Group 3 - The Belles
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Monday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
    1st Mon of the month
  • Reading Group 4
    Status: Active
    Monthly afternoons 2:30 pm-4:00 pm
    Thurs or Fri
  • Sewing Group
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st Mon of the Month
  • Spanish for Fun
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm
  • Table Tennis
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Wednesdays
    Either morning 10 am to 12 pm or afternoon 2 pm to 4 pm
  • Taking Better Pictures
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:15 am-12:00 pm
    1st Weds of the month, includes a coffee break
  • Ten Pin Bowling
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday mornings 12:00 pm
    1st Mon and/or 3rd Weds of the month
  • Totally Folked Up
    Status: Full
    Fortnightly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd and 4th Fri of the month
  • Ukulele Songs
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Thursday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
  • Walking Netball
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Friday mornings 9:30 am-11:00 am
    Often go for a refreshment afterwards
  • Walks (Strollers)
    Status: Active
    Ad hoc
  • Watercolour Painting
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm
    3rd Weds of the month
  • Watercolour Painting 2
    Status: Waiting list
    Fortnightly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Meet 1st and 3rd Fri
  • Wine Appreciation
    Status: Active
    On Wednesday afternoons 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
    Alternate months
  • Writing Group 3
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Wednesday afternoons 2:30 pm-4:30 pm