Modern Novels 6 meets in each other’s homes and none of us has room to accommodate more than the current nine members. Two members have to host in cafés or other people’s houses as their own homes are too small. We all agree that for a good discussion, nine people seems ideal.
One of our members joined in 1991 and the newest members joined well before the pandemic. We love our book group and would advise anyone who can’t find a book club to join, to seek out like-minded people and start a new one.
Our meetings are once a month. We plan what we are going to read, and who will host each meeting, for a whole year in advance. Some of us get our books from the library, some their copy online, some use Kindles, and those with sight problems use audiobooks. The discussion of the book we’ve all read (or occasionally just attempted to read) usually lasts about an hour and it’s great to get different perspectives on what we’ve read. We read a wide variety of books, even occasionally books which wouldn’t fit the ‘Modern Novels’ title, and we all agree that it means we read books we would never otherwise have considered, and we appreciate this broadening of our horizons.
After the discussion of the book, we have tea/coffee and cake – and chat! Most of us only see each other at book group, but we have very real friendships which we all value highly. Our December meeting is much more focussed on enjoying a meal together, either a bring-and-share in someone’s home, or in a local hostelry.
Modern Novels 6 was the first u3a group I joined back in 2010, and the only one to which I still belong (several no longer exist). I can thoroughly recommend it, but you can’t join because we don’t have a vacancy!
Judy Smith

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