Bookworms is a monthly on-line book club for Eye Matter members. All books are listed on the RNIB’s Easy Reader. If you have any book recommendations, please email suzie@eyematter.org.uk . We aim to cover a wide variety of authors and genres.
If you are interested in joining this lively group, please email: suzie@eyematter.org.uk with the subject title ‘Bookworms’.
May: Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
June: Tom Clancy’s Line of Sight, Jack Ryan Junior No. 5 by Mike Maden
July: An Angel Called My Name: Incredible True Stories from the Other Side by Theresa Cheung
August: The Mystery of the Parsee Lawyer by Shrabani Basu
September: The golden rendezvous by Alastair McLean
Below is a list and award for all the books reviewed by Eye Matter members:
April: King Rat by James Clavell 8.3/10
Set in Changi, the most notorious prisoner of war camp in Asia, King Rat is an heroic story of survival told by a master story-teller who lived through those years as a young soldier. Only one man in fifteen had the strength, the luck, and the cleverness simply to survive Changi.
March: Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl 6.5/10
The author learnt the extremities of suffering whilst in concentration camps. But he has used his experiences to find ways of healing sickness of mind and spirit. His technique of what he calls ‘logotherapy’ shows people can be set free from despair and find new courage to face circumstances which seem beyond them. He bases his therapy on man’s striving for a higher and ultimate meaning to his existence.
Feb: The Maid by Nita Prose 9.5/10
The maid is a who done it mystery.
The book is beautifully written and as an audio book, beautifully narrated.
Molly the maid, is portrayed as a very vulnerable innocent young woman who gets caught up in murder and drug dealing.
There are many twists and turns throughout the story. Touching on mental health, violence and crime, holding the reader’s attention to the very end.
Jan: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 8.5/10
2023:
Dec: The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead 8/10
Nov: The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck 8/10
Oct: Tennison, Lynda La Plant 9/10
Sep: Burley Cross postbox theft, Nicola Barker 6.5/10
Augu: Conclave, Robert Harris 8/10
Jul: A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry 7/10
Jun: Every Secret Thing, Emma Cole 8.5/10
May: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell 5/10
Apr: Northern Lights, Philip Pullman 8/10
Mar: The Devil’s Teardrop, Jeffery Deaver 9/10
Apr: Northern Lights, Philip Pullman 8/10
Feb: The Casual Vacancy, J K Rowling 9.5/10
Jan: Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell 8/10
2022
The Crossing Places, Elly Griffiths 8/10
Portrait Of a Spy (Gabriel Allon 11), Daniel Silva 7/10
Conman, Richard Asplin 6/10
Life After Life, Kate Atkinson 7.5/10
1st To Die, James Patterson 7.5/10
Box 88, Charles Cumming 9.5/10
The Secret Life Of Bees, Sue Kidd 8.5/10
A Man Called Ove, Fredrik Backman 8/10
The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown 9/10
The Eye Of The World, Robert Jorden 3/10
Circe, Madeline Miller 9/10
The Thursday Murder Club, Richard Osman 8.5/10
2021
Dark Matter, Greg Iles 7.5/10
Storm Front, Jim Butcher 6/10
Shuggie Bain, Douglas Stuart 8/10
Remember Me, Lesley Pearse 7/10
Zen and the art of motor cycle maintenance, Robert Persig 4/10
The 100 year old man Who Climbed Out Of The Window, Jonas Jonasson 8/10