Book Club Musings

  • The Appetite Book Club Reading List

    Established in 2007, the Appetite Book Club continues to grow. There are evening and daytime options, meeting over supper twice a month or in the morning, on the last Thursday of the month, to discuss our book choice over a cuppa. We wonder how many of our book choices you have read and enjoyed? Or even better, not enjoyed! A book club would be boring if we all liked the same thing. Please find our previous reads here. year month title author 2026 MAR The Boy From The Sea Garrett Carr 2026 FEB Good Girl Aria Aber year month title author […]

  • The Cocoa Bookclub Reading List

    Hello Lovely Reader! The Cocoa Bookclub established itself in 2023 and has been growing ever since. If you scroll down, you can take a look at the books we have read previously. This list will be updated regularly to feature the most recent book club read. September 2025 – Piranesi August 2025 – The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue July 2025 – Butter June 2025 – Intermezzo May 2025 – Spoilt Creatures April 2025 – The Giant Dark March 2025 – I Who Have Never Known Men February 2025 – The Lamb January 2025 – A Winter Book December 2024 – Upon a […]

  • To read or not to read?

    Blog note:  Author Regina Lopez Puerta’s first language is Spanish, not English. This is why we have retained the American spelling of realised   Incidentally, Regina will be hosting Spanish classes at Red Lion Books. Please email us@redlionbooks.co.uk for more information.   There’s a piece of advice my Dad gave me when I was little and it’s stuck with me ever since “If you’re not enjoying the book you’re reading, drop it. Life is too short to read bad books.” I’ve lived by those words ever since, and 40 pages into a very popular novel whose name shall not be named, […]

  • A new book club on the block (Jo interviewing Louise & Regina about YA titles)

      Hello Louise. Hello Regina , this is going to be fun, interviewing my lovely colleagues. How are you both today? Regina: Hi Jo! It’s great to talk to you, we’re very excited to share great news with our customers. Louise: I’m great today, Jo and super excited to be doing this interview   Could you say how you ended up working with us at Red Lion Books? Louise: I come from Clacton and have worked for Red Lion Books since February 2022. The day I got the interview for the job was my birthday, so I often call my job […]