{"id":16578,"date":"2026-01-29T17:27:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T16:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=16578"},"modified":"2026-01-29T17:27:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T16:27:51","slug":"page-turners-reading-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=16578","title":{"rendered":"Page Turners Reading List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"5\" \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2078\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?attachment_id=2078\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/PageTurners.jpg?fit=600%2C119\" data-orig-size=\"600,119\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pageturners\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/PageTurners.jpg?fit=300%2C60\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/PageTurners.jpg?fit=600%2C119\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2078\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/PageTurners.jpg?resize=400%2C79\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/PageTurners.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/PageTurners.jpg?resize=300%2C60 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #800080;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong>Page Turners Reading List.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Secret Santa did an excellent job in giving preloved books to all the Page Turners. At the first meeting of the year, everyone was asked to provide a brief synopsis of their book (with no spoilers) and a recommendation for its inclusion (or exclusion) on the next Page Turners reading list.<\/p>\n<p>We will be reading the following books in the forthcoming months. Why not read along with us and decide if you agree (or disagree..!!) with the reviews that are published in What&#8217;s On every month?<\/p>\n<p>February <em>The Place of Tides<\/em>, James Rebanks<\/p>\n<p>March <em>The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store<\/em>, James McBride<\/p>\n<p>April <em>An Equal Music, <\/em>Vikram Seth<\/p>\n<p>May <em>The Wonder<\/em>, Emma Donoghue<\/p>\n<p>June <em>The Names<\/em>, Florence Knapp<\/p>\n<p>Happy reading<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"5\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Page Turners Reading List. &nbsp; Secret Santa did an excellent job in giving preloved books to all the Page Turners. At the first meeting of the year, everyone was asked to provide a brief synopsis of their book (with no spoilers) and a recommendation for its inclusion (or exclusion) on the next Page Turners reading list. We will be [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[430,41],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6cWjO-4jo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9788,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=9788","url_meta":{"origin":16578,"position":0},"title":"Walking\u00a0 Books","author":"Alan Williams","date":"1st June 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"THE PAGE TURNERS Walking\u00a0 Books As Welsh Government Covid restrictions meant the Page Turners could not meet inside, it was decided to have a meeting in the fresh air and walk \u2018n\u2019 talk. 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