The Book Group was formed in 1988 by Ray Adams, our minister at the time, with church members who love to read. The rationale was that people who belong to a church need to have a better idea of what and how people outside the church think, especially if they want to interact constructively with the modern world.

Since its foundation the Book Group has convened approximately every six weeks to discuss a book. Through the years its members have been introduced to new authors, books, as well as new countries and cultures outside western culture. Occasionally the Book Group has returned to a literature classic, only to discover how contemporary its themes and concerns are.

The size of the Book Group has stayed stable at approximately nine people through the years. Once every year they meet to suggest books for the following twelve months, so that every person usually contributes one book for the reading list. Displayed on the left are the books read and discussed during 2012. The reading list for 2015 is as follows:

Month	Book	Author
Feb	The Shock of the Fall	Nathan Filer
Mar	Howard’s End is on the Landing: A year of reading from home	Susan Hill
April	The Book of Strange New Things	Michel Faber
May	No meeting
June	Rush Home Road	Lori Lansens
July	The Casual Vacancy	J K Rowling
Aug	No meeting
Sept	Bad Blood	Lorna Sage
Nov	Goodbye to all That	Robert Graves

People who are interested in joining the Bookworm Group should contact the church in the first instance. Alternatively please e-mail David,  Webmaster, at [email protected]

To obtain a copy of your reading group book search the Croydon Libraries database or visit your local library:

Croydon Library Service