Derby Book Club Reviews
Below are a selection of reviews from books that members of the Ladies Night Out Club book club have previously read.
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher
Author: Kate Summerscale Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Paperback: 384 pages
ISBN: 978-0747596486 Overall Rating: 
Date: Tuesday 15 September 2009
Review: The Galaxy Book of the Year, British Book Awards 2009 winner of the BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize. Shortlisted for the Crime Writer's Association Gold Dagger. (read more)
Parky: My Autobiography
Author: Michael Parkinson Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks Paperback: 440 pages
ISBN: 978-0340961674 Overall Rating:
Date: Saturday 22nd August 2009
Review: This was the book club group's first attempt at reading an autobiography and I mean attempt as not all of us managed to finish the book. (read more)
The Witch of Portobello
Author: Paulo Coelho Publisher: Harper Paperback: 368 pages
ISBN: 978-0007251872 Overall Rating:
Date: Tuesday 6th January 2009
Review: The Witch of Portobello is a novel by Paulo Coelho in which the reader uncovers the mysterious life and disappearance of a woman named Athena. (read more)
The Point of Rescue
Author: Sophie Hannah Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks Paperback: 464 pages
ISBN: 978-0340933121 Overall Rating:
Date: Tuesday 11th November 2008
Review: Sally is watching the news with her husband when she hears a name she ought not to recognize: Mark Bretherick. (read more)
The Pirate's Daughter
Author: Margaret Cezair-Thompson Publisher: Headline Review Paperback: 528 pages
ISBN: 978-0755343591 Overall Rating:
Date: Tuesday 30th September 2008
Review: In 1946, a storm-wrecked boat carrying Hollywood's most famous swashbuckler shored up on the coast of Jamaica, and the glamorous world of 1940's Hollywood converged with that of a small West Indian society. (read more)
Addition
Author: Toni Jordan Publisher: Sceptre Paperback: 256 pages
ISBN: 978-0340963777 Overall Rating:
Date: Tuesday 19th August 2008
Review: Grace Lisa Vandenburg is in love with numbers. She can tell you the number of letters in her name (19), bristles in her toothbrush (1768) and her brother-in-law's height in centimetres (167). (read more)
Purchase the Books
You can purchase any of the books that the Ladies Night Out Club have previously read or are planning to for a future event from the below selection. A small contribution from each sale when bought directly through Amazon comes back to us and helps to keep this website running!
Alice in Wonderland or Leap Year
Category: Girly Night at the Movies
Date: Wednesday 17 March 2010
Time: 7:00pm
Cost: Cost of ticket admission
Location: Odeon Cinema, Meteor Centre, Mansfield Road, Derby DE21 4SY (map)
Description: For this months cinema night we will either be going to see Alice in Wonderland or Leap Year. (read more)
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher
Category: Book Club
Date: Tuesday 15 September 2009
Cost: Free to attend
Rating: 
Location: Sam's House
Review: The Galaxy Book of the Year, British Book Awards 2009 winner of the BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize. Shortlisted for the Crime Writer's Association Gold Dagger. (read more)
Event: Wii Fit and Wii Team Games Night
Date: Wednesday 6 January 2010
Details: Due to adverse weather conditions this event has now been cancelled. We're sorry for any inconvenience caused.
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