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Welcome to the Aldwick Revival WI President's Blog. This is where you'll find Aileen's regular posts to the members, including news, events, gossip and the occasional joke!
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Tom Lake
by Anne Pratchett This book was about a farming family in Michigan, USA, and we joined them in the height of the cherry picking season...
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Mar 173 min read
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Anxious People and List of Suspicious Things
Anxious People Fredrick Backman A book about which People magazine said: “[A] quirky, big-hearted novel…Wry, wise, and often...
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Feb 165 min read
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Strange Sally Diamond
Liz Nugent Sally Diamond would only have been strange if she hadn’t turned out how she had. It was a story about kidnap and abuse,...
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Nov 15, 20244 min read
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Hey! What's cookin'?
Hello Ladies, As someone who is not renowned for my prowess in the kitchen, I thoroughly enjoyed the cookery demonstration given by...
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Oct 23, 20245 min read
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Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter?
by Nicci French What’s not to like about this Richard and Judy Book List best seller? It has everything we love about a page turner. It...
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Oct 15, 20243 min read
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Yellowface
Rebecca F. Kuang Audible 8h 38m NO SPOILERS! This book has lots of really positive reviews and I was looking forward to reading it. It’s...
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Sep 17, 20245 min read
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Goodbye Summer? So much to look forward to.
Hello Ladies, As our ‘Summer’ comes to an end, I hope that you’ve managed some quality time with friends and family and have soaked up...
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Sep 17, 20246 min read
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Party time
Hello Ladies, I think it’s fair to say that July has, so far, been a bit of a wash-out. We had a few of days of sunshine at the end of...
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Jul 17, 20244 min read
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The Trial
by Rob Rinder 2024 The darling of the media, super-cop Grant Clivedon, drops down dead in the witness box at the Old Bailey. The country...
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Jun 18, 20242 min read
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The Silver Dark Sea
By Susan Fletcher Published 2012 You’ll know by now that I usually listen to books if at all possible, but this book is not available on...
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May 23, 20243 min read
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What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Hello Ladies, I feel that I have to begin this Update by offering huge thanks to Kate, our speaker at the meeting last Thursday. As a...
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May 21, 20243 min read
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“What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”
Hello Ladies, One of the lovely things about having a dog is that CoCo and I get to spend time together on some lovely walks. Last week...
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May 8, 20244 min read
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Like attracts like?
Most days I come home from our beach walk with two sopping wet labradoodles and a handful of litter. I love walking along what I call the...
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Apr 22, 20242 min read
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Spring is in the air...
Hello Ladies, Isn’t it lovely to arrive at Seasons for our monthly meeting in the daylight? Although the weather has been erratic this...
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Apr 22, 20243 min read
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An Invisible Thread
By Laura Schroff I actually read this one whilst I was too poorly to do the thousand and one tasks I normally carry out each day whilst I...
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Apr 16, 20247 min read
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President's update and Annual Meeting Reports.
Hello Ladies, It was truly heart-warming to see so many of you who turned up to our Annual Meeting last Thursday. I think that all went...
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Mar 25, 202410 min read
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The Dry
Written by Jane Harper, released January 2017 Aaron Falk series book 1 You can read on with no spoilers! I confess I am a detective story...
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Mar 16, 20244 min read
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Blooms, Bingo and Bras...
Hello Ladies, Happy Mother’s Day to all you Mums, Grandmothers and Great Grandmothers. I hope you’re having a wonderful day being spoilt...
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Mar 16, 20243 min read
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Help the Kelp!
Hello Ladies, Can it be two whole weeks since I wrote my last Update from the balcony of our hotel apartment in Lanzarote? It seems like...
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Feb 19, 20243 min read
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The Midnight House
By Amanda Geard The Midnight House, by Amanda Geard, published 2022 NO SPOILERS! You can read on without fear…. At 14 hours and 5 minutes...
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Feb 19, 20244 min read
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