The Cotswold Book Nook

22/02/2026

Please visit my Reading Groups Website here 📚⬇️

https://www.thecotswoldbooknookreadinggroups.co.uk/

My Reading Groups are FREE 📚 - No monthly subscriptions

2 Gloucester based Groups of 10 members, Coffee, Tea & Cake, Raffles, Author Visits, Book Themed Days Out, Bookish Breakfasts 📚

Oh and a lot of laughter!

Coffee House 43 & Cafe Elm

22/02/2026

This book is a very insightful read, I'd recommend it to parents - especially those who are considering buying a smart phone for their child. 📚

'The Anxious Generation' written by Jonathan Haidt.

21/02/2026

➡️ Next Hucclecote Reading Group Meeting:

🗓️ Weds 4th March
🕰️ 9:30am to 11:45am
📍Coffee House 43, Hucclecote
📚Theme: Anniversary / Date(s) in Time

🎉 This meeting will celebrate our one year anniversary!

📝 This book club is currently FULLY subscribed. Please DM me if you'd like to join my waiting list.

🌐 Please see my website here: https://www.thecotswoldbooknookreadinggroups.co.uk/ for further info re: my FREE book clubs held in Gloucester local communities.

☕️ Meeting once per month in cosy, independent coffee houses and cafes, there are NO monthly subscription fees.

21/02/2026

➡️ Next Longlevens Reading Group Meeting:

🗓️ Mon 2nd March
🕰️ 9:45am for 10:00am (revised time)
📍Cafe Elm, Longlevens
📚Theme: Holidays

Raffle: £1 per strip, 20p per ticket to win book related prizes.

📝 This book club is currently FULLY subscribed. Please DM me if you'd like to join my waiting list.

🌐 Please see my website here: https://www.thecotswoldbooknookreadinggroups.co.uk/ for further info re: my FREE book clubs held in Gloucester local communities.

☕️ Meeting once per month in cosy, independent coffee houses and cafes, there are NO monthly subscription fees.

20/02/2026

🌸 It’s COVER REVEAL day for Meet Me at Apple Blossom Lane, gorgeous people! 🌸

(Isn’t she pretty?! ✨ I'm thrilled.)

‘A sweet, shiny apple of a book!’ 🍏

Wonderful reader friends, this spring, I’m treating you to…

One small town. One second chance... And a whole lot of blossom!

If you’re ready for a sprinkling of spring joy, you can pre-order my brand-new romcom today. ✨🎈🎉

You're invited to join 💗 Alyssa Heart – the love coach who doesn’t believe in love – as her ailing career shoves her awkwardly back to her old hometown ... to face everything she’d fled from.

The best friend who broke her heart. 😪 The family who didn’t care enough. 😬 And Devan Shaw – the first love she still secretly dreams of. 💔

Throw in a series of seven challenging love tasks, a cast of quirky, meddling residents and an unravelling of secrets that might just change everything.

🌸 This brand-new romantic comedy from Anita Faulkner has been described as ‘witty, warm and wonderful’ and ‘second chance romance at its best!’ 🌸

If you don't want to miss it, you can pre-order yours now – in time for spring…

🍎 UK pre-order link:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Meet-Apple-Blossom-Lane-swoon-worthy-ebook/dp/B0FHN8VGZZ/

🍏 US pre-order link:

https://www.amazon.com/Meet-Apple-Blossom-Lane-swoon-worthy-ebook/dp/B0FHN8VGZZ/

✨ Huge, sparkly thanks to the fabulous team at HQ Stories for everything they do, and to my brilliant agent Kate Nash at Kate Nash Literary Agency. ✨

19/02/2026

Please visit my Reading Groups Website here 📚⬇️

https://www.thecotswoldbooknookreadinggroups.co.uk/ (see link in bio)

My Reading Groups are FREE 📚 - No monthly subscriptions

2 Gloucester based Groups of 10 members, Coffee, Tea & Cake, Raffles, Author Visits, Book Themed Days Out, Bookish Breakfasts 📚

Oh and a lot of laughter!
eehouse43 &

19/02/2026

📚 I'm excited to share plans about my Reading Group Day Outing this June:

~ Morning Coffee upon Arrival

~ Visit to the Jane Austen Centre

~ Jane Austen Afternoon Tea at Bath Pump Room with live music in elegant Georgian surroundings

~ Afternoon Browse in Topping Company Book Shop & other Bath Book Shops

~ Weds 24th June 2026, meet in Bath

~ Members only, please see the Member WhatsApp Groups for further info & prices

12/02/2026

11/02/2026

Books in Bath 📚

09/02/2026

This morning 'The Cotswold Book Nook' Longlevens Reading Group met at Cafe Elm. 📚

We welcomed 2 new members: Melissa and Jenny. 👋🏻

Lots of lovely conversation and fun reviews. 🙂

Theme: Humour 🤣

Our Reviews ⬇️

Book: My Favourite Mistake
Author: Marian Keyes
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Category: Fiction
Read By: Sunny
Rating: 10/10 👍👍 (a book about life in general, a middle aged woman experiencing the perimenopause and 2nd chances - funny)

Book: Fat Chance
Author: Nick Spalding
Genre: Humorous Fiction
Category: Fiction
Read By: Susan
Rating: 9/10 👍 (Especially funny if you've ever tried losing weight or been overweight)

Book: Mother Hens
Author: Sophie McCartney
Genre: Humour
Category: Fiction
Read By: Sophie
Rating: 7/10 👍 (Book not finished yet, score will be 10/10 if the cheating ex-husband gets pushed off the cliff!)

Book: Little Weirds
Author: Jenny Slate
Genre: Memoir
Category: Non Fiction
Read By: Melissa
Rating: 9/10 👍 (Funny, easy to read as its a collection of short stories)

Books: (1) I haven't been entirely honest with you & (2) Miranda's Daily Dose of Fun
Author: Miranda Hart
Genre: Biography & Comedy
Category: Both Non Fiction
Read By: Sue
Rating: 5/10 (Not finished the Biography yet but it doesn't contain the 'expected' humour as it's a true account of Miranda's burnout and illness) & 10/10 👍 (Daily Dose of Fun, funny things to do day to day)

Book: The Woman who ran away from Everything
Author: Fiona Gibson
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Category: Fiction
Read By: Ann
Rating: 8/10 👍 (Funny moments and resonates at times about a woman who feels overworked and unappreciated)

Book: The Saturday Night Sauvignon Sisterhood
Author: Gill Simms
Genre: Humour
Category: Fiction
Read By: Jane (Host)
Rating: 7/10 👍 (Not my usual type of read, funny and totally fitted the brief, sections about younger children very relatable)

Book: Friends of Dorothy
Author: Sandi Toksvig
Genre: Contemporary Fiction / LGBTQ+ / Romance / Humour
Category: Fiction
Read By: Lyn
Rating: 8/10 👍 (Predictable towards end but an easy read with a warm fuzzy ending)

NEW Raffle - Winner: Sue (2 of her tickets won & she very kindly donated one prize to Sunny). 🎉

Next Meeting:
🗓️ Mon 2nd March
🕰️ 9:45am to 11:45am (revised time)
📍Cafe Elm, Longlevens
📚Theme: Holidays

My Longlevens book club is currently fully subscribed. Please DM me if you'd like to join my waiting list.

Please see my website here: https://www.thecotswoldbooknookreadinggroups.co.uk/ for more info re: my 2 Reading Groups.

My Groups are FREE, NO monthly membership fees. We meet in cosy, independent local coffee shops and cafes at the heart of the community.

Cafe Elm