A fantastic turnout for our November meetup gave a unanimous thumbs up for The Correspondent which jumped to the top of the 2026 leaderboard with a score of 82. Plenty of positive things also for The List of Suspicious Things which scored 62. For December we have two more great books to enjoy; one takes us to post famine Ireland the other takes us out on a sci-fi horror trip. Also, as this is our Christmas meetup we have our traditional Secret Santa excitement to look forward to. So, please bring with you a nicely wrapped book to go into Santa’s sack and then see what you get when you select a book! It can be a book you've got at home, a second-hand book but not a brand-new book or one we’ve read with the book club as quite a few people will already have read it. Please note, with thanks, we appreciate attendees making a contribution of £1.50 at the meeting to help cover meetup charges. Happy Reading. **Land by Maggie O'Farrell** (nominated by Jennifer) On a windswept peninsula in 1865, Tomás and his ten-year-old son, Liam are working on a project to map the whole of Ireland - a challenging task in the aftermath of the Great Hunger. Tomás is determined that his maps will bear witness to the disaster. When Tomás is sent off course by a mysterious encounter in a wood, his life, and that of his family, will never be the same. Now Liam must somehow finish the work himself, and find a way to get them both home. Tomás's wife, Phina, is alarmed by the change in her taciturn husband, while Enda, their eldest daughter, still smarts from the injustice of not being allowed to take part in the mapping. Rose, the youngest, fears what lies ahead because it isn't long before Tomás proposes a huge change for them all. Land is a story of love and survival, buried treasure, persistent ghosts, a particularly loyal dog, and how, when it comes to both land and history, nothing ever goes away. **There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm** (nominated by Chloe) Deeply disturbing and exquis

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