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  • The Women of Chateua Lafayette

    By Stephanie Dray
    5 stars

    A great historical saga going through the French revolution and two world wars. i loved this book. It's really three stories in one but all interwoven. Adrienne Lafayette (wife of the Lafayette of French and American revolutionary fame) and then Beatrice Chanler, both brilliant historical women in their own right, take the lead in 1774 and 1914 respectively. Fictional Marthe is created to weave fiction and fact together in WWII. All set around Lafayette's family chateau in Chavaniac, France.

  • 10 Things that Never Happened

    By Alexis Hall
    4 stars

    Easy romance. I love the humour in this book - very dry. You can picture some scenes so well in your head, especially those involving the family at Christmas!

  • Behind Closed Doors

    By Catherine Alliott
    5 stars

    Loved it. Laughed out loud (but also quite dark). She does characters so well.Another one I read in one day.

  • Eliza Starts a Rumor

    By Jane L Rosen
    5 stars

    Great summer read. Read it in one sitting. Very entertaining but with a serious undertone. Warning: contains themes of rape and self harm.

  • City of Friends

    By Joanna Trollope
    5 stars

    I'm never disappointed with a good Trollope! Great summer read and it left me wanting it to go on. Joanna Trollope does characters so well and tells a great story.

  • Things we Hide from the Light

    By Lucy Score
    1 stars

    Didn't grab me at all but I gave it a good go. Crap. I see she's written heaps of others but she won't be going on my authors list.

  • The House in the Pines

    By Ana Reyes
    3 stars

    This is a first novel and was pretty good. An easy read and a good idea, with a creepy method employed by the villain. The ending was a disappointment as it just seemed to stop with no full winding up of the characters stories.

  • Milking Tme

    By Rachael Treasure
    4 stars

    BIg Pharma + Big Ag = chemical farming in meat, agriculture and dairy. Don't be fooled thinking this is just another chic-lit! i learnt a LOT about what is going into our food (scary). This is also a novel about rising female power. I enjoyed it a lot and it avoided being too preachy by a whisker.

  • The Revenge Club

    By Kathy Lette
    5 stars

    The perfect summer read (if we get a summer). Four women friends reunite then each discovers that being over 50, their employment options are severely limited. They decide on a plan to exact revenge against their male employers. This had me from the first page and it's great fun with some spot-on societal commentary. The author calls her genre 'I-Don't-Give-a-Shit-Lit' which is the perfect description. I loved it.

  • The Walworth Beauty

    By Michèle Roberts
    2 stars

    Two stories that intertwine set in 1851 and 2011. Not what I was expecting and although very well written (Booker Prize nominated author - should have told me something!), it just never seemed to get going. I persevered to the end and it all came together very quickly and then just finished. 1851 - a man researching prostitutes for Henry Mayhew meets Mrs Dulcimer and the story of her house, and his undoing, unfolds. 2011 - Madeleine loses her job and moves into Apricot Place and we realise her new flat is in what was Mrs Dulcimer’s house. Does the title refer to the characters or the area of Walworth? Lots of layers going on.

  • Bowlaway

    By Elizabeth McCracken
    4 stars

    Bertha Truitt is found lying in a cemetery one day in Salford, Massachusetts. It’s the early 1900s. Bertha opens a candlepin bowling alley and what follows is the story of the Truitt’s: a very quirky family saga. I liked this way more than I thought I would and it was a good read (and very well written), to while away a few chilly summer days!

  • The Lives We Touch

    By Eva Woods
    4 stars

    Rosie is in a coma after being hit by a bus (on purpose or not?), and has to revisit her memories, assisted by various friends and family who have passed on, to try and recreate what happened. Her sister is trying to work out what caused Rosie’s accident while dealing with a dysfunctional family. It’s funnier and lighter than this sounds and it was an easy, enjoyable summer read.

  • Victory City

    By Salman Rushdie
    4 stars

    Another enjoyable, fantastical journey from Salman Rushdie set across 250 years in 14th century India. It tells the story of Victory City by its creator, Pampa Kampana, who has been granted powers by the goddess Parvati. There are parallels with social media and the political climate of today.

  • Mr Katō Plays Family

    By Milena Michiko Flašar
    3 stars

    Mr Katō has just retired and is at a loose end in life. He meets Mie who convinces him to ‘play’ at being a family member for families who pay for this service. It’s ’ a quick, quirky read set in suburban Japan.

  • The Disappearance of Stephanie Mailer

    By Joël Dicker
    3 stars

    Took a while to get into this but once it got going it was good. It’s a murder mystery and is in flashback format and told by 3 different characters, so it can get a bit confusing if you don’t read the chapter headings. Good plot.

  • Cabin Fever

    By Alex Dahl
    4 stars

    A Norwegian psychological thriller about a therapist and her client. Loads of twists. A real page turner.

  • Still Life

    By Sarah Winman
    5 stars

    Set in the 60s this is the story of an unlikely friendship between a young soldier and an 64 year-old art historian. It has an amazing cast of out-there characters and it left me wanting more. Not what you’d expect.

  • Anything Could Happen

    By Lucy Diamond
    3 stars

    A chance encounter leads to a child and 18 years later the child wants to find her father. Easy summer read

  • PS, Come to Italy

    By Nicky Pellegrino
    3 stars

    Woman of a certain age finds herself and new love in Italy

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