Graham, Lauren (2016) Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between). Ballantine Books. As an intrepid fan of the Gilmore Girls I waited with great anticipation for the Netflix 2016 reboot Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (even got a Netflix subscription so I could view!). Lauren's (Lorelei) mémoire on growing up, her… Continue reading May Picks
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April Picks
Hamilton, Alwyn (2017) Traitor to the Throne. Faber & Faber. In the second instalment of Hamilton's Rebel of the Sands saga Demdji-girl Amani is kidnapped and held prisoner in the Sultan's Palace. Here she is forced to return to her desert cunning in her attempt to bring the tyrant down. As the quest to liberate Miraji continues the complex… Continue reading April Picks
March Picks
Aveyard, Victoria (2017) King's Cage. Harper. In the third instalment of Aveyard's Red Queen series we find our heroine Mare Barrow a prisoner, without her lightening, living at the mercy of a king she once loved. As Mare bears the weight of the Silent Stone the rebellion continues, blood vs blood, ability vs ability, allegiances tested on every… Continue reading March Picks
February Picks
Coben, Harlan (2016) Home. Dutton. Ten years after a high profile kidnapping of two six year old boys, one boy returns home. Sports Attorney, Myron Bolitar, is called in when his friend Win spots one of the boys in London. Win is related to the mother of one of the boys so he has a… Continue reading February Picks
January Picks
Cranston, Bryan (2016) A life in parts. Scribner. In this engaging memoir Bryan Cranston explores the many parts he has played in his life - from abandoned son, paperboy, farmhand, dockhand, jobbing actor to gifted storyteller and much lauded "star". He has applied life's learnings to shaping his craft and building a career. In the account of his most memorable role,… Continue reading January Picks
December Picks
Ferrante, Elena (2015) The Story of the Lost Child. Europa Editions. In Ferrante's final Neapolitan novel the protagonists are now mature women, once again domiciled on the mean streets of Naples. Elena is now a respected writer, and Lila an unstoppable entrepreneur. As they challenge and become more deeply bound to the ruthless anger and brutality of their neighbourhood they face serious consequences, for themselves and the ones they… Continue reading December Picks
Best Picks 2016
There has been some great reading in 2016. I have binged on psychological thrillers, loving the genre. However it is the mix of good fiction, and a little bit of non-fiction, that has stretched and engaged me over the year. These are my top ten reads for 2016: 1.Koch, Herman (2016) Dear Mr M. Hogarth. This complex psychological mystery unfolds… Continue reading Best Picks 2016
November Picks
Donoghue, Emma (2016) The Wonder. Little Brown. Lib Wright, a legendary Nightingale nurse, is sent on a mission to an impoverished Irish village to 'watch' a child that has supposedly not eaten for four months. Lib expects to expose a hoax but she gets caught up in the fervour that surrounds the "living wonder". Is Anna a miracle,… Continue reading November Picks
October Picks
Patchett, Ann (2016) Commonwealth. Bloomsbury. When Bert Cousins turns up uninvited at Franny Keating's christening party and kisses her mother, Beverly, the fate of two families is turned on its head. The kiss leads to a new blended family of the six Keating and Cousins children bouncing back and forth between Southern California and Virginia. Over the next five decades life unfolds,… Continue reading October Picks
September Picks
Quindlin, Anna (2016) Miller's Valley. Random House. Generations of Millers have lived in Millers Valley. The valley is flood-prone and the government has plans to turn the valley into a reservoir. We follow Mimi Miller through the assault on the people and land she loves - from her 1960s girlhood to the present day. As Mimi eavesdrops on her… Continue reading September Picks
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