It’s back to school this week and we are reminiscing on the holiday season and all the good reads. We believe that every good Christmas stocking or holiday treat should have had at least one book in it or a reasonably priced tablet to connect to the local digital library. With the holiday season coming to an end we thought we’d give you some ideas of what to read next. We asked around the house to see who’s reading what…
I’ll go first! I’m reading Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. It was recommended to me by several people a while ago, and so I approached it cautiously – often cult books are a bit disappointing – but not this, and I’m enjoying it so much I don’t want it to end. Every woman, feminist, cook, dog- lover, chemist, rower, and just everyone really, will love this book. Before this I read The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak. The book is set in Cyprus and is partly narrated by the fig tree which is original and magical. The book deals with the war that occurred there in the 1970’s, the subsequent uprooting and re-settling of the characters in England and the digging up and proper burying of people killed in the war.
Two other family members are coincidentally both reading Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman. So far they both seem to be enjoying it, but then they haven’t finished it yet… One of the girls just finished Verity by Colleen Hoover – and she’s been pestering me to read it because she really enjoyed it and couldn’t put it down. Another’s been working her way through The 5am Club by Robin Sharma and has become a complete disciple.
Other books on the go are Bruce Whitfield’s book, The Upside of Down, John Le Carre’s The Tailor of Panama, and another is reading The Communist Manifesto (with some good pictures to make it interesting).
We hope you’ve all had a good start to the year and have some good reads to recommend (pop them in the comments… sharing is caring)!
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