Allan Karlsson is a resident at Malmköping’s Old People’s Home quietly sitting in his room awaiting his one-hundredth birthday party to begin, where the press and Mayor will be present; ...
PS I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
Holly has lost Gerry. The story follows her life after he has died through love letters he has prepared for her before his demise. ...
To sum up Charley Lambert in one word, it would be ‘Workaholic.’ Whether it’s her job, or her extra-curricular activities, she never stops and hardly ever sleeps, that’s how busy ...
Set across two time zones and two British cities, Gillespie and I had the potential to be a very good novel, full of mystery and intrigue. Harriet Baxter, an unmarried ...
This book initially caught my eye sitting on the shelves of WHSmith around Christmas time. While busy shoppers flew past me in the aisle, all I wanted to scream was ...
Having recently graduated from university and finding that entering the real world loomed ever closer, this book instantly appealed to me. As the characters face the prospect of leaving the ...
Donna is a single mum and even though her philandering ex-husband is exactly that - her ex, he seems to think that he can still bully her and control what ...
Donna is a single mum, getting on with life albeit not very confidently. The three greatest loves of her life are her son Matt, her rabbit Findus and her three ...
Small Island turned out to be a surprisingly well-chosen Christmas present this year from my brother. Normally I’ll read anything, good or bad, without thinking much about it; with Small ...
Being lost in a world of books, to me as an English Literature student seems like a heavenly place! But this story uncovers the ‘Cemetery of Forgotten Books’, an underground ...
I saw this book on the ‘bestsellers’ shelf at Waterstones, and after reading the blurb thought it sounded quite interesting. I didn’t buy it, but after seeing that it had ...
All of the hype surrounding the film adaptation of Stephen Chbosky’s novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower had me intrigued. I was sold once I’d read the blurb and ...
This book really is an emotional journey to places you never thought you'd visit. For me, the character of Pearl was difficult to imagine. The characterisation is brilliant of her ...
Outliers’ key purpose is to teach us to reevaluate how we define success and to expose the real reasons behind why certain individuals succeed while others do not. Gladwell provides ...
Carter Beats the Devil is Glen David Gold’s first novel, and what a first novel it is.
Set in 1920s America, the entire book is a whirlwind of magic, science and ...
The opening to the book is explosive, complex and highly emotional. The scene is set very quickly so that the reader has a sense of the atmosphere at the time ...
It’s the night before Lucy and Dan’s wedding, and with Dan leaving Lucy alone, she decides to climb up to the attic to retrieve her gift for Dan. Only problem ...
Hearts in Darkness is about two strangers, Makenna/MJ and Caden who become trapped in an elevator, or lift, if you’re British, for a number of hours, encased in the tiny ...
As the days started getting shorter and evenings begun to get darker, I picked up this book and instantly wanted to read it as the cover showed a wintery, snowy ...
Having enjoyed studying Zadie Smith’s White Teeth at A-level, I had high expectations when I eventually got around to reading On Beauty. Set in the fictional town of Wellington, On ...
There are two kinds of books in this world. Literary types will try and tell you otherwise, but we’re just trying to sound clever, the truth is that there are ...
