Tell Me An Ending by Jo Harkin

Tell Me An Ending is based on the idea of memory deletion and the various ways it could be used throughout society. I love speculative fiction, and the idea of parallels with Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind brought this to the top of my list very quickly. If you delete a memory, how does...

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

Being an adult is hard work when you stop to think about all the things we have to deal with just to keep the family ticking over. It only takes one bad decision to turn it around. Anxious people is about that one bad decision; A bank robbery gone wrong, a hostage situation, a leap...

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee 60th Anniversary Edition

To Kill A Mockingbird is a classic book that is as relevant today as it always has been. Written from a young girls perspective, “Scout” is a wonderful character. She sees the best in people and isn’t afraid to be her own person. Jem, her older brother is never far from her side and getting...

The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

When I first heard there was a new book from Margaret Atwood my first question was, What happened to Offred? I couldn’t wait to read it to discover the truth and expected it to be a continuation of her story. The Testaments isn’t a direct follow on from Offred’s tale, and it is so much...

The Feed by Nick Clark Windo @Nickhdclark @headlinepg

The Feed begins in a not too distant future where the internet, social media and the rest of the world are only milliseconds away to anyone who has been enabled. Tom and Kate help us see an advanced and fast paced world we could easily imagine around the corner. One day it collapses, and everyone...

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale is an account of a woman whose name has been stripped away from her and reassigned as Offred (belonging to Fred). In her world there have been issues with fertility; Those who can bear healthy children are valued and used as handmaids for the husbands and wives who struggle to conceive. Women...

Beartown by Fredrik Backman @backmanland

To many residents of Beartown, ice hockey is everything. It's their livelihood, their friends and family, and their way out. It's the one thing with any chance of putting Beartown on the map after unemployment and council cuts have ruined the town. This book isn't really about ice hockey, or even Beartown. It's about love,...

The Muse by Jessie Burton

It's 1967 and Odelle is offered a job as a typist in a London art gallery. A budding writer from Trinidad, she doesn't realise how much life will change for her whilst working for Marjorie Quick. In 1936 Olive is living with her art dealer father, and her mother in Spain. Isaac and Teresa arrive...

The Martian by Andy Weir

Mark Watney is stuck on Mars with no hope of rescue. He has no comms and only enough food to last a month. The next mission to Mars is years away. When he gets over the gravity of the situation (excuse the pun) Mark gets to work planning how to survive long enough to get...

The Tea Planter’s Wife by Dinah Jefferies

Set in the 1920's and 1930's The Tea Planters Wife is a beautiful, tragic and heartwarming tale of life in Ceylon.  Gwen travels there to meet her husband Laurence and begin their life together on his plantation. Her cousin Fran, and his sister Verity visit them. Fran is trustworthy and loyal, almost the opposite of...