The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly

The Book of Lost Things begins in the style of a young adult book, bringing the reader into David’s world as he hears his books talking to him. He is an unhappy child after his mother died and he struggles to settle into a life without her. David tries to find a way to escape...

Did You See Melody? By Sophie Hannah @SophieHannahCB1 @HodderBooks

Cara needs some time out to think, and she finds the perfect place in Phoenix Arizona. It's a lovely resort aimed at relaxation, with a spa menu as big as the food menu with all sorts of treatments to choose from. Little does she know that her holiday will make life even more complicated in...

Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult

I was given this book to read without knowing the title or author and asked to #readwithoutprejudice. Here are my thoughts. Three central characters have strong beliefs about race and identity within their communities. Ruth is a black labour and delivery nurse who is on shift when Turk and his wife come in to have...

Read Without Prejudice by Anonymous

I was given a book to read without knowing the title, the author, or what the final cover would look like. Here were my instructions: There are two points in life when we are all equal: at the moment of birth and at the moment of death. It is how we live in between that...

A Game For All The Family by Sophie Hannah

Justine and her family move to a new house in the countryside. Ellen, her daughter, is set an assignment to write a story and she devotes most of her time to writing it. She writes a murder mystery set in their new house and names one of the characters after herself. Ellen's best friend George...

The Mirror World of Melody Black by Gavin Extence

Abby finds her neighbour, Simon, dead in his flat. She seems a little detached from the whole thing and the reader soon learns she regularly sees a therapist called Dr Barbara. Life seems to be going ok for Abby until one unfortunate day where it all falls apart. She's soon being treated for her disorder...

The Silence of the Sea by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

An expensive yacht crashes into Reykjavik harbour and is found to have nobody onboard. The crew and a family of four have disappeared without a trace. The family who disappeared have left behind a toddler with her grandparents who hire a lawyer to help investigate the disappearance. This book starts reading like a ghost story...

Us by David Nicholls

Douglas and Connie have planned a great holiday through Europe with their teenage son Albie who is soon to leave home and start college. One last big adventure as a family. Connie tells Douglas that she thinks their marriage is over, making the adventure seem awkward and uncomfortable but also the one last chance to...

Larger Than Life by Jodi Picoult

A novella to read in one sitting. This is the prequel to Jodi Picoult's new novel Leaving Time. Larger than life follows Alice, a scientist working first with monkeys and then with elephants looking at the complexities of memory and emotion. In the wild there is one thing you never do; interfere. Alice is put...