Tara Westover’s honest retelling of her upbringing, its restrictions and her attempts to escape the brutal binds family can create is a literary tour de force.
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The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Road is a book about a journey, a father and son relationship and survival in the face of unspeakable horrors. A must read.
The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes
The best Jojo Moyes’ book to date? I think so. A romance, a war story, a legal thriller – it’s all here and vividly written.
They Left Us Everything by Plum Johnson
An exploration of family relationships and the memories that can be rediscovered when clearing out a family home.
The Scribe of Siena by Melodie Winawer
To time travel is one thing but to medieval Siena, Italy at the time of plague and political tension with rival Florence? Peril awaits.
Timeblink by M.J. Mumford
Taut and tense, MJ Mumford has written a time-travelling romantic mystery thriller, a new genre on me but one I rather enjoyed!
Peculiar Me: A Collection of Poems by Jason De Graaf
Love, nature, God – some of the themes discussed in Jason De Graaf’s poetry with stark imagery and raw emotion
Horatio’s Promise by D. Clark Gill
Strong on character and sense of place, Horatio’s Promise delivers presence but plot needs direction
The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood
Ann Hood’s book is about so much more than knitting: it is about human loss, the grief that this brings and the courage to get past it.
The Martian by Andy Weir
A scary tale of one man left on an unfamiliar planet, battling to survive but ultimately showing what Earthman is capable of.
Scuffed Granny 