Echoes of Light by Jani Viswanath – A collection of poems and stories that feel like little pieces of calm and wisdom, reading like parables to guide and strengthen
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Yes Please by Amy Poehler
Yes Please by Amy Poehler – A book which pretends to be a memoir but reads like a very funny life manual
Under Glass and Stone and Doors of Gold and Rust (The Byrne House Box Set) by A.N. Willis
The Byrne House Box Set by A.N.Willis – Suspenseful and creepy, A.N. Willis’s books are good reads with credible and likeable characters and well-paced plots.
Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag by Oliver Bowden
Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag by Oliver Bowden – For fans of the game, this will be a welcome addition; for those unfamiliar, it is still an action-packed tale of pirates and adventure.
Seamless Transition by Will Shingleton
Will Shingleton’s book about the suggestion of subversive dealings in a college football team reads like a gripping Netflix documentary
Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith
Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith – An interesting book which discusses the evolution of intelligence and focuses on how this manifests itself in the octopus
The Flying Man by Etienne Bijnens
A beautifully and intelligently composed novel about loss, regret and guilt interspersed with philosophical leanings and literary suggestion
Whistling in the Dark by Lesley Kagen
Whistling in the Dark by Lesley Kagen: A book about growing up; about sisters; about the characters in a neighbourhood, all framed around some mysterious murders.
The Orphan’s Tale by Pam Jenoff
A wartime tale of rescue, redemption and resistance set in the world of the travelling circus
Old Baggage by Lissa Evans
Mattie Simpkin is a wonderful heroine with verve and drive and a willingness to ensure that young women of the early twentieth century know that they can achieve much – if they only know how to push.
Scuffed Granny 