Sometimes you are desperate to get on with your Book Group choice, it's something you really wanted to read. Sometimes you have enough time to read that and another book in one month. But then sometimes it feels as if you only have time to read what the book group have chosen. Sometimes you struggle to get halfway through the book group read and you really wish you could just pick something from your other pile of books languishing by the bedside.........
Here are some suggestions for a good Friday Night / Sunday Afternoon read. Something light to enjoy in-between your Book Group choices.
Uplifting Books to Relax and Unwind with:
· “The Little Paris Bookshop” Nina George Monsieur Perdu is a literary apothecary – he prescribes books like medicine from his barge on the Seine. But he needs to heal himself first and with the help of some friends- and lots of books- he begins his journey to confront his past. Heartwarming and charming.
· “A Year of Marvellous Ways” Sarah Winman
Winman’s writing is always mesmerising. This is the story of Marvellous, a 90 year old woman living on a creek in Cornwall and Freddy, who ends up stopping with her on his way to deliver a soldier’s last letter to his father. An unusual and significant friendship develops……
· “Four Weddings and a Fiasco” Catherine Ferguson
This is about wedding photographer Katy Peacock who spends her time creating perfect memories from her client’s dream day. But underneath the surface, things are far from happy. This is a story about families, relationships and love, told with humour and charm.
· “Shoes for Anthony” Emma Kennedy
It’s WW2 and the war is finally coming to a small, impoverished village in Wales. This is an uplifting, humorous, entertaining and thoughtful novel which examines the effects of worldwide events on a tight community who suddenly find themselves divided and at odds with each other. It includes a bit of everything – as does village life!
I Love Your Smile: Books to Cheer You Up
· “Rejected Writers’ Book Club” Suzanne Kelmann
This is like Thelma and Louise for the over 50s. A group of women meet to celebrate their rejection letters until one day the worst thing happens and one of them gets an offer of publication! And so begins a road trip to the publisher. Endearing, humorous and entertaining, this is a very easy and gentle read.
· “Sofia Khan is not Obliged” Ayisha Malik
This is very well written and full of fun. It is witty and reads very much like “Bridget Jones”. Sofia Khan is a Muslim who decides to write a book on dating. Thus ensues many entertaining scenarios, amusing characters and eventually, some romance!
· “What Would Mary Berry Do?” Claire Sandy
Marie, mother of three children, and running a business of her own, can’t cook. Her nemesis Lucy, can. Marie vows to become a better cook by following Mary Berry’s recipes to the letter. The book follows her dream to bake the perfect wedding cake while she juggles family life and strikes up an unlikely friendship with the perfect Lucy. Gentle, humorous and full of likeable characters.
· “The Weekend Wives” Christina Hopkinson
This book is about wives who miss there husbands as they work away all week, then spend the weekend wishing they were back at work! This book follows the relationship between three women, all with different lives and different marriages, who find themselves thrown together and end up helping each other in ways they could never have foreseen. Sad and emotional at times but ultimately heart-warming and always written with humour and laughter.
· “183 Times a Year” Eva Jordan
This is a great read about mothers and daughters. Told from the point of view of exasperated mother Lizzie and her 16 year old facebooking / tweeting daughter Cassie. Jordan’s writing humorously captures the turbulent relationships within families; the frustrations, tears and sadness as well as the joy and eventual shared understanding as they navigate there way through life.
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