Books of the Week

How is Everyone dealing with Covid Lockdown.

Running out of ideas to keep your mind interested.

Puzzles and can only take you so far. Wouldn’t you agree.

If you’re a Reader, then you’ll definitely agree.

Books take us to new worlds, introduce us to new people, and cultures, catapult us to the heavens, and pull us back again.

A good book is like a rich red wine, full of body, fragrance, and taste.

Today I’m going share some of the books I’ve been reading.

Just to spread the love a bit.

Here we go read on…

Gulliver’s Wife by Lauren Chater

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This is the extraordinary tale of Lauren Chater’s Mary Gulliver, a midwife, herbalist, and a quietly
courageous woman of her times.

Chater eloquently weaves the wonders, terrors and deprivations of woman of the 18^th Century through her story.

She unravels the fears, the secrets and the darkness surrounding the love of her daughter, and succinctly reaches a reconciliation, that will bring tears to your eyes.

The intrigue and struggle to keep control of her own body and identity, remains relevant still in our modern day.

Gilliver’s Wife is the first novel I’ve read of Lauren Chater, but you can be sure it won’t be my last.

When The Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain

If you are someone who loves thrilling detective novels, then this book is for you.

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An incredibly powerful novel, with a heart pounding ending.

Anna Hart is a seasoned missing persons detective, whose life is totally burnt out, bridges and all.

She decides to travel back to the town where she has felt most happy in life, brought up by foster parents, yet even with their love, she could not put away the pain of her early childhood.

This haunting story will pull you under the covers, and keep you up until late into the night.

The Time Traveller’sWife by Audrey Niffenegger

This story is a rare thing, a truly original story line, not that love stories are new, the telling of this one
certainly is different. An amazing love story, that takes place over time.

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The prose is beautifully executed, such a pleasure to read.

Henry journeys back and forward through time to meet up with the love of his life, Clare.

Clare narrates her childhood and teenage meetings with Henry, where some would say she was underage for such connections

Speculation of moral aspects occur despite the plot, and yet the story still remains intact.

Inventive, sensitive, original in the telling, a love story to last a lifetime, many lifetimes.

Niffenegger has shown amazing skill in making the ordinary, and the impossible seem probable, believable.

Finishing this book brought sadness, as the end was so sweet, I never wanted it to end.

Feel free to add your own book choices in the comments below.