Malibu Rising follows the River family: it's 1983 and the day of the famous end-of-summer party at Nina Riva's house. By invitation only, Nina and her siblings Jay, Hud, and Kit are preparing for the evening. But by the end of the night, the house will have been...
After the End is a story of Pip and Max, parents to almost three year old Dylan. He is their complete world, but at just 2 and a half...
The Girls is a story very loosely based on the Charles Manson murders back in the 1960s. Evie Boyd is 14 years old and desperate...
Fleishman is in Trouble is a domestic drama concerning Toby Fleishman and his wife (or soon to be ex-wife Rachel). Having just...
I've not read anything by Nickolas Butler before, but I was intrigued by this plot as it...
The Break tells the story of Amy and Hugh – they are an uncomplicated couple whose lives are suddenly made complicated when Hugh decides he wants to...
I picked up Tin Man at Gay's the Word bookshop in London and it's one of those ones I'd seen around a lot, so had always been intrigued. Trying to explain what...
Perry Miller works at the mall. He hates his job and has done nothing with his degree (much to the despair of his parents). He's got no prospects in life, barely any friends...
The Patriot Cipher is a thriller novel which follows the protagonist Basher (Ben Asher) a cryptanalyst who receives a ciphered message and must help the FBI crack the...
There have been a few books published recently which have the title "The X deaths of [insert protagonists' name]" and I've been intrigued by all of them because I love it when...
The Orange Grove is a book, set in Blois, in 1705, which follows the people and dramas of the château of Duc Hugo d’Amboise. With five mistresses, the duc's wife,...
Caravan is a piece of historical fiction by author Adam De Collibus. Set just after World War 1, its protagonist, William, is a photographer who, fed up of making money...
The End We Start From is a piece of impactful dystopian fiction which sees a family thrown into the unknown when London is flooded and they must flee. Having just...
The Escape of Light is a coming-of-age novel whose protagonist, Wilder, was severely scarred when he was a child and now has to try and live a normal life with very...
This is the second Christie book I've read (after An Ordeal By Innocence) and while that wasn't my favourite book, I enjoyed the whodunnit aspect, and it reminded me...
Sing You Home is a novel by Jodi Picoult which follows the story of Zoe Baxter; when we meet her she is pregnant, and after a series of fertility issues, is elated...
I love Lisa Genova's books, so I was excited to read another one when I bought this. As with all her novels, Love Anthony focuses on an illness and the way it shapes...
Ordeal by Innocence was recommended to me by a friend, and I have wanted to read some of Agatha Christie's work for a while so this seemed like the perfect
I've always loved Tom Hanks as an actor, so when I saw that he had published a collection of short stories, I immediately wanted to read it. I've
The Binding has been floating around bookstagram and bookshops for a while, so when it was chosen as the March pick for the Two Amy's Book Club, I was
The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore is a novel which centres on an event at a summer camp, and shows how it affects the lives of those involved in the years which follow
Title: Normal PeopleAuthor: Sally RooneyType: FictionPublished: 2018Pages: 266 “No one can be independent of other people completely, so why not






















