Girl, Women, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

This is Britain as you’ve never heard it.

This is Britain as it has never been told.

From Newcastle to Cornwall, from the birth of the 20th century to the teens of the 21st, Girl, Woman, Other follows a cast of 12 characters on their personal journeys through this country and the last hundred years.

They’re each looking for something – a shared past, an unexpected future, a place to call home, somewhere to fit in, a lover, a missed mother, a lost father, even just a touch of hope…. 

janet 6, june 9, christine 8, trude 8,pauline 8,jane 9,cai 8, elaine 5

Jane B
Score: 6.8

2021-08-11

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders.

But when a brutal killing takes place on their very doorstep, the Thursday Murder Club find themselves in the middle of their first live case.

Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron might be pushing eighty but they still have a few tricks up their sleeves.

Can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer before it’s too late?

Elaine 6, Jane 7, Janet 6,June 6, Trude 6, Christine 8, Sally 7

Janet J
Score: 6.6

2021-07-14

Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Nora’s life has been going from bad to worse. Then at the stroke of midnight on her last day on earth she finds herself transported to a library. There she is given the chance to undo her regrets and try out each of the other lives she might have lived. Which raises the ultimate question: with infinite choices, what is the best way to live?

Elaine 6, Sally 8, June 7, Cai 6, Christine 7, Jane 6, Trude 6

Cai M
Score: 6.6

2021-06-09