Yours Cheerfully is the second novel in the Emmy Lake series, written by AJ Pearce and published in 2021. I enjoyed the first book in the series, Dear Mrs Bird, which was AJ Pearce’s debut novel. Dear Mrs Bird was shortlisted for Debut of the Year at the 2019 British Book Awards and was also …
Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead was released in 2021 and was HUGELY successful.
It was shortlisted for both the Women’s Prize for Fiction and the Booker Prize. It was a New York Times bestseller and a Time Magazine book of the year.
Kristin Hannah never fails to move me with her stories. The Nightingale and The Great Alone both left a lasting impression on me.
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah was published in 2021 and was an instant New York Times number one bestseller and a 2022 Richard and Judy Book Club Pick.
The Paris Library is a novel by Janet Skeslien Charles, released in 2021. It was a Richard and Judy book club pick and a New York Times bestseller.
I love historical fiction and have read a lot of books set in the 20th century. I particularly enjoy WW2 fiction, and I’ve read a quite a few about occupied France and enjoyed them all.
Have you ever bought a book and then felt scared to read it in case it’s not as good as you hoped it would be? That’s how I felt about Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus.
All About Evie is the latest book by Matson Taylor. It’s a sequel to The Miseducation of Evie Epworth which was a Richard and Judy book club pick.
The Dictionary of Lost Words is the latest novel by Pip Williams, released in April 2021. As a lover of words, I was instantly intrigued by the premise, especially the emphasis on women and their stories.
Mrs England is the third novel by Stacey Halls. I’ve read both her previous works, The Familiars and The Foundling, and really enjoyed them both. I really like Stacey Halls’s style of writing so I was really excited to read her newest book.
The Pull of the Stars is the latest novel by Emma Donoghue, author of the fantastically moving modern classic Room.
The Pull of the Stars was released in 2020 and was featured in The Guardian, Cosmopolitan and Telegraph’s ‘Books of the Year’. It was also a Richard and Judy book club pick.
I’d heard great things about the historical fiction novel The Light Between Oceans. It was the debut novel by M. L. Stedman and was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick.
It had rave reviews and I knew it had also been made into a film starring Michael Fassbender. In an attempt to work my way through my huge to-read-pile, I decided to read it and see what all the fuss is about.