Our Reader's Recommendations

This is a new section of our blog where you, the reader can recommend titles. I hope it will be a little bit like "If you liked this book then try this one". Another way for us to help and encourage each other in our reading choices. Feel free anytime to add to our lists. Lee

Judith from our Non conformists book club has just read this book (published this year ) and thought it was great. Thoroughly recommend this book 5/5.
"The Perfect Mother" by Margaret Leroy

Judith would like to recommend another great read in
"We Need To Talk About Kevin" by Lionel Shriver

First, I would have to say it is not the typical American female's bemoaning her lot.
It is well written, the climax horrifying and unexpected.
Only find some reservations in the character of Kevin. He seems too overblown and too lacking in ambivalence. That said I haven't known too many psychopaths! Lionel Shriver says she didn't delve into finding out specifically about people who have committed such crimes and, she has not had children. As a story it is totally gripping, still leaving me with this amazement that Americans still "don't seem to get it" with violent crime ( particularly school attacks, the cases cited were astounding!)A horrible story, a good book. I'd have to give it 5/5 despite my reservations!