Summer Reading

There's nothing like getting outdoors and finding time in nature with a great book. Or starting your holiday with time stretching ahead to sink your teeth into a new title. 

Ready to try something new this summer?

Here are some of our sensational summer stories for you. 

I have recently read A Spool of Blue Thread and really enjoyed Anne Tyler's ability to pull you in and invest in the lives of the various Whitshank family members through time, challenge and the changeable dynamics of family relationships. An effortless and rewarding read! 

A Spool of Blue Thread - Anne Tyler

The whole family on the porch, half-listening as their mother tells the same tale they have heard so many times before. From that porch we spool back through the generations, witnessing the events, secrets and unguarded moments that have come to define the family.

Five Rivers Met on a Wooded Plain - Barney Norris

That is the meaning of this quiet city, where the spire soars into the blue, where rivers and stories weave into one another, where lives intertwine.'

One quiet evening in Salisbury, the peace is shattered by a serious car crash. At that moment, five lives collide - a flower seller, a schoolboy, an army wife, a security guard, a widower - all facing their own personal disasters.

The Village - Nikita Lalwani

An apparent innocent among the guilty, Ray tries hard to be accepted. But the longer she and the rest of the crew stay, the more the need for drama increases. Soon the fragile peace of the village will be shattered and, despite Ray's seemingly good intentions, the motives of the visitors and the lives of the inhabitants will be terrifyingly, brutally exposed.

Shadow of the Yangtze - Julian Sedgwick (Teen Read)

Ruby - a Western girl who feels more Chinese than English - and her friend Charlie must follow the Yangtze hundreds of miles upriver, travelling by Chinese junk and rogue steamer, through bandit and ghost haunted countryside - doggedly tracking Moonface as he spirits Charlie's sister Fei off to his home village.

Pip - Nov 2007 - 6th June 2023