Let's Talk Books - 20/9/25

My blog is a bit like buses - nothing for ages then 3 at once!  (Although actually that doesn't happen as much these days as our buses will be instructed to wait at a stop if they are too close to the bus ahead of them!)

Anyway lots of books coming at you now - the last post I did about books was back in May and covered the books I'd read in April.  You can find that here.

I might not be consistent with my blogging but I do keep reading.

This is my current read:

Hollie is an award winning writer and this book follows her journey through pregnancy and the first 3 years of her child "Little One".

It's a very honest account and there are lots of poems in the book which is why I'm using it as the "Told in Verse" prompt of the 52 book club 2025 challenge.   Even though it's a long time since I was pregnant and my children made it to 3 I can still relate to so much of what Hollie has written.  It's funny in places but also poignant and I just love the way it's written. 

These are my next two reads:

These are the picks from the library groups I've joined - we finally seem to be gathering some momentum.  The evening group will be  reading the Rachel Joyce book next and we're meeting up on Thursday to discuss the previous book The Guest List by Lucy Foley.

A Single Thread is the choice of the daytime group and our next meet up is early in October.

I had a nice message earlier today from the facilitator of the groups saying "You are a fab member of the groups.  Thank you for pushing through!!"  Always good to feel appreciated.

Thankfully I can fit both of these to prompts in the 52 book club challenge - Character's Name in the title for one and Read in a -ber month for the other.

I still have a few gaps to fill in the prompts list but I think I'm on track to complete the challenge.

I'm going to list the books I've read since April but if you want to see any reviews you'll need to head to my Goodreads page here.

1. A Place Called Here - Celia Ahern **
2. Take my Hand - Dolen Perkins-Valdez *****
3. A Necessary End - Peter Robinson ***
4. Secrets - Freya North ****
5. The Catcher in the Rye - J D Salinger **
6. The Street Party - Claire Seeber **
7. Vanessa Bares All - Vanessa Feltz ***
8. Dead Simple - Peter James ****
9. The Hanging Valley - Peter Robinson ***
10. Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin *****
11. The Booklovers Library - Madeline Martin ****
12. We're Going to need more Wine - Gabrielle Union **
13. On the Run - Kerry J Donovan ****
14. Should I tell You - Jill Mansell ***
15. The People on Platform 5 - Clare Pooley ****
16. The Guest List - Lucy Foley **
17. The Great Alone - Hannah Kristen ****
18. The Midnight Rose - Lucinda Riley **