May Round-Up – The Books I Read In May 2016

In May I read seven books, all of them fiction: A Country Road, A Tree by Jo Baker (Doubleday) – My first read of May was a fictionalised retelling of the life of Irish writer Samuel Baker. With events focusing around the Second World War it is the story of how Samuel adapted to life …

The Reader on the 6.27 by Jean-Paul Didierlaurent

My book club’s choice for this month was The Reader on The 6.27, the first novel by Jean-Paul Didierlaurent who has previously written short stories. A bestseller in France, this is a book that is now an international bestseller and a Waterstones book of the month choice. ‘Guylain was a breath of fresh air who, …