Our Mirror Book Club read this month has been The Flat Share by Beth O’Leary – the story of Tilly and Leon who share a flat but have never met. Leon works nights and sleeps in the flat while Tilly is at work. But they gradually get to know each other by exchanging post-it notes.
“I really enjoyed this one!” said Sarah Buckenham. “A lovely light read with a few darker undertones to the story. I loved the main characters.”
Kiren Parmar agreed: “I loved it. You really willed Tiffy and Leon to meet and have feelings for each other. I particularly enjoyed their introduction to each other – just so cringe and so funny.”
Andrea Filter said: “Loved it. It’s not the type of book I normally read but it was just perfect for switching off and escaping these crazy times we find ourselves in.”
Other fans included Jutta Frense – “likeable characters and great humour; Jasmin Burkitt – “funny and warm, it draws you in”; and Hayley Ikin – “I really enjoyed it”.
“This was right up my street,” said Clint Gibson.
“I enjoyed every page of this witty, well-written brilliant book. It was addictive and amusing.
“Leon and Tiffy were such likeable characters and I thought it was a good idea to base the storyline around post-it note messages.
“It was extremely entertaining. I would definitely recommend reading this book.”
If you read it, we’d love to hear your views in the Mirror Book Club group on Facebook.
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Members share their thoughts on the current book of the month and post recommendations of other books they’ve enjoyed, from thrillers and romances to memoirs. We all exchange book news and views.
So if you enjoy stories and the company of fellow bookworms then we think you’ll love our group too.
Mirror Book Club members have chosen crime novel Missing, Presumed by Susie Steiner as our new book of the month.
A young woman disappears and troubled, lonely DS Manon Bradshaw takes on the high-profile case.
Adding to the pressure, the woman’s pompous father is close friends with the Home Secretary and both men stick their oar in. Manon throws herself into the mystery to distract herself from a disastrous love life. Can she get to the bottom of it before a missing persons case becomes a murder investigation?
We’d love you to give Missing, Presumed a read and let the Mirror Book Club know what you think. We’ll print your feedback on these pages on May 22.
You can share your thoughts in the Mirror Book Club Facebook group.
We have 25 copies of Missing, Presumed to give away. For a chance to win, simply ‘like’ the post announcing the giveaway in our Facebook group before April 24.
City Of Girls, by Elizabeth Gilbert
Bloomsbury, £8.99
The fourth novel from the author of Eat, Pray, Love tells the story of Vivien who dropped out of university in 1940, so her wealthy parents shipped her off to Manhattan to live with her aunt Peg who owns a run-down theatre.
Thrill-seeking Vivian has her pick of bedfellows but, when she is caught in a compromising situation, she must re-evaluate her choices.
A novel as bubbly as a champagne cocktail but with a kick in the tale.
BY EITHNE FARRY
The Night Fire, by Michael Connelly
Orion, £8.99
Detective Harry Bosch’s former mentor dies, leaving him a cold case murder file he had stolen and hidden. Was he trying to uncover the truth or bury it? Bosch turns to fellow cop Renee Ballard for help.
Ballard also takes on a murder case after a homeless person was burned alive. And Bosch’s half-brother Mickey Haller needs his help to defend a man accused of murdering a judge. In this hugely enjoyable read, the trio must foil a conspiracy and stop a callous killer.
BY JON COATES
A Fabulous Creation: How The LP Saved Our Lives, by David Hepworth
Black Swan, £7.99
Hepworth charts the 15-year history of the LP as we know it. It dates from the Beatles’ Sgt Pepper in 1967 up to the advent of CDs in the 1980s.
Sgt Pepper was, he contends, the first time musicians released an album as opposed to assembling a motley collection of songs. The end of an era came with Michael Jackson’s Thriller, as the music industry started chasing megabucks.
A joyous and nostalgic celebration of the golden age of the LP.
BY GARRY BUSHELL
