The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
F R I D A Y F A V O U R I T E This might be my favourite photo of a book yet!!!Maybe you are like me and if a book gets *too* much hype you tend to stay away. Midnight Library was
The Five by Hallie Rubenhold & Know My Name by Chanel Miller
Two non-fiction books, their narratives set hundreds of years apart — one in 1888, in Jack the Ripper’s London and the other in 2015, on the Stanford University campus in Calif
Writers And Lovers by Lily King
After some quite heavy reads this month, I welcomed the chance to read this novel by Lily King. A New York Times Bestseller, this book tells the story of Casey, a thirty-one year o
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Whilst we each favour different genres, both of us have a rebellious streak and tend to avoid books that are hugely hyped. Perhaps this stems from a fear of disappointment, or just
A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving
F R I D A Y F A V O U R I T E Some books change you. It’s a feeling hard to explain but if you’ve experienced it, you’ll know what I mean. I read this book in 2006, after a r
Leave The World Behind by Rumaan Alam
If there’s a new release of late that we would describe as a ‘marmite’ book, it would have to be this. Published in the UK in November, opinions have been so divided it is al
The Forty Rules Of Love by Elif Shafak
If you want to be transported to another world, another place and another time (and let’s face it, don’t we all want that at the moment?!), then @shafakelif is the au
Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar
It’s the 1st of January which means it’s our first @thebibliofilles official book selection. For both of us, the last few weeks of choosing and reading books together
Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton
The literary equivalent to a brilliant, boozy night out with your mates. About a year ago, when we could stand next to people with their faces uncovered and not panic, one of my be
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
F R I D A Y F A V O U R I T E For me, like so many, The Vanishing Half was a stand out book of last year. I love a good multi-generational family saga and this is a superb on
The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr.
A monumental book befitting yesterday’s monumental day across the pond. The Prophets is the story of Samuel and Isaiah, slaves and soulmates on the Halifax Plantation in Mississi
Dear Life by Rachel Clarke
D E A R L I F E Dr Rachel Clarke is a former journalist who changed careers to medicine and now specialises in palliative care — a term I have always, somewhat ignorantly, associ