BBC Radio Suffolk book club reviews

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by Ali Sparkes
The adventures of twins Josh and Danny who, thanks to an experimental serum, turn into insects!
Date selected: 27th September 2011
A book for children
by Sarah Ridgard
The village of Worlingworth in the 1980s - a bleak, dark, disturbing account of the secrets of village life.
Date selected: 17th September 2012
by Mick Herron
What happens when spies don't make the grade? They become Slow Horses, according to Mick Herron and this, his first in a number of books about Jackson Lamb and his team.
Date selected: 3rd April 2018
by Belinda Bauer
A terrifying opening with three children left alone in a car as their mother goes to phone for help and never returns. Full of mystery, humour and intrigue. We enjoyed it - did you?
Date selected: 4th September 2018
by Richard Curtis
A beautifully illustrated book celebrating the magic that a snowy day brings.
Date selected: 22nd December 2014
A book for children
by Emily St John Mandel
A thought-provoking, gripping and haunting account of the end of civilisation.
Date selected: 18th May 2015
by William Boyd
A wonderful, all-engrossing story of the life of a female photographer.
Date selected: 8th September 2015
by Jan-Philipp Sendker
This is a beautiful and moving tale of love and loss, in Burma and New York, in the 1950s and the present day.
Date selected: 25th March 2013
by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Another funny adventure from this brilliant author, inspired by real events!
Date selected: 18th May 2015
A book for children
by Clare Pooley
The lives of six strangers collide when they pick up a notebook and confront the truth about their lives. A lose-yourself, uplifting read with a serious theme to ponder.
Date selected: 2nd March 2021
by Vanessa Curtis
A teenage girl loves baking and plans to enter a national competition, but her illness looks set to get in the way.
Date selected: 13th July 2014
A book for children
by Roy Jacobsen
Set in Finland in 1939, this is the story of a man who stays put despite the threat of a Russian invasion. All his neighbours have left. It's a story of ordinary people drawn into war, written by an award-winning, bestselling Norwegian novelist.
Date selected: 2nd October 2018
by Ian McEwan
A novella providing a snapshot of the life of a judge facing challenges personally and professionally.
Date selected: 1st March 2016
by Dave Eggers
Date selected: 18th August 2015
by Drew Daywalt
Illustrated by Oliver Jeffers, this is a funny, quirky book containing letters from crayons to a little boy.
Date selected: 17th October 2013
A book for children
by Ann Patchett
A story of family through the perspective of the house they've shared. It's about choices, mistakes and hope, viewed through time.
Date selected: 3rd November 2020

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