The memory palace.
Mira Bartok

Sue's Book Pick
A haunting book about Mira’s mother, a talented musician who also suffered from schizophrenia. Mira and her sister’s childhood is like a fairy tale with a paranoid mother, a missing father and bewildered grandparents. After changing their names and cutting themselves off from their difficult parent, Mira and her sister eventually reconcile with their mother just before her death. Written with lyrical prose and with wonderful imagery, this book will appeal to readers of the Glass Castle.

Quinn
Iris Johansen

Joan's Book Pick
Like many of Johansen’s novels, this book features an electric plot with one shock after another. Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan moves in on the killer who stole her daughter many years ago.

Sweetness in the bottom of the pie.
Alan Bradley

Donna's Book Pick
Flavia de Luce is eleven-years-old, loves poisons and hates her sisters. Mix these ingredients with an English country house in summer and a murder and you’ve got Bradley’s witty, enjoyable book. It is the first of a delightful new series by this Canadian writer.

Seasons: the best of Donna Hay magazine

Liz's Book Pick
Donna Hay is an Australian-based food stylist and life style expert. Yummy recipes and beautiful layout. The book was a pleasure to read and get inspired about cooking.

The Woefield Poultry Collective.
Susan Juby

Vicki's Book Pick
A laugh-out-loud novel about a young woman who has inherited a farm about to be foreclosed. Thanks to a delightful caste of misfits, the farm is saved. Funny, heartbreaking and populated with memorable characters, this is a great read.

Sister: a novel.
Rosamund Lupton

Christine's Book Pick
Both a stunning debut and a great psychological mystery. Lupton explores the mysterious bond between sisters as she follows Bee who tries to find out what happened to her missing pregnant sister Tess. The book has won rave reviews and favourable comparison to such masters in the field as Ruth Rendall. The end will leave you shivering.

Half-broke horses
Jeannette Walls

Elva's Book Pick
A fictional version of Jeannette Walls’ real-life grandmother Lily Casey Smith. Lily was a prairie schoolteacher and rancher who survived the Great Depression, floods, droughts, tornados and personal tragedy. Walls, a gifted storyteller, tells another mesmerizing tale based on real life.

Max Quick: the pocket and pendant.
Mark Jeffrey

Jamie's Book Pick
Max is a orphan and a thief who wakes up one day to find everyone frozen in time except him. He journeys across America to try to end the time-stop and save the world. A great action adventure novel for young adults and also older adults who find the concept of time fascinating.