Fiona Poole recommends
My collection of recommendations are not my all time favourite but are instead my present time favourites. I will always have at least one book on the go and my favourites are always those I am reading now or those for which I have just turned the last page.
The Paris Library
Janet Skeslien Charles
Captivating – the tale of Odile, her contemporaries and Paris in wartime transports you there.
Trio
William Boyd
Set in 60’s Brighton, this is quick, witty, gripping story-telling which weaves together the lives of an alcoholic novelist, a covertly gay film producer and a pill-popping actress.
The Daily Stoic
Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman
This book has a lesson, a nugget of wisdom, a Stoic insight for every day of the year to keep you on the straight and narrow. A book to live by.
The Midnight Library
Matt Haig
I do like Matt Haig. Great to listen to on a podcast too. This is a book on introspection, reflection and hope. A beautiful sliding doors story of what life could have/would have been.
Snow Country
Sebastian Faulks
Total escapism – who doesn’t love a bit of unrequited wartime love, delicious guilt and grief and a chance reunion at a snow-bound sanatorium. Snow Country is the second in the loose trilogy which started back in 2005 with Human Traces, which I now need to read.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
JK Rowling
Yes, you might think this an odd choice, but it is one of my favourite books at the moment as I am reading it pretty much daily with my six-year-old daughter. There’s nothing quite like putting on some funny voices and talking magic with a six-year-old!