BBC Radio Suffolk book club reviews
Listed in title order order by date
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
The village of Worlingworth in the 1980s - a bleak, dark, disturbing account of the secrets of village life.
Date selected: 17th September 2012
Date selected: 6th September 2016
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
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
A beautifully illustrated book celebrating the magic that a snowy day brings.
Date selected: 22nd December 2014
A book for children
A thought-provoking, gripping and haunting account of the end of civilisation.
Date selected: 18th May 2015
A wonderful, all-engrossing story of the life of a female photographer.
Date selected: 8th September 2015
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
Another funny adventure from this brilliant author, inspired by real events!
Date selected: 18th May 2015
A book for children
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
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
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
Date selected: 1st October 2019
A novella providing a snapshot of the life of a judge facing challenges personally and professionally.
Date selected: 1st March 2016
Date selected: 18th August 2015
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
Date selected: 5th September 2017
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
Date selected: 1st August 2017