We are delighted to have a new weekly feature bringing you the local Top 10 selling books from Waterstone’s Ballymena alongside the personal recommendation of store manager (and book lover) Victoria Murray, and any upcoming news and events!
Throughout the year Ballymena’s local bookstore also plays hosts to a number of events, including evenings with authors, themed events for children, and book clubs that provide a space for the community, young and old, to share their love of reading.
THIS WEEK’S TOP 10 READS
1 Bread and Butter - Ciara McLaughlin
2 Still Life - Sarah Winman
3 The Magician - Colm Toibin
4 Greenwich Park - Katherine Faulkner
5 The Raptures - Jan Carson
6 Again, Rachel - Marian Keyes
7 Ugly Love - Colleen Hoover
8 The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller
9 The Spanish Love Deception - Elena Armas
10 Rachel's Holiday - Marian Keyes
MANAGER VICTORIA MURRAY’S RECOMMENDATION
My recommendation for this week is Still Life by Sarah Winman.
Moving from the Tuscan Hills and piazzas of Florence, to the smog of London’s East End, Still Life is a sweeping, joyful novel about beauty, love, family and fate.
I've read A Year of Marvellous Ways by the same author so knew that I would enjoy this one as well.
There are moments of humour throughout the book but there are also poignant moments as well. This is an enchanting tale of an unlikely friendship between a British soldier and an alleged spy in wartime Tuscany.
If you liked Life After Life by Kate Atkinson or Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers then you will love this book.
This would make the perfect Mother's Day gift!
HALF PRICE!
Half Price this week is Run Rose Run by Dolly Parton and James Patterson.
The country music legend and the bestselling crime writer join forces to craft an unputdownable thriller of glamorous dreams and deadly pasts as a young singer determines to make it big in Nashville.
This is just £10 until Wednesday 16 March - not to be missed!
SATURDAY STORYTIME!
Saturday Storytime is on again on Saturday 19 March at 12pm. We will be reading Grandad’s Camper by Harry Woodgate.
Everyone is welcome and there will be colouring activities as well!