Welcome to this week’s news, reviews, and ‘all-things-books’ latest from the team at Waterstone’s Ballymena!
This week’s Top 10 bestselling books…
1. The Wrong Sister by Claire Douglas
2. Close to Home by Michael Magee
3. Murder on Lake Garda by Tom Hindle
4. It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
5. The Fury by Alex Michaelides
6. Good Vibes Good Life by Vex King
7. Kala by Colin Walsh
8. Verity by Colleen Hoover
9. Country Girls Trilogy by Edna O'Brien
10. If Only I Had Told Her by Laura Nowlin
Saturday Storytime…
Our next Saturday Storytime will take place on Saturday 10th August at 12pm.
We will be reading Look What I Found by the River by Moira Butterfield & Jesus Verona.
There will be colouring in afterwards. This is a completely free event with no need to book, just show up. We look forward to seeing everyone there!
August Books of the Month…
• Fiction Book of the Month
Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon
Set in the Sicily of 412 BC, Lennon's at once riotously funny and incredibly moving novel finds two locals and a bunch of captured Athenian soldiers staging two of Euripides’ greatest tragedies in a quarry.
• Non Fiction Book of the Month
Material World: A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future by Ed Conway
From the Dark Ages to the present day, Conway traces the history of humanity and also its potential future through the remarkable stories of six essential substances.
The Fury by Alex Michaelides
From the author of The Silent Patient and The Maidens comes a compelling closed community thriller, as a former movie star throws a select party on a private Greek island whilst a murderer lurks in the shadows.
• Science Fiction & Fantasy Book of the Month
Dallergut Dream Department Store by Miye Lee, Sandy Joosun Lee
The captivating and delightfully whimsical story of a department that sells all manner of dreams, Miye Lee's enchanting debut is perfect reading for fans of Before The Coffee Gets Cold.
• Irish Book of the Month
Though the Bodies Fall by Noel O'Regan
Haunting and possessed of a bleak beauty, O'Regan's lyrical debut sees a man charged with saving the souls of would-be suicides at a notorious cliffside spot forced to choose between his family and these unusual visitors
• Children's Book of the Month
Shipwrecked by Jenny Pearson
This page-turning Pacific adventure follows three shipwrecked friends who find themselves in a battle of wits with a bunch of pirates threatening the island's baby turtles.