Welcome to this week’s news, reviews, and ‘all-things-books’ latest from the team at Waterstone’s Ballymena!
THIS WEEK'S TOP 10...
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid:Diper Overlode - Jeff Kinney
2. It Ends With Us - Colleen Hoover
3. The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse - Charlie Mackesy
4. Small Things Like These - Claire Keegan
5. The Night Before Christmas - C. Moore Clement
6. The Very Merry Murder Club - Edited by Serena Patel and Robin Stevenson
7. Surrender - Bono
8. Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing - Matthew Perry
9. How The Grinch Stole Christmas - Dr Seuss
10. Friendship Book 2023
NEW IN COOKERY...
• Potato - James Martin
James Martin presents over 130 recipes and techniques that will inspire you to put potatoes front and centre of your cooking - from the lofty heights of a Pomme souffle, to perfecting the humble Mashed potato.
• Bliss on Toast: 75 Simple Recipes - Prue Leith
From speedy fridge-raid lunches to show-stopping canapés, Dame Prue Leith celebrates the culinary possibilities of sliced bread with an inspiring and inventive selection of toppings.
• Cooking - Jeremy Lee
From a lifetime of cooking with some of the UK’s greatest chefs – as well as lessons from his cookery teacher mother’s brilliant home cooking – this book is about good food honed from good ingredients whether that be some great potatoes, asparagus or some berries. It is they that invariably and best spark the idea of what to cook for supper. The book is a masterclass in simply things done well.
MUCH-REQUESTED CHRISTMAS GIFT...
• The World According to Kaleb - Kaleb Cooper
Full of warmth and down-to-earth wisdom, 'the real star of Clarkson's Farm' Kaleb Cooper serves up a hilarious memoir full of deadpan gags and laugh-out-loud anecdotes.
SATURDAY STORYTIME...
Next Saturday's Storytime will feature Peppa Pig: Peppa and the Christmas Elf.
Peppa wants an adventure with a magical Christmas Elf! Will her wish come true? It's the most magical time of the year, and Peppa has made a wish to have an adventure with an elf from Santa's workshop! When mysterious things start happening all around her, Peppa thinks it's the work of a naughty elf! What is really going on?
Join the team in-store on Saturday 3 December at 12 noon. Everyone welcome!