Books+for+Pleasure

If you are a bookworm like me, you might want to check out [|http://www.goodreads.com]  //"Goodreads is the largest social book discovery and recommendation site for readers in the world.... A home for casual readers and bona-fide bookworms alike, Goodreads users recommend books, compare what they are reading, keep track of what they've read and would like to read, find their next favorite book, form book clubs and much more..."// **Books For Pleasure **  ‍ ‍ Here are some books that Clare read last year. Feel free to add your comments. > *This book is an interesting read. Tish Cohen is a Canadian author. There is a character with a Non Verbal Learning disorder. Definitely recommended. >  **Stuart: A Life Backwards**, by Alexander Masters //"It's bollocks boring. Do it like what Tom Clancy writes, and make it more like a murder mystery. What murdered the boy I was? See? Write it backwards."//
 * The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
 * Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simpson
 * Hotel on the Corner of Bitter & Sweet by Jamie Ford
 * The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Heidi Durrow
 * The Help by Kathleen Stockett
 * Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman fabulous (makes you never want to do anything wrong that will land you in prison)
 * Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
 * Little Bee by Chris Cleave
 * Inside Out Girl - Tish Cohen

I first saw the [|BBC movie] (it also showed on HBO) and completely loved Tom Hardy's portrayal of a "thief, hostage taker, psycho and sociopathic street raconteur" with muscular dystrophy. So I read [|the book], and loved it as much. Honestly, who ever heard of a biography of a homeless man? And who expected it to make me cry and laugh? Both movie and book are funnier than they sound, although there's serious stuff too. It's fabulous. It really, really is. Gave me huge insight into homelessness in the UK, and just homelessness in general. By far the most engaging biography I've ever read. (Jean)