Imagine life as a coloured maid in 1960’s Jackson, Mississippi. How would it feel to raise white babies who love you but grow into the demanding employers that maintain racial segregation? What if one white lady gave you a chance to tell your story? Would you brave the possibly violent repercussions? Kathryn Stockett tells such a story. She weaves the voices of three women telling the same tale from different vantage points.

What’s it like to be the parent of a terminally ill child? What if science could create a genetic match in an embryo that might save that child? What might happen if the donor child grew up and no longer wanted to help? These are the questions explored by Jodi Picoult in My Sister’s Keeper. It is a gripping story with compelling characters

Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a psychological thriller and media phenomenon. It is part of a trilogy that has sold over 20 million copies and been translated into multiple languages. The movie is out and there are rumours of a fourth book. I’d heard a lot about this murder mystery. So, I was curious to get my hands on a copy.

Here’s how I imagine the conversation:
“Well, son, time to do your homework.”
“Aw Dad, I really have better things to do.”
“No more computer time until you finish that book report for school.”
“Dad, you’re unreasonable!”