It’s been an interesting year so far with lots of new books coming out and my genre phases chopping and changing constantly and slumps hitting left, right and centre. Despite all that, I have managed to read 35 books this year with a mix of good, bad and unmentionable books.

I’ve recently found a new love for books with gothic atmosphere in a whole range of genres and unfortunately it seems like there aren’t too many books in that area but I’ve been fortunate to find a few great gems in the ones that I have read.

Reading is my favourite hobby. I have others but reading takes priority every time. However for some reason or other, I hit a wall and can’t seem to read anything which leads me to having multiple books on the go and not finishing any of them which then adds to the stress of trying to read and finish a book, especially if it’s a book I need to read for book club.

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus has been extremely popular recently. Quite a few customers have come in and raved about this book and usually when a book is constantly talked about and hyped up, it tends to put me off reading it but I couldn’t resist picking it up.

A lot of books these days, if they are well received, get thrown all over social media such as TikTok, YouTube and Instagram and because of the hype that pushes these books to the forefront of everyone’s eyes and sometimes they just aren’t as good as you expect. So here are some books that may have gone under your radar.

There are many reasons why someone might choose to pick up a book. During my time working at The Imaginarium I’ve had a lot of wonderful conversations with customers and discovered a variety of reasons why someone chooses to read.

I couldn’t have gotten off to a better start to the year, with this being my first book and it absolutely blowing me away. Recommended to me by a very trusted friend and for the millionth time I have found that her recommendation lives up to standard.

Graphic Novels can be a great way to get your children interested in reading or to continue reading after losing interest. Graphic Novels tend to be visually interesting and stimulating and so may be more likely to capture and keep their attention than a chapter book. We have a small range of children’s Graphic Novels from laughing out loud with animals dealing with a human invasion or solving a mystery with Investi-Gators to taking flight with a dragon to end a war between tribes and fulfilling a mysterious prophecy.

With Christmas creeping ever closer you might be wondering what to buy someone? While we have a large fictional section of books, we have had a lot of interest in our non-fiction and a lot of customers coming in to buy Christmas presents from our selection of non-fiction books, so why not take a look at our most popular non-fiction books and see if they’ll make the perfect present for someone you know.

“In 1926, Agatha Christie disappeared for eleven days. Only I know the truth of her disappearance.”

Typically you’ll find me reading Sci-fi Fantasy. However every now and then I fancy something different, usually something a little easier to read than my go to genre. Another fact is I usually go on and on about how I hate romance but here I am reviewing a romance novel. It’s funny how these things happen…..