Why We Sleep – Matthew Walker

Blurb:Sleep is one of the most important aspects of our life, health and longevity and yet it is increasingly neglected in twenty-first-century society, with devastating consequences: every major disease in the developed world - Alzheimer's, cancer, obesity, diabetes - has very strong causal links to deficient sleep.Until very recently, science had no answer to the…

Silver Sparrow – Tayari Jones – Bookrush 18

Blurb:'My father, James Witherspoon, is a bigamist.' This is the story of a man's deception, a family's complicity, and the two teenage girls caught in the middle. James Witherspoon has two families, one public, the other a closely guarded secret. But when his daughters meet and form a friendship, only one of them knows the…

I’m Thinking of Ending Things – Iain Reid

Blurb:A man and his girlfriend are on their way to a secluded farm. When the two take an unexpected detour, she is left stranded in a deserted high school, wondering if there is any escape at all. What follows is a twisted unraveling that will haunt you long after the last page is turned. My…

Dark Matter – Blake Crouch – #20booksofsummer

#20booksofsummer reading challenge hosted by Cathy@746books. Blurb: 'Are you happy in your life?'Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious. Before he awakes to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits. Before the man he's never met smiles down at him and says,…

The Quantum Moment

If anyone here likes maths and/or physics this is the book you need to read. My boyfriend got me this book because he knew how much I would love reading it! It goes into detail about questions like Schroedinger's cat with easy explanations and humour. Written by two lecturers this book is a great way…