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Maybe it's because Spring is in the air, but we have all been reading a little more than normal recently, so this month's What We've Been Reading is a bit of a bumper edition. We all read quite differently here in The Willoughby Book Club HQ. It's always interesting to find out the titles we have been enjoying recently. We have heaps of 'want to read' books by our desks as well as at home,  piling up much faster than we can possibly read them. Here are the ones we have tackled so far!   I Have Some Questions For You...

Do you believe in star signs? For thousands of years, astrologists and mystics have been looking to the skies above for answers to some of the most profound questions imaginable. ‘What should I do with my life?’, ‘Will I find true love?’, or ‘Should I get a new job?’. Sometimes the question can be as simple as: ‘I’ve finished my book… now what should I read?’.

Volunteering at Bradgate Park, Leicester At the end of March, we were invited by our friends at Zellar to one of their first Zellar Together days to volunteer at Bradgate Park in Leicestershire, as part of their wonderful climate action initiative. It was a lovely experience, that just so happened to take place on one of the first sunny days of the year. It was also great to meet and speak with the other local businesses taking part. Bradgate Park is a beautiful 850 acre park in Charnwood Forest, with a long history as a medieval deer park. It also contains the atmospheric ruins of the ancestral...

The Vanishing Half  by Brit Bennett I bought this book because one of my customers listed it as one of her favourites…and now it’s one of mine too! A story about identical twins Stella & Desiree, growing up in a small Southern black community, who run away when they’re 16. Years later Desiree is back, with her black daughter, living the life she escaped whilst Stella is secretly passing herself off as a white woman…to which her husband and daughter are none the wiser. The story is very well-written and sensitively deals with an array of topics…race, prejudice, poverty and...