Summer Bay regulars Ada Nicodemou and Lynne McGranger spend their leisure time reading when production on Home & Away was halted last year because to the COVID-19 epidemic.
So much so that the actors who play Leah Patterson-Baker and Irene Roberts on the programme decided to form a virtual book club and discuss each novel through live video chat.
The virtual bookclub is still going strong over a year later, with the performers having established a community of readers among their fan base.
We felt there was no better time than now to collect together all of Ada and Lynne’s bookclub choices now that the weather is shining and the beach is calling us all to go read on the sand.
Scroll on for your next binge-read, from Genevieve Gannon’s The Mothers to Kyle Perry’s The Deep.
The Deep by Kyle Perry
This thriller, which featured modern-day pirates, familial relationships and betrayals, and the hidden perils of the deep, was the newest addition to Ada and Lynne’s book club.
It is now available for $26.90 at Booktopia.
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Four renowned siblings host an end-of-summer party in this historical and psychological fiction tale. However, their lives are transformed in an instant.
You can get it for $24.50 at Booktopia right now.
The Mistake by Katie McMahon
The Mistake is a romance and psychological thriller about two sisters who couldn’t be more unlike, and their individual romantic lives. One of them is married, but she is drawn to someone else. And one falls in love with the apparently ideal man until she discovers he’s been keeping secrets from her.
You can get it for $24.75 at Booktopia right now.
below deck by Sophie Hardcastle
Sophie Hardcastle’s debut novel follows Olivia, a 21-year-old woman who wakes up on a boat with no recollection of how she got there. She then accepts the assistance of two strangers, who will forever change her life.
You can purchase it via Booktopia, for currently $17.95.
The Bluffs by Kyle Perry
This crime thriller follows a group of adolescent girls who went missing in “The Bluffs,” a mysterious Tasmanian wilderness. One of the missing students’ fathers becomes a potential suspect. Detective Con Badenhorst, on the other hand, is certain that everyone in town is concealing something.
It is now available for $17.95 through Booktopia.
I Give my Marriage a Year by Holly Wainwright
Lou begins to doubt her 14-year marriage to Josh, with whom she has two children, a mortgage, careers, and a lot of history, after a tumultuous Christmas together.
It is now available for $18.75 on Booktopia.
Force of Nature by Jane Harper
Five ladies embark on a trek as a team-building exercise in this murder thriller, but only four return. The one who doesn’t just so happens to be a corporate fraud whistleblower.
It is now available for $16.50 on Booktopia.
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Daisy Jones & The Six chronicles the growth and demise of a 1970s rock band. Daisy is a songwriter who also happens to be a drug abuser. Camilla is the wife of the frontman. Karen is the keyboardist for the band. Then there’s the matter of the males in their life.
It is now available for $14.95 at Booktopia.
the end of cuthbert close by Cassie Hamer
They live next door to one other, yet they are polar opposites. Cara, Alex, and Beth all have different views about how to handle the problem when a new neighbour arrives in town who has little regard for Cuthbert Close’s traditions.
You can get it for $24.75 at Booktopia right now.
Educated by Tara Westover
Tara Westover’s quest for self-invention is chronicled in this well-received book. She had no school or medical records, a radical father, and a violent sibling when she was growing up. She chose to educate herself when she was 16 years old.
It is now available for $17.95 through Booktopia.
The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth
This page-turner is about a complicated relationship between a daughter-in-law and her mother-in-law. Lucy was well aware that she would never be friends with her husband’s mother, a respected member of her community. Diana is discovered dead with a suicide note 10 years later. The autopsy, on the other hand, reveals a different narrative.
It is now available for $17.25 on Booktopia.
The Dry by Jane Harper
The murder of the Hadler family is the centre of this crime fiction. The case was deemed a murder-suicide, but when more information becomes available, Federal Police detective Aaraon Falk begins to have concerns.
It is now available for $18.75 on Booktopia.
The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley
It is the first instalment in Lucinda Riley’s well-known series. After learning of their adopted father’s death, Maia D’Apliése and her five sisters gather to their childhood home, which happens to be a castle. After that, each of them is given a hint about their true ancestors.
It is now available for $17.75 on Booktopia.
The Mothers by Genevieve Gannon
A real-life IVF laboratory mix-up inspired this family storey. When a lady discovers that her embryo was placed in the uterus of another woman, she must choose whether to stay childless while her son is raised by strangers or pursue custody of her kid.
It is now available for $22.90 at Booktopia.
