May is a wonderful time for books - there are so many new publications to choose from - if you like books it's party season. Meanwhile reissues of classic titles - from authors we may have missed or well-thumbed perennial favourites - vie for attention and offer a breathing space from busy life preoccupations. This time I thought I'd share some of our staff and local customer favourites. These are the "have you read this?! It's so great!!" books of the moment: Wild Dark S

Helen is a Marlow-based mum of teen twins who is rarely without a book - or her maltipoo, Roddy. She started Best Book Forward in 2017 on a whim after reading Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine and wanting someone to talk to about it. Since then, she has grown a community of over 32k readers on Instagram, hosts a podcast inspired by Desert Island Discs where authors share the books that shaped their lives, and is launching a members’ book club with in-person events in Marlow

Book to screen adaptations always make me slightly nervous, especially when it’s a book I really love. Will it look the way I imagined it? Will the casting match the characters I had in my mind? Or will they rewrite the ending? That said, it is also big business, and one that shows no signs of slowing down. Rights to books are being snapped up faster than directors can call “that’s a wrap” on their current projects. May sees the return of The Devil Wears Prada and I thin