Slice of Life

I Don't Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson
This is a Bridget Jones Style novel about working mother woes. It is very funny and very well written. It is possible that you would have to have been a working mother to really appreciate it.

Last Cocktail Party and other books by Elisabeth McNeill
I have not seen very many of these, but every one that I have read has been excellent. She is a Scottish author who knows something about East Indian life. Some of her novels are mysteries and some are just good stories.

No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series by Alexander McCall Smith
Smith also has two or three other series, but this one set in Botswana if the hands down winner. This series paints a new and positive picture of this country in southern Africa.

44 Scotland Street series by Alexander McCall Smith. Other books are: Expresso Tales, Love Over Scotland, and The World According to Bertie
The best plan is to read these books, go to Edinburgh, stay in New Town, and then re-read them!

Sunday Philosophy Club series also by Alexander McCall Smith
These are also set in New Town, and are good reads by any standard.


Home to Harmony series by Philip Gulley
This series is reminiscent of the Miss Read books. They are well written, and funny, and paint a humorous picture of small town life. Each story features some small town problem, but the stories are character driven rather than plot centered. There will undoubtedly be more of these, and they are definitely something to look forward to.