{"id":44813,"date":"2025-07-25T14:00:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T12:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/?p=44813"},"modified":"2025-07-18T14:34:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T12:34:21","slug":"book-club-some-laugh-out-loud-reads-and-a-tear-jerker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/blog\/2025\/07\/25\/book-club-some-laugh-out-loud-reads-and-a-tear-jerker\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Club: Some laugh-out-loud reads (and a tear-jerker)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>86-year-old Jinx Sullivan promised herself she\u2019d never eat fast food, go on a coach trip, and die without exacting revenge on the people who ruined her life. She\u2019s let herself down on the first two, but she\u2019ll be damned if she doesn\u2019t keep her word on the third. Along with a bunch of senior citizens and a recalcitrant teen, she\u2019s off on a trip to Florence, where she plans some long overdue vengeance on the worst best friend a woman ever had. The one who trained her in etiquette, cocktail-mixing, and silent killing. <strong>Bad Influence<\/strong> by CJ Wray (a pseudonym for Chris Manby) &#8230; laugh-out-loud funny rubs shoulders with moving tenderness, with a little bit of a thrill thrown if for good measure. <em>Orion<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-44847\" src=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/71Ogz-8eKL._SL1500_1800x1800-266x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/71Ogz-8eKL._SL1500_1800x1800-266x400.jpg 266w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/71Ogz-8eKL._SL1500_1800x1800-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/71Ogz-8eKL._SL1500_1800x1800-768x1157.jpg 768w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/71Ogz-8eKL._SL1500_1800x1800-279x420.jpg 279w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/71Ogz-8eKL._SL1500_1800x1800-696x1048.jpg 696w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/71Ogz-8eKL._SL1500_1800x1800.jpg 996w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-44851\" src=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/Retirement-Plan-253x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"253\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/Retirement-Plan-253x400.jpg 253w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/Retirement-Plan-648x1024.jpg 648w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/Retirement-Plan-768x1214.jpg 768w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/Retirement-Plan-972x1536.jpg 972w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/Retirement-Plan-1296x2048.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/Retirement-Plan-266x420.jpg 266w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/Retirement-Plan-696x1100.jpg 696w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/Retirement-Plan-1068x1688.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/Retirement-Plan.jpg 1522w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Retirement Plan<\/strong> is about three wives who imagined retirement would be lying back in a hot tub, margaritas in hand; not recovering from the shock of their husbands losing all their savings in a reckless investment. Now collecting their husbands\u2019 life insurance looks more appealing than growing old with them. So they hire a hit man (as one does!). And that\u2019s when the trouble starts. Because they don\u2019t realise the three hubbies have some tricks up their sleeves, too. Sue Hinchenbergs\u2019\u00a0 tale about three wives wanting a new life (with three husbands in their way) is hysterical &#8230; a lovely weekend read. <em>Sphere<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44850 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/Raspberry-206x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/Raspberry-206x400.jpg 206w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/Raspberry-217x420.jpg 217w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/Raspberry.jpg 427w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/>Quite honestly, we\u2019re not sure what\u2019s with our weather. For warmer days we enjoy sipping something light and fruity. At book club this month we\u2019re making cocktails, flavoured with this <strong>TOMA Handcrafted Raspberry Liqueur<\/strong> &#8230; with its rich, natural raspberry flavour is a taste of spring that\u2019s just around the corner. It adds a delightful fruity note to ice cream too, creating a unique dessert experience. R349 from <em>Yuppiechef<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em>Two daughters. One is a therapist who\u2019s discovered her adored father has given his inheritance to a daugher no one knew. The other &#8230; well, she needs therapy. And she\u2019s quite happy to kneel at the Kleenex alter since she\u2019s just inherited five million dollars.The two girls know nothing about one another. At all! They are unknowingly thrown together for the first time. Crazy. Unethical. Perfect! <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44848 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/9780241740774-Favourite-Daughter-249x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/9780241740774-Favourite-Daughter-249x400.jpg 249w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/9780241740774-Favourite-Daughter-637x1024.jpg 637w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/9780241740774-Favourite-Daughter-768x1235.jpg 768w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/9780241740774-Favourite-Daughter-955x1536.jpg 955w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/9780241740774-Favourite-Daughter-1273x2048.jpg 1273w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/9780241740774-Favourite-Daughter-261x420.jpg 261w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/9780241740774-Favourite-Daughter-696x1120.jpg 696w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/9780241740774-Favourite-Daughter-1068x1718.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/9780241740774-Favourite-Daughter-scaled.jpg 1591w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><strong>Favourite Daughter<\/strong> is Morgan Dick\u2019s darkly funny, moving debut novel. <em>Penguin Viking<\/em> \u2022 A young screenwriter\u2019s chance of a lifetime &#8230; to write a big-budget movie set in New York. Problem &#8230; Elle\u2019s had writers block for months. A handsome tech billionaire who needs to fake a steady relationship during his company\u2019s precarious acquisition. Maybe his new neighbour Elle could help out. Problem &#8230; the two hooked up in a stairwell years earlier, and there\u2019s no love lost! On the plus side &#8230; meeting Parker again has led to nights of hate-fuelled writing for Elle. Also &#8230;. he needs a date, she needs to research classic date spots in the city. This could work out well after all. Alex Aster\u2019s <strong>Summer In The City<\/strong> &#8230; it\u2019s obvious where it\u2019s going, but such fun getting there. <em>Bloomsbury<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Julie Chan didn\u2019t mean to steal her identical twin\u2019s life. She meant to call 911. But when she unlocked Chloe\u2019s phone, she also unlocked the emails, gaining access to her estranged sister\u2019s sponsorship deals, followers, wealth &#8230; her whole life. So it\u2019s goodbye Julie who struggles to pay her rent. And hello Chloe who\u2019s going to breathe, detox, work out, and spend days filming unboxing videos. But someone knows even identical twins have their differences. Liann Zhang\u2019s <strong>Julie Chan is Dead<\/strong> is great fun from first page to last. <em>Raven Books<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-44849\" src=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/Julie-Chan-is-Dead-TPB-265x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/Julie-Chan-is-Dead-TPB-265x400.jpg 265w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/Julie-Chan-is-Dead-TPB-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/Julie-Chan-is-Dead-TPB-768x1160.jpg 768w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/Julie-Chan-is-Dead-TPB-1017x1536.jpg 1017w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/Julie-Chan-is-Dead-TPB-1356x2048.jpg 1356w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/Julie-Chan-is-Dead-TPB-278x420.jpg 278w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/Julie-Chan-is-Dead-TPB-696x1051.jpg 696w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/Julie-Chan-is-Dead-TPB-1068x1612.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/Julie-Chan-is-Dead-TPB-scaled.jpg 1696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44854\" src=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/highway-berea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/07\/s-zoom.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Story of a Heart<\/strong> is the tale of a boy. A girl. And the heart they share. The story of Keira\u2019s heart &#8230; one that maintained its rhythm despite the nine-year-old suffering catastrophic injuries in a car accident, one which saw her brain and body shut down. But not her heart. And in an act of extraordinary generosity, her parents and siblings agreed that she she would have wanted to be an organ donor. It\u2019s the story of nine-year-old Max, who\u2019d been in hospital for nine months with a virus that was causing his heart to fail. And of how when his parents received the call they\u2019d been hoping for, they knew it came at a the most awful cost to another family. It\u2019s a true story &#8230; non-fiction that reads as fiction &#8230; a heartbreaking, groundbreaking love story, beautifully writen by Dr Rachel Clarke. Abacus Books<\/p>\n<p>For these and more brilliant book club reads, visit exclusivebooks.co.za<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>86-year-old Jinx Sullivan promised herself she\u2019d never eat fast food, go on a coach trip, and die without exacting revenge on the people who ruined her life. She\u2019s let herself down on the first two, but she\u2019ll be damned if she doesn\u2019t keep her word on the third. 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