{"id":18112,"date":"2023-05-31T14:00:42","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T12:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/joburg-south\/?p=18112"},"modified":"2023-05-26T10:06:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T08:06:53","slug":"books-that-you-wont-be-able-to-put-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/joburg-south\/blog\/2023\/05\/31\/books-that-you-wont-be-able-to-put-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Books that you won\u2019t be able to put down"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>What better day to spend a cold day with a good book in hand, and boy do we have some great suggestions for you this month\u2026<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Decima by Eben Venter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-458349\" src=\"https:\/\/rekord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2023\/05\/Penguin-Decima-Eng-front-262x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"262\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He wanted to show that rhinos are sentient beings, says Eben Venter about his latest novel, Decima, which will be published in both English and Afrikaans.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Each Mortal Thing by Michiel Heyns<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-458350\" src=\"https:\/\/rekord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2023\/05\/Umuzi-EachMortalThing-262x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"262\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When Natasha, a novice writer from South Africa, is nominated for a major British literary prize, Terence, a young university lecturer, undertakes to introduce her to the sights of London. However, London and its literary cliques are a far cry from Natasha\u2019s Karoo hometown: through no fault of her own, she is disqualified, and their affair ends in tragedy. Michiel Heyns\u2019s\u00a0 <em>Each Mortal Thing<\/em>\u00a0 shows us the metropolis through fresh eyes, calculates the cost of acts of kindness, and speaks to the grace that friendship can bestow on us.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Go as a River by Shelley Read<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-458355\" src=\"https:\/\/rekord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2023\/05\/9780857529411-260x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With Go as a River, Shelley Read has honoured the writer in her. After 30 years as a university lecturer, Read retired from teaching, and finally paid heed to the story that had long been brewing in her mind, and which shines a light on her deep roots in her home state of Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Cassandra Complex by Holly Smale\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-458358\" src=\"https:\/\/rekord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2023\/05\/9781529195941-2-249x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Holly Smale\u2019s adult debut novel, The Cassandra Complex, is a unique, heartwarming and life-affirming novel about one woman&#8217;s unlikely journey through love, again and again&#8230; Smale chats about the idea behind the book, her<br \/>\nadult diagnosis of autism, and using her own life as inspiration for Cassandra.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Happy Place by Emily Henry\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-458360\" src=\"https:\/\/rekord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2023\/05\/9780241997932-260x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Set over one sizzling summer, Happy Place is the new chemistry-filled &#8216;second chance love&#8217; romcom from Tiktok sensation, Emily Henry. 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