Would anyone like to suggest a book my postnatal brain could deal with?

[Stevie77]

For months now, even through pregnancy, I've not been able to get into any book. The pile of unfinished books is getting higher and higher.

I'm giving up on The Eyre Affair today after reaching the conclusion I just don't care how it ends or what happens. I've also abandoned Slaughterhouse 5, but was probably a bit ambitious trying to read it while too tired etc. I need a book to get me back into reading, something that would really grab me, that I won't be able to put down. None of the books I have at home are right as too 'literary' (The Kindly Ones, The Goldfinch, If this is a Man etc).

I was thinking Gone Girl? Don't normally read thrillers but maybe that's the sort of book I need?

What about some short stories? I was never a short story fan until I had a baby and my head couldn't cope with longer books. Victoria Hislop does some nice ones

Seeing as you'll be postnatal, Anne Enright's non-fiction Making Babies would be a lovely book for you to read. Marian Keyes writes brilliant page turners, especially Sushi For Beginners, Rachel's Holiday and The Mystery of Mercy Close.