The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe

I read this back in mid 2014 and, though I didn't expect to "enjoy" it as such, given the situation it describes, I actually found it a thoroughly engrossing and very moving read.  What's more, at that stage I still had both my parents and had always shared books and a love of reading with them.  Although I had no inkling I would lose them both over the following 2 years, this book made me savour even more the discussions we had about books, and after my Dad died I made a real point of seeking out books I thought Mum would enjoy so we could read and talk about them.  I hadn't always been terribly close to my Mum, or felt we had much in common at times, so sharing books and our experience of them together was incredibly special to me in the 18 months after Dad's death.

So all in all, this book affected me profoundly and had a long and very positive effect on my own personal life, even though my parents lives and deaths were very different from those of Will Schwalbe's mother.  I think it's a book that would "speak" to anyone who loves books.  I'll look forward to reading your thoughts about it when you've finished it, Sal.