1. What is actress Sophia Bush’s newly released memoir called?

a) And I Will Tell You Mine

b) The Life Between Us

c) Notes from the Other Side

d) Becoming Brooke Davis

2. In Alex Stone’s psychological thriller The Jealous Girl, what drives Kirsty to become obsessed with Charlotte?

a) Charlotte has stolen her career opportunity

b) Charlotte is hiding a secret from her family

c) Charlotte has repeatedly become the woman Ryan chooses over her

d) Charlotte is responsible for the disappearance of a mutual friend

3. Big Little Truths by Liane Moriarty takes readers back to the world of which bestselling novel?

a) Nine Perfect Strangers

b) Apples Never Fall

c) The Husband’s Secret

d) Big Little Lies

4. In Barbara Kingsolver’s new novel Partita, what is Livia Cable’s great passion?

a) Painting

b) Music and the piano

c) Theatre

d) Writing poetry

Answers

1. The correct answer is a.

Known to millions for playing Brooke Davis in One Tree Hill and Erin Lindsay in Chicago P.D., Sophia Bush has spent much of her adult life in the Hollywood spotlight. Her new memoir, And I Will Tell You Mine: Notes from a Life in Progress, turns the camera around to reveal the woman behind our favourite television characters.

Released in October 2026, the book takes readers beyond the screen to explore her unconventional childhood in Los Angeles, her early studies in journalism and her unexpected transition into acting. She also revisits the decade she spent starring on One Tree Hill, reflecting on how the industry shaped her, the relationships she navigated and how she learned to stand up for herself and her beliefs. But this isn’t simply a book of Hollywood gossip.

Bush gets candid about her experiences of marriage, divorce and personal trauma, as well as the strange reality of having her private heartbreaks picked apart by the public. She discusses her work as an activist and her determination to set her own boundaries as she grows older. What makes this memoir stand out is the friction between how the media portrays her and how she sees herself. After years of having her life discussed and misunderstood by the press and audiences, Bush finally gets to tell her story in her own words.

Whether you love her for her various roles on television or her real-world advocacy, the book is a reminder that growing up and starting over are experiences we all go through, even if some of us happen to be in the spotlight.

2. The correct answer is c.

If you love psychological thrillers packed with jealousy, obsession and revenge, add Alex Stone’s The Jealous Girl to your reading list. Released in September 2026, the story follows Kirsty, who is devastated after her break-up with Ryan. She’s not only grieving the loss of her partner but also the future she thought they’d have together.

Things get worse when Ryan rebounds with Charlotte, the woman his family always preferred over Kirsty. For Kirsty, this isn’t simply a tough breakup. Charlotte represents everything she feels she has lost, fuelling a dangerous fixation. What starts as jealousy quickly escalates into stalking. As Kirsty digs into Charlotte’s life, she uncovers a web of lies and secrets within Ryan’s family, some of which tie directly back to her. Soon, the desire for revenge takes a darker turn, raising the very real possibility of murder.

Stone explores how well we really know the people we love and what happens when rejection takes over. The book sits in that uncomfortable space between heartbreak and obsession, showing how easily the desire to take back control can turn destructive.

3. The correct answer is d.

More than a decade after Big Little Lies first drew us in with its perfect mix of neighbourhood drama and dark secrets, Liane Moriarty is officially bringing the Monterey crew back in Big Little Truths. Released in August 2026, the sequel catches up with Madeline, Celeste, Jane, Renata and Bonnie ten years later. Their children are now teenagers, bringing a whole new level of chaos into family life, while the women navigate the messy realities of middle age, ageing parents, health concerns and relationships that have changed over time.

But since this is a Moriarty novel, everyday suburban life doesn’t stay quiet for long. A disturbing incident at the local high school sets the story in motion when a package containing a severed finger arrives in the principal’s office. The incident, dubbed ‘D-Day’, sets a new mystery in motion as tensions mount between the parents and their teenage children. Meanwhile, the fallout from the original story continues to affect their lives. Old secrets resurface, marriages come under strain and the women must confront the uncomfortable truth that getting older doesn’t necessarily mean having your life figured out.

One of the best parts of this book is seeing how their core friendships have grown. They are no longer bound by the events of the past and have become a support system for each other, even as their individual lives grow more complicated. Of course, it’s impossible to read this without thinking about the screen. The original book was adapted into an Emmy-winning HBO series starring Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern and Zoë Kravitz, among others. If you’ve missed the sharp wit, intense female friendships and dark secrets of the original, this follow-up is the perfect excuse to catch up with the women we love to watch unravel.

4. The correct answer is b.

If you appreciate stories about music, memory and the complicated ways our past shapes our future, Barbara Kingsolver’s Partita is worth reading. The novel centres on Livia Cable, who has settled into a quiet life in the countryside, believing she made peace with how things have turned out. But that sense of stability is completely upended by a surprise phone call from a man she once loved. Decades earlier, Livia Bohusz (Cable) was a gifted young piano student who saw music as her way out of rural life. However, a childhood marked by loss and an intense relationship with this former love changed the course of her life. Now, his sudden reappearance forces her to confront the ambitions she abandoned, the connections she lost and the feelings she has spent years trying to run from.

Kingsolver moves between the past and the present, framing Livia’s memories through musical forms and dances. This structure mirror’s the book’s core theme with time, where we often see our lives differently. What felt like a final period back then might just look like a comma now.

There is also a broader question at work here: what happens when the life you’ve built no longer feels like the whole truth of who you are? Livia must decide whether to reunite with the man from her past or leave those memories buried, knowing that either choice carries consequences. At it heart, Partita is an exploration of love and art, but most of all, it explores the choices that shape us and the lingering pull of the lives we could have led.