POLOKWANE – Joanne Rowling (better known as J.K.) said: “I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a book.”

Whether you prefer to read a book in hard copy or on Google Play Store or Apple’s App Store, we have just the right selection of books for you.

Some are free while others have a once-off or monthly cost.

Book of the week:

Just a Moment: A Memoir

 

In Just a Moment, Schalk Burger Snr, one of the greats of South African rugby, shares the many layers of his colourful and eventful life. Rugby legend and businessman, wine farmer, cultural custodian, musician, father and grandfather, Schalk Burger takes us on an intensely personal and honest journey through the triumphs and hardships that have shaped the life of this much-loved South African.

Read on: Play Store.

Book for the kids:

Lizzie Zipmouth

Lizzie refuses to speak. She doesn’t want to talk to Rory or Jake, her new stepbrothers. Or to Sam, their dad. Or even to her mum. She’s completely fed up with having to join a new family, and nothing can convince her to speak to them. Not football, not pizza, not a new bedroom. That is, until she meets Great-Gran – a member of the new family who is even more stubborn than she is.

Read on: App Store or Play Store.

Hard copy of the week:

Who Moved My Cheese

It is the amusing and enlightening story of four characters who live in a maze and look for cheese to nourish them and make them happy. Cheese is a metaphor for what you want to have in life, for example a good job, a loving relationship, money or possessions, health or spiritual peace of mind. The maze is where you look for what you want, perhaps the organisation you work in, or the family or community you live in. The problem is that the cheese keeps moving.

Buy it here at Takealot.