Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films we’re watching, the television shows we’re hooked on, or the music we’re loving.

Aurelia Orr is reading Milk Fed by Melissa Broder

This book is an absolute feast of every delight and pleasure the world has to offer. Rachel, a non-practicing Jew, has made calorie restriction and intensive cardio exercise her religion. When she meets Miriam, an Orthodox Jewish woman intent upon feeding her, Rachel suddenly experiences a world in which indulging your every desire is nothing to be ashamed of.

Embarking on a bizarre, carnal journey of food, religion and sex, this is a story of nourishing yourself physically, sexually and religiously. I fell in love immediately and hungered for more when I finished.

Lian Hingee is reading Love On the Brain by Ali Hazelwood

After reading a couple of heavy books I decided I needed a palate cleansing pick-me-up, so the arrival of Ali Hazelwood’s second full-length novel was perfectly timed. Hazelwood’s wildly successful debut, The Love Hypothesis, was always going to be a tough act to follow, but she’s managed the task with aplomb.

Similarly set in the scientific world (the publisher calls the genre STEMinist, which I dunno man), Love on the Brain is the story of Bee Königswasser, a neuroscientist who is offered her dream job at NASA as co-head of a project alongside - oh no - her arch nemesis, hunky neuroengineer Levi Ward. Hijinks ensue.

With a cat who may-or-may-not exist (shout out to Schrödinger here), a supporting cast of endearing stereotypes, and a host of genuinely interesting science-facts (Hazelwood herself is completing her PhD in Neuroscience), Love on the Brain is a smart and satisfying contemporary romance.

Rosalind McClintock is reading Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

I am halfway through Everyone in My Family has Killed Someone. To be honest, I wasn’t sure I was going to like it at first, as it takes a bit of getting used to the narrator, a self published author of ‘how to’ books on writing crime novels, who talks us through each moment and lays out which pages the murders are going to happen.

However, as it turns out, I adjusted quickly and am thoroughly enjoying the family murder romp! It is intriguing, inventive and fun (well, as fun as murder can be). Definitely a good one for those who enjoy a good crime novel now and again.