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What are you reading?

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Billybobjoe · 02/12/2010 09:17

Am just finishing The good man Jesus and the scoundrel Christ by Phillip Pullman. Easy to read and very interesting.
What books have other people got their noses in at the moment?

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onimolap · 15/01/2011 23:04

DS has got me reading the Percy Jackson series, and I'm absolutely loving them.

joshark · 15/01/2011 23:01

hi, i am reading 'the slap' at the moment, it is about an incident at a bbq party where a man hits a child who is not his own, totally amazing and would def recommend x

DullWomenHaveImmaculateHomes · 09/01/2011 07:29

Have barely been able to read since DD (8mo) gave up on nice long BF sessions, but DH bought me Maeve Binchy's Return Journey which is a collection of short stories. It's perfect for bedtime - just a few pages and then off to sleep. The stories are brilliant and so easy to read. I know I'll want to read them again very soon.

comewhinewithme · 08/01/2011 21:35

Under The Dome -Stephen King.
I am really enjoying it.

billie50 · 08/01/2011 14:06

just finished "fantasy in death" by jd robb, i love all the eve and roarke books Grin

about to start "dear Fatty" by Dawn French

bunny27 · 03/01/2011 09:58

Simon Kernick - 10 seconds - the first book I have downloaded onto my new sony ereader - Christmas pressy from DH !

Haribojoe · 01/01/2011 19:50

Finished Trespass today which I enjoyed, am now going back to In the Kitchen by Monica Ali.
All the kids are in bed asleep so was going to tuck myself up with a book but I think that tiredness (ds3 having growth spurt) and cold/flu will put paid to that.

littlevoice83 · 30/12/2010 18:44

I am curently reading two books (happens quite a bit!) I am reading none kindle Things i want my daughters to know.. Lovely book cried first couple of chapters and then laughed!
on my lovely kindle i am reading futher obervations of lady whistledown, brill book by julia quinn and other authors!

comewhinewithme · 29/12/2010 21:11

Have just finished The Passage which was amazing.
Have now started Under the Dome -Stephen King.Am only about 20 pages in but is very very good so far.

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arentfanny · 29/12/2010 20:27

MOved on to Death in Seville - David Hewson.

shinyshoes · 29/12/2010 20:25

Passion - Louise Bagshawe

Haribojoe · 29/12/2010 20:24

brandybutterfly I read the believers last year, enjoyed but found it a little bit dull.

clutterqueen · 29/12/2010 20:13

Have just started Starter for Ten by David Nicholls, author who wrote One Day which I enjoyed a lot. I recently finished The Help which was excellent.

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BelligerentYhoULE · 29/12/2010 20:08

Currently working through my annual-ish Bill bryson re-reads - love him!

I had the new Stephen King for Christmas, which I am saving for New Year's Eve. Am going to go and buy books with some of my Christmas money tomorrow I think - what shall I get?

Haribojoe · 29/12/2010 20:01

Finished Baking Cakes in Kigali and am about 100 pages into the Rose Tremain book for MN bookclub. Enjoying it so far.

Tankatankaskunk · 19/12/2010 01:46

Am reading The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver - really enjoying it, as good as all her others.

It's all about Frida Kahlo and Trotsky and Mexico and post-war USA but seen through eyes of an fictional character called Harrison Shepherd. Really well-written with a great narrative voice.

wendihouse22 · 07/12/2010 10:02

Have just finished Michael Faber's "The Crimson Petal and the White". Bit of a tome at 800+ pages but excellent!

Some rather lurid descriptions of nineteenth century prostitution but a real good yarn.

NOT a boddice ripper/Catherine Cookson historical read......be warned.

thumbplumpuddingwitch · 06/12/2010 13:40

The Echo Maker by Richard Powers.

It took a while to get going - I kept it in the loo and read it bit by bit to start with - but it's moving along better now (from my point of view anyway). Am halfway through it.

It deals with brain trauma and CAPGRAS syndrome - whereby the young man involved no longer believes his sister is his sister, he thinks she is a government spy who just looks like his sister. Very interesting!

Haribojoe · 06/12/2010 13:34

faith76 - good to read your comments as have been thinking about getting House Rules for a while now.

Faith76 · 06/12/2010 13:29

Just read House Rules by Jodie Picoult. Good read but not unputdownable in my opinion. It was quite drawn out and I could have just left it and not gone back to it if It was'nt for another book club I am in. Wanted to finish to the end to give an opinion.

However I wasn't disappointed however contraditory this sounds and I would recommend this as it is a good read.

I thinkd it needed to be drawn out to understand more about Aspergers syndrome so all in all a very educational good read.

Haribojoe · 06/12/2010 11:28

Finished Alentejoe Blue which I enjoyed and now reading In the kitchen also by Monica Ali. Am really enjoying her style of writing.

reptile · 06/12/2010 07:51

Jane and Prudence by Barbara Pym, for a book group. It's very different from the other books mentioned here. I read it years ago, and had forgotton how enjoyable it was.

gailforce1 · 02/12/2010 15:06

Hot House Flower by Margot Berwin about a New York girl plant hunting in the rainforest of the Yuctan peninsula - not sure about it and am half way through!

Looking forward to reading Any Human Heart and The Still Point by debut writer Amy Sackville which begins as a tale about a failed attempt to conquer the North Pole before moving 100years ahead to the exploers great great neice. It won the John Llewellyn Rhys prize and reviews seem positive.

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