Which book are you reading at the moment?

I am reading we need to talk about kevin which seems to have made me hug my daughter a lot more than I used to - and I wasn't exactly hands off to start off - the poor thing doesn't understand at all
It is quite a contrast from Piers Morgan the Insider which I finished last week

I have yet to complete jonathan Strange as it is TOO BIG for my handbag and therefore cannot be read on the tube

Am reading Deception Point by Dan Brown, having just finished Digital Fortress.
Racers, you're right - DF wasn't as good as the others. The plot was engaging and fast paced but the background was a little boring and ultimately unmemorable. I think the whole history of the grail/ illuminati were the strongest points of interest in Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons. These other two are just reading as boys own adventure stories.

Would love to read Jonathan Strange... Shall ask my mum for it for Christmas I think!

I've just taken over responsibility for the school link system at our secondary school. If you have children at secondary school could you look at the education thread and say what books you'd like to see in the catalogues?

I'd read Bleak House if I wasn't on mumsnet

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harpsichord - I am about half way through (page 500). I think the bits with Steven and Lady Pole and the 'thistledown hair' man are absolutely terrifying! and enjoying how the tension is rising. I really admire her lightness of touch and wit in such a looong book.

As for using up all her ideas - I suppose it is essentially a historical novel so hopefully she will move onto another period and work from there.

I am really really enjoying it - cant stop reading ATM so I only bought it as I thought it might keep me going for a while - I read 'How I live now' in a morning - this baby is superpowering my reading somehow

harpsichord - I am about half way through (page 500). I think the bits with Steven and Lady Pole and the 'thistledown hair' man are absolutely terrifying! and enjoying how the tension is rising. I really admire her lightness of touch and wit in such a looong book.

As for using up all her ideas - I suppose it is essentially a historical novel so hopefully she will move onto another period and work from there.

I am really really enjoying it - cant stop reading ATM so I only bought it as I thought it might keep me going for a while - I read 'How I live now' in a morning - this baby is superpowering my reading somehow

harpsichord - I am about half way through (page 500). I think the bits with Steven and Lady Pole and the 'thistledown hair' man are absolutely terrifying! and enjoying how the tension is rising. I really admire her lightness of touch and wit in such a looong book.

As for using up all her ideas - I suppose it is essentially a historical novel so hopefully she will move onto another period and work from there.

I am really really enjoying it - cant stop reading ATM so I only bought it as I thought it might keep me going for a while - I read 'How I live now' in a morning - this baby is superpowering my reading somehow

that's spooky alittlebitscary becaise I just finished the Other Side of the Story. Strangely I don't like chick lit except the Irish ones i.e. Marian Keyes and Maeve Binchy.
yes I really enjoyed Strange and Norrell but left it to my holiday because I felt I needed a bit of a run at it. It is quite easy to read; each chapter is fairly distinct, which is useful for me because I find it hard to read for long periods at a time without falling asleep (can't hink why that should be....)

Skallagrig by Willaim Horwood. Ive read it loads of times and will read a load more.

i have jonathan strage and mr norrell, but am putting off starting it. is it good? honest?

am reading nice comfort reading at the mo - the other side of the story by marian keyes, i do love my chick lit, sad but v v true.

ha ha ha meant read not written !!!!!!

I have just finished The Pact by Jodi Picoult .... undoubtably one of the best, if not the best book I have ever written, I have barely slept for 4 days because I just cant stop reading it, got my first night sleep last night.
For those of you that are still reading it .... the ending is just as amazing as the rest of the book

oh Enid I read that on holiday I thought it was completely fabulous. Did you thhink, though, that the writer had really rather shot her bolt a bit? I mean for her first novel she had used up all her reswearch and ideas??
I am reading Writing Home Alan Bennett, it's all I can concentrate on at the moment

Not just me that has a "toilet read" Mine's Lords and Ladies!!!!!!

I'm reading "The Pact" by Jodi Picoult. It's the first one of her books I've read and I'm finding it hard to put down.

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

loving it

the watch
terry pratchet
( the toilet read)
&
MORT
terry pratchet
( the train journey to fking london for a stupid meeting read)

yep arabica!! - wouldn't be surprised if 'she' is a hairy armed MN trucker!!!!

(male fantasies gone mad)

I've read it but I still feel I don't know anything about her; it had a made-up feel. If I'd paid for her I'd have asked for a refund!

Belle de Jour.. diary of a London Call girl...

anyone care to join me in this admission?!!

Marathon Running for Mortals -- for inspiration. Last week read the latest Harry Potter which was approx 350 pages too long; and am also reading some memoirs by Marc Almond.

Venice, Jan Morris

the must-read book on Venice, beautifully wordy!

Just finished Andrea Levy's Small Island. Excellent book.