Have you read any good books lately?

Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee

Star of the Sea by Joseph O'Connor
Am currently reading The Crimson Petal and the White by Michael Faber which is excellent

I'm reading "The Good Companions" by J B Priestley. Am really enjoying it, not my normal choice of book and am making slow progress, due to the fact I spend my evenings on here and fall asleep within minutes of hitting the sack.
My favourite author is Jonathan Coe. Have read all his stuff and am awaiting his next offering.

I've just read Brick Lane, too, and enjoyed it a lot, also Fallen Angels by Tracy Chevalier. My most recent book has been a biography by Antpnia Fraser, 'Marie Antoinette, The Journey'. Dd1 gave it to me for Xmas, an inspired choice as I loved it.

I read Brick Lane at Christmas and thought it was great. I also really liked Siri Hustvedt "What I Loved" a few weeks ago. Currently reading The Cat Sanctuary" by Patrick Gale (pretty good) having just finished True to Form by Elizabeth Berg. I'm on a roll, lots of good books at the moment!

I am reading Daddy's little Girl very good book but also have Lovely bones waiting to be read,

Plus all my study material mmmmmmm

Reading Life of Pi at the moment but I am the world's slowest reader. Pleased to hear your comments about it Thomcat. Unfortunately my DS2 got a hold of it and tore the last page (sorry Hulababy if you are reading this, I will tape it together and still offer it back up for a swap later). My Mum has just bought Cold Mountain and is going to pass it my way when she has finished so I am looking forward to reading that.

Have got Lovely Bones if anyone wants it.

Like the same authors as eidsvold, thrillers crime stuff. Bought cold Mountain yesterday but not started it yet. Love to read in bed- all the women in my family are mad readers(in bed)- much to their men's displeasure!

I've just started "Brick Lane" by Monica Ali - can't comment on it just yet as literally only started it last night. Before that, I read "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold - couldn't put that one down - definately recommend that!

After that, I've got "Sickened" by Julie Gregory lined up - it's a true story about a young girl growing up with her mother who suffered from Munchausen by Proxy.

me too JanH - have read all of hers

quite like Faye Kellerman now...

John Grisham

James Paterson

and anything else that catches my eye.

children's edition? I thought he was a children's writer...

I really enjoyed 'Curious incident' too ... does anyone know if the "children's edition" is identical except the cover?

s'aright ff! although I sounded a bit negative before, I read it in two afternoons flat and loved the drawings etc.

Sorry i didn't read any of the other posts before writing that

The Curious incident of the Dog in the night time, Mark Hadden. It's about lifr through the eyes of a twelve year old Autistic Boy, it's lovely

I did like the actual end, but the train bit was a bit "let's fill a few more pages". loved him though

Oooh, no I was gripped beyond belief by his 'epic journey', and felt the 'ordinariness' of the ending was rather engagingly within the character style.

really blu? i loved the beginning but felt it dropped off a bit at the end, ie it was less surprising and engaging. good nontheless and better than Vernon God Little, which i still haven't finished and although it's about a teenager almost the same age is far less entertaining.
have you read any jane gardam books? just read queen of the tambourine and loved it!

The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night.

if you like Tracey Chevalier I highly recommend ger earler nivels: Falling Angels and The Virgin Blue (don't read if you are sensitive to the miscarriage subject though)

Hi,
When I can keep my eyes open long enough I love to read in bed, just finished The Girl With The Pearl Earring and am off to see the film tomorrow night, it was brilliant!

my friends just started a book club. (We must be getting old!!) I'm really up for the idea as hopefully it'll force me to read and finish books. There isn't enough time normally but now there is a real reason to HAVE to read.

I've just finished Life of Pi and really enjoyed it. Very different and made me sit and think about it for 5 minutes or so after I'd finished.
It kind of stays with you for a while.
Lokking forward to discussing it at our first book club meeting.

Jennifer Crusie writes really funny chick lit - Welcome to Temptation is probably her best. Serena Makesy is pretty good too, especially Virtue.

Big effort to finish a book these days, but did really enjoy Blake Morrisons 'Things my mother never told me' follow up to the one he wrote about his father. Very interesting about the role of women & how women used to/still do?? change to please men. Great stuff.