It's Late Jan., What're You Reading?

Love In The Time of Cholera. Only a short way into it, but fine so far.

Ruth Rendells latest, just got it last night and already hooked. It s very good!

Sarah Waters - The Night Watch. Just fantastic. Don't want it to end.

I also cried at the end of TTW.

I'm now halfway through The History of Love. Did you enjoy/are you enjoying it MarsonLife? It's got some deep and harrowing elements which I'm finding v. interesting.

I also cried at the denouement of TTW

Next book I've got lined up is the new Philip Roth.

Hee, hee, maybe I was the one trying to jump the queue!

Cristina, what, even the bizarre 'I know you're vaguely considering jumping the queue and I will let you know that I know you're thinking about it just so you know that I know' stuff? Wow!

I bought it and forgot it until my friend phoned to tell me to watch R & J show as it was showing Carcasonne( where she's just bought a house) As they were talking I realised I had the book upstairs, so it prompted me into reading it.

I enjoyed it ( but I also liked Da Vinci Code) but in a different way. DVC is an easier book to read.

In the sense that there's something to be found -yes. But not the same as diving all over the place from one country to the next. It switches time, but not like time traveller's wife. More like 2 stories in the one book but you know that somehow that are relevent to each other.

Historical, similar to Phillipa Gregory style, and then up to date story.

Based around Carcassonne in SW France, where the author lives.

WWW - yes, but as a foreigner i feel i could have written that myself as i'd noticed all those things myself at some point or another. An immodest foreigner, obviously.

Snobs - Julian Fellowes

Sammac, I picked\ it up in a shop and it looked so similar to the Da Vinci code, is it?

Oh Cristina, I loved that! Are you enjoying it?

Just finished reading Labryinth by Kate Mosse. Bought it before became a Richard and Judy book club book as going to where's it's set in the summer. Enjoyed it and 2 friends were reading it at the same time so good discussions going. We agreed that the ending was a bit disappointing though(in it's brevity not the result)

"Watching the English" by Kate Fox.

Small Island - Thought provoking but just lacking something.

The time travellers wife - Fantastic except I didn't like the fact that her whole life was spent waiting for him or mourning him.

The Lovely Bones - Enjoyed it until she came back in another persons body and chose her limited time to have sex.

Lucky - It felt like fiction, not fact.

All my sisters - Not my usual read but enjoyed it.

We need to talk about Kevin - The final twist was a bit sad. Would have preferedit to written in actual time rather than as a monologue.

Bee Season - Very basic, good enough but not something to recommend.

I am awaiting from the UK:
The Kite Runner
The American Boy
My sisters Keeper
Memoirs of a Geisha
Brokeback Mountain
and one more ???????

I just started the book by Brooke Shields, a us actress on her battle with post-partum depression. It's called "Down Came the Rain". It's not bad.

My thriller mania is now totally out of control. I have 3 thrillers left around the house. A Norwegian one called The Golden Section in sitting room, a John Le Carre for bathtimes and an ancient PD James (Devices and Desires) for bed. The PD James is the only one I actively look forward to and am on top of

lol, i have read predator an xmas present and was finished by boxing day!!! her books are so good.

bought UGLY by Constance Briscoe about a young girls struggle to cope with her mum and the physical and mental abuse. its is really good, got it yesterday and im halfway through.

em xxx

The Portable Door by Tom Holt. Have read him before (you'll like if you like Terry Pratchett or have worked in an office) but not for a while, and this was on trial for 99p in Ottakers. Deal! Very funny, enjoying hugely.

Have just finished reading "Toast" by Nigel Slater. I really enjoyed it as it took me back to my childhood (1970s) through food. Remember Space Dust? Didn't want it to end.

Emelie - if you want to get the latest Patricia Cornwell, Predator, go to Waterstones as it's down to £5.99

WWW - I hated The Hungry Years. The first half was okay but I felt it was way too long. I do now refer to "floaty" people fairly often though! I was reading it on a beach and was very self-conscious about my wobbly bits which probably didn't make it very enjoyable. I should have covered it I think!

I always rebelled against reading "classics" so apart from Dickens haven't read much but just read East of Eden - john Steinbeck purely cos they didn't have anything I wanted in library, & it was brilliant, just great as long as you don't read the introduction which would put anyone off. have ordered the Grapes of Wrath & will try to read more famous stuff.
usually read crime/light stuff.. but when I read I ignore all around me so not v compatible with motherhood.

thanks for the advice, i will be checking out the books, also gonna have a look on the net and see if i can find any books new out this week.

em xxx

I've been reading Arthur and George by Julian Barnes this week - have really enjoyed it but I'll be finishing it tonight so will be on the lookout for something else!