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What book are you reading at the moment?

56 replies

Voidka · 10/05/2012 12:57

Just being nosey :)

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timetosmile · 10/05/2012 21:01

No Time Like the Present, by Nadine Gordimer - one of my favourite authors, and one of only two to make me cry on public transport
But needing a bit of P+Q to concentrate and do it justice (always in short supply in our house)

suburbandream · 10/05/2012 21:00

I have just finished When God Was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman, it is amazing, beautiful and sad. Now I'm reading Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Caroll which is far more bonkers than I remembered from childhood! I don't think I ever actually read the book as a child but it is one of those which is ingrained in your memory as the story is so well known

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 10/05/2012 20:57

The second Hunger Games book - am extremely unimpressed thus far.

bruffin · 10/05/2012 20:55

The Tripods is like a sequel to War of The Worlds.

BornSicky · 10/05/2012 20:42

haven't read either of them, but thanks - i've now gpt two to add to my reading list!

bruffin · 10/05/2012 20:26

It is good Bornsicky
Loved the Tripods and Prince In Waiting trilogies when I was younger, but I hadn't heard of Death of Grass until recently when it was repeblished.

bigbadbarry · 10/05/2012 20:15

qazxc the pillars of the earth is brilliant and doesn't feel like a thousand pages :)

BornSicky · 10/05/2012 20:13

bruffin I love the Death of Grass... scariest "kids" book I ever read!

I'm reading "The Retribution" by Val McDiarmid... needed a quick crime fix, after reading some heavy books!

Next up are the Game of Thrones series.

NoWayNoHow · 10/05/2012 20:06

Just finished "The Scarecrow" by Michael Connelly - not read any of his books before, just grabbed this one as it was on a shelf in the lunch room at work and I was bored.

It wasn't bad, actually. Very light reading, but enjoyable.

OP, the "Wolf Hall" sequel is on my birthday list - very excited!!

SilverMachine · 10/05/2012 20:04

The Somnambulist by Essie Fox. It's not all that good tbh but now I've started it I feel I have to read it through to the end.

GeorginaWorsley · 10/05/2012 19:59

About to read latest David Downing book Lehrer Station,set in 1945 Berlin.
Just read 'Secrets of the Tides'
Aquarter of way through latest Imogen Robertson thriller set in 1780's.Not enjoying it as much as her earlier ones tbh

YouveCatToBeKittenMe · 10/05/2012 19:54

Just finished Daughters by...errm....someone

It was boring but i ploughed on hoping it would get better....it didn't Grin

I might read some chick lit next as I need a zingy fast read

qazxc · 10/05/2012 19:52

Started the pillars of the earth by ken follett, at over a thousand pages i might be some time.

notnowImreading · 10/05/2012 19:24

That site is brilliant - thanks for the link.

countless · 10/05/2012 19:01

what should i read next? just found this site

Mrsrobertduvall · 10/05/2012 18:59

Scissors, paper, stones...no idea who it's by.
It's very good.

fivegomadindorset · 10/05/2012 18:57

Just finished Absolution, a novel about apatheid and writing in South Africa, brilliant.

countless · 10/05/2012 18:57

skagboys - irvine welsh, all seems rather laboured so far, he ought to stop writing

notnowImreading · 10/05/2012 18:56

Am reading 'The Greatcoat', the Helen Dunmore and have just bought 'Bring Up The Bodies' so excited about that. X

highlandcoo · 10/05/2012 18:52

The Old Curiosity Shop .. for my book group. Enjoying it much more than I expected to :)

Goolash · 10/05/2012 17:15

www.amazon.co.uk/The-Garden-Evening-Mists-Twan/dp/1905802625/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1336666336&sr=8-1

The Garden Of Evening Mists by Tan-Twan-Eng. I read his other book The Gift of Rain a while back. It's not happy subject matter but the writing is beautiful.

Whizkidwithacrazystreak · 10/05/2012 16:27

The Expats by Chris Pavone

EmmaCate · 10/05/2012 14:32

Ha ha... Adult Fiction and I'm reading 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'.

I just finished 'Watership Down' - I am in a 'very easy reading after a day with the children' zone. My 2yo keeps wanting me to read a summary of Charlie based on the pictures.

Who else here has a kind of love/hate thing with Quentin Blake and longs for reprints of the Dahl stories with original illustrations? Fox, Choc factory, Glass Elevator, Giant Peach, Danny. All the early issues are at my parents - I repurchased Choc Factory when I had an urge to read it. I love the books Blake illustrated originally but why are we subjected to him back-illustrating books that are already perfectly lovely?

BenderBendingRodriguez · 10/05/2012 14:31

just finished Surface Detail, by Iain M Banks. very enjoyable, i quite miss the characters now. will have to read more Culture novels.

bigbadbarry · 10/05/2012 14:29

The Coroner by MJ Hall. Pretty trashy but I like a thriller between my proper books!