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What are you reading atm, and would you recommend it to the rest of MN?

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Blandmum · 04/02/2007 13:58

I am reading Semidetatched by Griff Rhys Jones.

Very funny memoir. He is sopt on in his descriptions of all those ghastly teenage parties that I remember from my 'yoof'

A very funny book and I'd recoend it to all mumsnetters in their late 30s/40s. Or for younger MN to rad about what their parents got up to in the 60s and 70s!

An excellent read.

And you?

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wotzsaname · 25/02/2007 10:39

'Every Good Woman Deserves a Lover' by Diana Appleyard
Just started and so good so far.

About modern marriages and 40+ wifes and mothers and a trip to Peru with friends, also leaving hubby and children at home. I would like to go to Peru, never been.

Marscentio · 25/02/2007 10:34

Chipbutty.... I'm reading them all as well. I don't have much time to get them all in so it's going slowly but I love them! I'm trying to read them in order (the Rebus set) and I've just finished The Black Book.

sunnywong · 25/02/2007 07:53

Ian McEwan's Atonement

eidsvold · 25/02/2007 07:52

The mayor of lexington Avenue - James Sheehan - JOhn Grishammy style if you like grisham. Was a bargain book but a good read - stayed up really late cause I wanted to finish it.

Just before that:

Step on a Crack by James Patterson - good read.

ChipButty · 25/02/2007 07:45

Ian Rankin's 'The Hanging Garden'. Absolutely loving his books. Am reading all the Rebus novels in order. Am becoming a Rebus bore...

minko · 24/02/2007 21:50

'How to kill your husband, and other handy household hints' - it was £3.99 in Tesco and had an eye catching title/cover - if I'd noticed it was by Kathy Lette I might not have bought it. I've tried her books before and the constant quips, innuendos and crap puns are just so jarring it's really hard to follow the story or get a real sense of the characters. I mean who makes puns ALL the time!?

Example: 'He was taking Viagra', repsonse 'oh, so he's a hardened criminal'

I'm half way through and tempted to chuck it in the charity bag...

Sobernow · 24/02/2007 18:51

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peanutbutterkid · 24/02/2007 18:42

Just finished The Book Thief. It's okay, made me cry at the end. At least I didn't feel like I wasted my time on it, and that's better than I can say for most books I pick up.

I have Little House In The Woods on order (library) -- I'll read it for the DC, but I heard it's fascinating to read as an adult, too.

doormat · 24/02/2007 18:42

true crime by colin wilson

it is about mass murderers

roseylea · 24/02/2007 18:41

I'm reading the autobiography of Joy Carroll, one of the first female CofE vicars to be ordained in the UK, and the person on whom Dawn French's character in 'THe Vicar of Dibley' was closely modelled.

I'm not sure if I'd recommend it to all of MN - certainly some of my friends on the christian prayer thread (except perhaps those who don't agree with women priests!). Ore anyone interested in such things. It is interesting and inspiring, both from a religious and a feminist perspective.

AntEater · 24/02/2007 18:36

Just finished May Contain Nuts.. surely a MUST for every parent??

midnightexpress · 23/02/2007 19:14

Finished The Secret River by Kate Grenville - Christmas pressie from best pal and very good. Also sneak preview of Burning Bright - new novel by Tracy Chevalier (of Girl with a Pearl Earring)- good too. Then had baby and now, wierdly, sit reading Claudia Roden's Book of Jewish Food during middle of the night bfs .

suedonim · 23/02/2007 15:47

The Adventure of English, The Biography of a Language by Melvyn Bragg. Tis most excellent!

Twinkie1 · 23/02/2007 15:20

Special Topics in Calamity Physics - bought by best friend as a christmas present - not he first she has bought me and we read such diffrent things - tis a pile of shite so far a really difficult read!!

Posey · 23/02/2007 15:17

I'm reading "Portrait of the artist as a young girl" by Grayson Perry. Interesting so far, but am only a couple of chapters in.

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nikkie · 23/02/2007 15:09

Just finished the gilrs by Lori ???? from the R&J book club, really good read , emotional though .

Marscentio · 23/02/2007 13:35

Katherine Mansfield - Selected Stories.

I'm reading it for my course. Wonderful stories. Some make quite uncomfortable reading. All about pockets of time, so they are really rather timeless stories.

Would definitely recommend. Just finished reading Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier. Never read it before. It was amazing. Really loved it.

Supposed to be reading Unfortunate Son by Walter Mosely for my bookgroup. It's still waiting for me in the bookshop.

sandcastles · 23/02/2007 13:32

Miaou, The Dark Half is great. The film not so good, tho.

Insomnia was slow & a bit hard to get into for me. It beat me tho, which I never let a book do normally.

Reading Sushi for beginners, Marian Keyes. Only a few pages in, but OK.

Fenella1 · 23/02/2007 13:22

The Egg Race by Polly Williams (her next book after The Rise and Fall of A Yummy Mummy). Very enjoyable

bluesky · 23/02/2007 13:18

Shantaram, it is FANTASTIC.

My book clubs favourite book so far.

Thick, but worth reading. Fantastic story

taylormama · 12/02/2007 13:26

just finished eden close by Anita Shreeve - brilliant! And started Brightness Falls by Jay McInerney - very compulsive so far.

soph28 · 12/02/2007 13:25

just finished 'Keeping Faith' by Jodi Picoult and it was gripping. I couldn't put it down. Definitely read it.

Dior · 12/02/2007 13:22

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sauce · 12/02/2007 13:20

Music and Silence by Rose Tremain. I so loved The Way I Found Her and Restoration and this one is very good also, although it does skip around too much to make a good bedtime read.

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