What are you reading this month?

I read The Mitford Girls by Mary Lovell last year. Was fascinating, although sometimes I found myself disliking them.

This month I read The Mitford Girls by Mary Lovell. I picked this up at a holiday cottage a few years ago and had never got round to reading it. It was very interesting from both from a historical perspective and in terms of the family relationships, and has made me want to read more by Nancy and Jessica.

I've just started reading Here I Am by Jonathan Safran Foer.

I read the whole trilogy back-to-back last spring Mermaid for the MN webchat. Listened to To my Bones by Wallis Bird throughout and now when I listen to it, I'm transported back to that world!

tobee I was fascinated and obsessed with Good morning Midnight when I read it. What do you think of it?

Started Life Class by Pat Barker this morning and am about to start We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson.

missanneshirley I read your post and thought for a minute I'd written it - I also have the Shirley Jackson waiting, and I too am desperate for the new Maria Semple but 7.99 is too much for me on the Kindle.

@ dannyglick. Good ol' Steve.

I am 100 pages into The Son by Phillipp Meyer, really good so far.

I'm reading All That Man Is by David Szalay at the moment, it's a collection of 9 short stories of a day or two in the life of very different, unconnected, journeying men of different ages. It's very readable, I'm enjoying spotting subtle themes that connect the stories as I work my way through! I'll be reading Serious Sweet by A.L.Kennedy and Wonder by Emma Donaghue next.

Feel free to pm me too if you want Every

EverySongbird you can PM me but although I liked it I don't remember many details

I am reading Ben Elton's Time After Time, after seeing it recommended on here, and really enjoying it.
Stephen King is my mate too, Satsuki: he invented my MN name for me.

I've just finished Little Victim by Harry Keeble (he's a detective with Hackney child protection squad and the book is a year in his life, the calls he takes along with social services) and I'm about to finish Murder in the Kitchen by Alice B Toklas (part cookbook, part memoir about Alice's life with Gertrude Stein in Paris). Both were/are good, although Murder in the Kitchen wasn't quite what I expected and I've read Little Victim before.

I'm moving onto Sex and the Citadel by Shereen el Feki (I think, don't quote me on the spelling) for my book club this month.

I love Anne Tyler but though a spool of blue thread was her weakest book so far.
I'm reading the last runaway . Have had a run of starting a load of books I can't get into (unlike me) but good ones I've read recently:
Asking for it - Louise o Neil (v topical)
The incendiary- Chris cleave
Moving- jenny eclair
A man called ove
In the unlikely event - judy Blume

I started 'Maestra' last night. It's not normally the sort of book I'd go for, but I thought I'd give it a go for a change.

I've just finished This Thing of Darkness after many recommendations on here. Bit of a whopper!

I really enjoyed the first two thirds but felt the last section dragged. The ending was very moving though.

Reading Olive Kitteridge at the moment - about another 50 pages to go.
Really well written and comprised of several interlinking story lines which gradually reveal Olive with all her disappointments, strength of character and faults. Have enjoyed it so far.

Reading the girl on the train for book group.
Just finished the latest Shetland book by Anne Cleeve and wading my way through several textbooks at the same time.

I found a Spool of Blue Thread quite relaxing as nothing really happens! I enjoyed it.
Just finished The Invention of Wings which was fabulous I thought.
Glad to see someone recommend We Have Always Lived in the Castle as I have that just waiting to be started!

What I want to be reading is Today Will be Different but it's still £8 on my kindle and not in the library yet!

I am partway through The Year of the Runaways and enjoying it although struggling with the realsity of poverty in India.

Good Morning Midnight - short but very involving, semi autobiographical, Jean Rhys.

Am trying to get back into reading physical books as opposed to e books so was reading and enjoying Fortunes of War, also semi autobiographical, Olivia Manning but paused for a bit as had several days out with long train journeys and schlepping about so resorted to iBook. Immersed in Handsome Brute (as recommended on here to me) about real life murderer Neville Heath.

That's reassuring, wildernesstips

I liked, Sense of an Ending too.

The Minds of Billy Milligan by Daniel Keyes

My dear I meant to tell you.
Enjoying it but it's taking me ages to read it.