What Are You Reading At The Moment? May/June 2007

Am a few pages into Suite Francaise, Irene Nemirovsky. It feels massive, in a good way.

Just finished that novel with doughnuts on the cover, This Book will Save your Life, by AM Homes, about a man in LA having a breakdown and fumbling his way out of it. I liked it.

I thought to read that Bill Bryson next, Tutter, but when I went to take it off the shelf, it's actually Notes From a Small Island which I didn't know we had. It also begs the question, where is my copy of A Short History??

Anyway, I'm now reading Rough Crossings by Simon Schama. It's a history of slavery wrt to the American Revolution. I'm not far in yet but have learnt loads that they didn't tell us in school history lessons. It's fascinating, one of those books that makes me say frequently to dh 'Did you know...?'

and am also dipping into bill bryson's a short history.. when visiting the wc

have just started the new jodi picoult book

About to start Maggie O'Farrell's latest novel 'The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox' (been looking forward to it for ages). Due for a big Amazon order soon. I haven't been reading enough this year.

MrsMuddle, thanks for telling me to persevere. I'm about 2/3 through it now and absolutely loving it!

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i'm reading Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult.
its the best of her books so far.I've nearly finished it.( Trying to find a quiet minute)

turquoise -have whole shelf of georgette heyer and jilly cooper that I refuse to throw away as they're such good comfort reading.

Like bath tangle but the grand sophy is probably my all time favourites

Yes the first few Morland Dynasty books dealt with a century or two at a time, the most recent ones are set over much shorter periods of time. Usually I get them from the library but must confess I bought the latest two.

Just finished A Serpent in Eden by James Owen, a true-crime book about a murder in the Bahamas during WWII. Gets a bit bogged down during the ensuing trial but intriguing for all the high society figures that are touched by the case.

Sober & Fishie: don't worry, the Bullet Trick does not disappoint! Can't wait for Louise Welsh's next one. Bobbie: Have you read The Stand-in? It's an older Deborah Moggach about a stand-in for a Hollywood actress and quite a page-turner.

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I've finished the historical novel I was reading - no 28 (!) in a series by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, and am now reading another crime novel, Breakup by Dana Stabenow, 4th in a series which now runs to the teens, set in Alaska. I'm already about a quarter of the way in, somewhat surprising, but after a squawky morning my baby has been sleeping for several hours, and I've been waking him to try and get milk down him now and again.

sobernow, i loved the cutting room and read her second book (well i made the library buy one for me) - tamburlaine must die - and it is errm not quite what i expected. please tell me bullet trick is good.

Just rereading Philip Roth - 'all families are pschotic', and about to start on an Angela carter - New Eve - for book club, which I am thoughly looking forwards tr

I'm going to see him 'live' on Tuesday evening I can't wait!

I'm rereading A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. I love his boooks.

the firemaster's mistress by christie dickason -halfway through it (its abotu the gunpowder plot) but good in the same sort of way as phillipa gregory was (ie well written but easy to read historcal fictio)

also just finished simon scarrow -young bloods and the generals -very boys own but quite interesting about wellington and napoleon.

After wading through The Blind Assassin I have given up on hard work books and am reading nothing but Katie Fforde - I highly recommend them. V easy going and there is nearly always a male character with a touch of Mr Darcy about him - also, generally at least one good shagging scene in the book that has you smiling for a week afterwards. I have to confess, my sex life has improved since reading her books and here was my partner thinking it was his penis extension. Paradise Fields, Living Dangerously, Thyme out are some of the better ones.

JennyMac - would agree with Maggie O'Farrell recommendations and also recently read Marion Keyes 'Anybody out there'. Fabulous.

Two really good books that I just read are The Island by Victoria Hislop and The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd.

im re reading i dont know how she does it by alison pearceson.im trying to re read everything in house before selling and buying more.

I've just started Sovereign and really enjoying it.

I've just finished the David Mitchell one about a 13 year old boy growing up in the 80's. I enjoyed that as well.

I've just finished Sovereign by C J Sansom
It's set in Tudor England just after the dissolution of the monasteries. The unlikely hero is Mathew Shardlake, a hunchback lawyer. It's so atmospheric you can almost smell Tudor London. This is his third book about Shardlake and can't wait for the next!

My Sister's Keeper by Jodie Picault is AMAZING! Also Everyman by Philip Roth will really stay with you - heavy stuff but it helps make sense of life (and death)