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What are you reading?

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InterstellarDrifter · 01/12/2019 11:32

I’m reading Artemis by Andy Weir. Really enjoying it.

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tobee · 04/12/2019 18:43

I love Charlotte Sometimes @Willdoitlater

xmummy93x · 04/12/2019 00:12

Drop by Katie Everson. Shorter read than usual but handy for a quick read before bed! Working my way through my local library

Hellohah · 03/12/2019 16:22

I am just starting Our Mutual Friend.

David Copperfield is my favourite Dickens, but some recommended Our Mutual Friend on another thread so I'm hoping it's good.

skorpion · 03/12/2019 16:20

I'm reading Under the Skin by Michael Faber, very good.

Also reading Storm Keeper's Island by Catherine Doyle to DDs at night, love it. Just finished Inkspell, after Inkheart, and this was brilliant, too. Looking forward to Inkdeath next.

Willdoitlater · 02/12/2019 20:47

And suggestions for my Xmas day read would be greatly appreciated. My dream book would be a cross between 'Little Katia' and 'Charlotte Sometimes'.

Willdoitlater · 02/12/2019 20:41

For each of the last few years I' ve read a children's book at Xmas time. It feels like a comforting and festive thing to do. So I just finished Bookworm by Lucy Mangan hoping for inspiration. I enjoyed the parts on the history of children's book publishing but TBH I was disappointed in her selection; most of the books she mentioned are so well known already. And she did read a lot of dross didn't she! (So did I, but I don't expect other people to be interested!) I'm still looking for ideas for an amazing, warm, comforting children's book for Xmas day. In the meantime I'm filling the gap with a kid's fantasy book ''Stranger Days on Peculiar Hill' by Grimly Darkwood. Yes, the author is a friend of mine, but his previous book ' The Shop on Peculiar Hill' was bonkers and funny in a genuinely charming way so I have reasonably high hopes.

FiveShelties · 02/12/2019 09:56

I am reading The Friend by Teresa Driscoll and enjoying it. Never read anything by this author before.

PerspicaciaTick · 02/12/2019 00:23

babybythesea, Bookworm is on my Christmas wishlist and I am also gradually topping up my collection of (now vintage) children's books.

babybythesea · 01/12/2019 20:51

Perspicacia I’ve put that one on my list now, thank you! But have you also tried Bookworm by Lucy Mangan? Sounds very similar and I loved it. Like you, I recognised a lot of my favourites but also some I didn’t know and have since bought. I am pretending I got them for my kids...

Lunaballoon · 01/12/2019 16:08

I’ve just finished The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert. Loved it!

IHaveBrilloHair · 01/12/2019 16:07

When she returned, by Louise Berry.
Cheapo on kindle but I'm enjoying it, in a none thinking type way, which most of my reading is tbh.

PerspicaciaTick · 01/12/2019 16:05

The Child that Books built by Francis Spufford. We are of an age and the books he is talking about are mostly ones I know and love.

Heathercob · 01/12/2019 15:59

Currently reading, "The Toy Maker", by Robert Dinsdale - REALLY good 😀!

Sleepysquirrelin · 01/12/2019 13:35

The swimming pool by Louise Candlish. Perfect for a lazy Sunday. Think I can see where it's going but expecting a few twists along the way.

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