Oct 2022 what are you reading today?

@AlwaysFoldingWashing - I really enjoyed the first Ambrose Parry book and have the second waiting to read. I hope you like it.

Currently reading MW Craven's Black Summer, second of the Washington Poe series which I'm really enjoying but my copy of Queen High by CJ Carey arrived this morning and I'm now desperate to start reading it as I thoroughly enjoyed Widowland. CJ Carey is a pseudonym of Jane Thynne who writes the Clara Vine series (which I also recommend and am really hoping for another one at some point).

Yes, I did mean Lessons in Chemistry. I'm in for a horrible shock if I've accidentally downloaded actual Lessons in Chemistry! 😖

Oh no! I haven't heard much about it so will give it a go! It was on offer for 99p so not the end of the world if it's a bit rubbish. Thanks for the feedback.

I've read lessons in chemistry recently and enjoyed it - hope you do too.

So disappointed and let down by The Christie Affair. Hope you like it better.

I'm about to start Haven by Emma Donaghue and have Chemistry lLssons on Audible.

I read American dirt over a year ago and I still think about it often.

This week I've ready it ends with us and verity by Colleen Hoover - totally got swept in the hype when I saw them both at the library. I did enjoy them though, easy reading and it ends with us has a powerful message.

Can't decide what to start next!

I have the Christie Affair on my kindle so probably that!

I just finished Resurrection by Derek Landy (in the Skulduggery Pleasant series; yes I am a great big child) which I very much enjoyed. OTT, and rather too many characters to keep track of now, but his world-building is really skilful and they make me laugh.

Currently on The Book of Souls by James Oswald. I've read it before but revisiting to catch up on the series. I like this series; it's well written and the faintly supernatural element works well in my view.

I'm also waiting on the new MacBride. Not out until February though, I think. I keep secretly hoping he'll go back to Logan McRae/Roberta Steel novels but I think those characters and that series has been tied up now.

The Last Act of Love is a wonderful read but be warned, it is upsetting.

Should have been a reply re: Ian McEwan's early stories being immature.

I agree. As a mature woman I feel like there's not much there for me.

I listened to about 26 hours of the audiobook before giving up and getting the book from the library. Feels different reading it now - almost too poignant.

Also reading 'first love' by gwendoline Riley which is brilliant - finely tuned and compressed and quite gut wrenching in places.

I've just finished The Midwife by Tricia Cresswell. Really enjoyed it. I like novels with a factual background. Reading Orphans of the Storm by Celia Imrie now, she's built a story round some pretty awesome research on two children who survived Titanic disaster.
Ambrose Perry books are fab, can't remember who was about to start one.

I’ve asked for What Just Happened Marina Hyde, as a Christmas gift.

I’ve just finished Of women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia, absolutely loved it! It’s the story of five generations of women in Cuba & the US, and for a first novel it’s incredible, very excited to see what she writes next.

Then I’ve just started The Sentence by Louise Edrich, I’ve never read anything by her before and I’m not even sure where I picked up the recommendation from but really enjoying it so far, quite a dark comedy to it.

A thriller called Black Widows, about a Mormon man who has been murdered by one of his three wives. Not my usual kind of book but I'm in the mood for a page-turner. It's pretty good so far.

I have been re reading the time police by Jodi Taylor. In readiness for her new one out tom!!!!

I thought this was one of the best books I've ever read!

Re-reading them man and boy series by Tong Parsons and enjoying it as much as the first time.

Just finished dying day by vaseem khan and loved it.

Have an Ambrose Parry book (my first) to read next / hope it will be good as I really enjoy Christopher brookmyre

What Just Happened?! by Marina Hyde. A collection of her newspaper articles from 2016 - 2022.
Also, Shrines Of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson, but I’m finding it difficult to get into. Choppy, undefined characters, bit pastiche-y (but knowing the author, that could be the literary conceit she’s hung this particular book on!).

ZitteEBuoni I feel sad about HM every time I pick up the book now.

Finally read 'Wuthering Heights' which was amazing. And then a less heavy weight but equally disturbing 'Lullaby'

I'm reading Fifty Fifty by Steve Cavanagh at bedtime. It's okay but don't think I'd rush out to read another of his books.

I've got the new Marple short story collection in the car as an audiobook via Borrowbox. A range of stories from modern authors recreating Miss Marple murder mysteries. A mixed bag - a couple have been really good but the current one is set in New York and it's not holding my attention fully.

I’m reading Joan, a fictional re-telling of Joan of Arc. Quite enjoying it.

@PrunellaMcTat i really enjoyed American Dirt. It’s very sobering to think of the hardships and the struggles people go through, especially when you see photos of the train they ride on. Reminds me of a Stacey Dooley programme (worth watching) about Mexican immigrants into .

The book is considered controversial because its written by a non-Mexican. However, I rarely take note of the author so wouldn’t know their Nationality, or in some cases their sex(eg unisex names such so Alex, or only initials used) .

American dirt

I'm reading The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnet.

It's very funny so far.

I was part way through it for the second time when I heard she had died. Made it worse and I was dragging my feet to the end 💔

I don't think Ian McEwan had left school when I was in my early twenties, and I was too busy having babies to read anything but The Guardian.