What are you reading now... and what are you going to read next ?

Finished GRANTA 101 - I like the new look and feel, plus the quality of the writing is better in this edition. Lets hope the new editor continues in this form.

Now reading Annapurna South Face by Chris Bonnington. I have long been a fan of mountaineering books, but I usually go for the 1950s.

Then I might resume Roy Jenkins' biography of Churchill.

the acidental tourist is great (so much better than the film!) but all Anne Tyler is fab.
Just reading a forest in darkness by sue miller (in the vein of shields and tyler) and just finished the alison weir novel about lady jane grey - very good.
need to read i, robot for book group
i also have about 10 books lined up which i go and look at and salivate over - so love a good book!

I cried when I read Noughts and Crosses

Have just finished reading Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman and will now read the next two in the trilogy (Knife Edge and Checkmate).

I seem to be going through a phase of reading teenage fiction rather than adult, probably because I borrow a lot of books from the library for my 13 yo DS and then read them myself either after him, or if he rejects them.

Currently reading PS I Love You as was in need of some trashy chick lit. Next will be Wuthering Heights for Book club - under duress as I did it at school. Not looking forward to it.

I also have a pile of about 20 unread books which I like to go and look at! (I get panicky if I have nothing to read - comes of living in Vietnam when I often ran out of new reading material!)

Just reading Resistance by Owen somebody. Have Chesil Beach, Mr Pip and Rachel Cusk's A Life's Work on the pile to read next.

I'm near the end of the Crimson Petal and the White which is absolutely fab (and quite filthy)

After I finish that I plan to prise Lords of the Bow by Conn Iggulden (sp?) from my mother's grasp.

yes, i did get your e-mail. glad you had a good time. we did too . you must come next time!

Hi HC! Did you get my email explaining my absence? I think it was sent to you all. Just didn't get back in time, as I knew may be the case. Shame to have missed it though. Did you have a nice time?

oooh, i've read that posey, it's great (we missed you on thurs btw).

currently reading the clothes on their backs by linda grant which is great.

have a great big pile to read next, including the northern clemency by philip hensher. i recently finished one of us by melissa benn which was ok.

I've just finished A Thousand Splendid Suns.
I'm now reading Atonement (before I watch the film)
Plan to read Kite Runner next.

Am currently reading "A Home at the end of the World", which is brill. And until about 1 minute ago I never knew there was a film of it. Will have to watch that when I've finished it.

Next book? No idea.

Kite Runner is fantastic!! I must read A Thousand Splendid Suns.

Halfway through Notes From an Exhibition by Patrick Gale and am panicking as I don't know what to read next!

Just Finished 'Kite Runner' and started 'The Book Thief'.

have just finished "the Shakespeare Secret" and have now started the Savage garden

Just finished The faces of Angels by Lucretia Grindle.

Next going to read The Accidental Tourist for Book Club.

Has anyone read either of those?

Just finished Cold Mountain, twas a bit of a slog TBH. Going to read Life of Pi again.

Just finished: Geek Love by Katherine Dunn, which despite some serious flaws I absolutely loved.

Next: Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood, also rereading The End Of Alice by AM Homes (book club choice - mine).

I need to read American Psycho for my dissertation at some point, but just can't face the grimness right now!

I just read
26a by Diana Evans,
and it has to be one of the most poignant, and intelligent books I have ever read. I would love to be able to write like that.

i will be finishing we need to talk about Kevin today. i met Lionel Shriver yesterday at a Readers Day in Liverpool. It was wonderful to meet her in person and to get her perspective / motivation for writing such a harrowing book. i think for those of us who have read it know only too well the 'can't move onto the next chapter, until i've sorted the questioning out in my head proces', for e.g. why was Frankin such a fool and who is really to blame for 'Thursday'.

Her latest book, The Post Birthday world sounds interesting and much more light hearted than Kevin.

I know i'm going to need a pick me up after i've read Kevin, so would welcome any suggestions. i was thinking of reading Nick Hornby's first teen novel, Slam, next.

What shall I read next? I was going to tackle Jonathan Strange and Dr Norrell (is that right???) but my fancy has been taken by the Tractors in Ukranian book and that midewife in the E End story. But maybe I'll go with Blood River....or....or...

Oops, shouldn't have looked at this thread, now need to know about the books re bookselling and Laura Ingalls Wilder.

I'm currently reading Killer Tune, by Dreda Say Mitchell - it's a crime novel and I think the second by this author, I heard her speak at an event a couple of years ago and bought the first but haven't read it yet. I saw this one in a new local bookshop and was keen to choose something to take home with me. And it's set in a neighbouring area of north east London - I'm always interested in seeing how writers portray their settings, particularly ones I know a little.

It took me a little while to get in to the story, at first the characters seemed very unsympathetic and then about 80 pages in I changed my mind.

Next, I'm not sure - crime novel, trashy chicklit, more "literary novel" or non-fiction - I have thousands of books to choose between! It's often books that I've bought relatively recently because they're close to hand. Perhaps the latest Peter Robinson book about police detective Alan Banks.

Restless by William Boyd is excellent!
I have just read Silesian Station by David Downing,set in 1939 Berlin and brilliant!
Next is Zoo Station,also by Downing,the first in the series.

Now - Flat Earth Journalism. It is excellent.

Next - Pioneer Girl, about the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder, as recommended by Mumsnet.