What are you currently reading, how do you feel about it, and what's next on the list?

I’ve just started A Short History of Tractors in Ukraine. I find I have to leave space between books, dunno why but I find it hard to translation between one and the next!

I am halfway through Ms Austen by Gill Hornby. Enjoying it but it's definitely quiet and slow paced. Next, I might read Orbital.

I've just finished Running With Scissors - Augusten Burroughs (loved it) and I'm starting Let the Bad Times Roll - Alice Slater this evening. Loved her debut so I'm excited.

@3kidsaremorethanenough I gave up the David Peace series after the first one. Dark and confusing.

Me too. Reading these books is like running your fingers through a gilded casket of medieval jewels.

Currently reading the 2nd book in David Peaces Red Riding quartet, 1977 I think it is. After that Robert Harris Conclave. I have seen the film and really enjoyed it so thinking the book will be even better.

Feeling re 1977 RR, mmmm, its confusing and very disjointed, but I can't seem to put it down, characters are all really unlikable, sometimes I think its actually very close to the truth, with what has been in the news in the last few years. I will get the last 2 books in the series but will wait a while until I read them. Subject matter is heavy going

I am beyond jealous 😫 loved this trilogy so much ive re read them so many times that ive nearly ruined them for myself if they makes sense. Enjoy it is indeed divine.

I'm reading A Fatal Crossing by Tom Hindle. It's the second book of his that I'm reading (first one was Death In The Arctic) I haven't read much so can't say if I'm enjoying it yet but I did like the first one. I'm starting to get into cosy mysteries of which this is.
Not sure what I'll read next. I've ordered Les Miserables from my local bookshop so maybe it will be that.

I've just given up on Wicked by Jilly Cooper. I haven't read her for years and I seem to have lost all tolerance for her.
John Sandford Twisted Prey is next. Lovely.

On holiday so I'm tearing through the books, just finished Secret Slave which is a harrowing memoirs of a 15yr old girl kidnapped as a sex slave. It was a difficult read due to the subject matter but very well written. Probably need to steel yourself

I can't believe I didn't notice it was a sequel!

Yes it’s a sequel @ObtuseMoose you’ve probably spoilered yourself now unfortunately

I'm reading The House of Mirrors by Erin Kelly, I think I should have read The Poison Tree first as it feels like I'm missing something.

Just to update this, I finished A Fine Balance.
Just now. This minute.
I shouldn’t have. I think it actually made me a bit depressed. Never again will I continue a book I’m not enjoying.

I finished it a few days ago and was so relieved to get to the end!!! I didn’t really enjoy it at all and was also wondering if I was the only one (plus one other person earlier on in the thread) to feel this way. I think it was the style of writing as much as the story.
I’ve now started The New Neighbours by Claire Douglas. Not particularly deep so far but much easier reading.

Have just finished Amy & Lan by Sadie Jones. It was excellent.

Having a second attempt at The Stranger’s Child by Alan Hollinghurst, I know that I will enjoy it but I’m not sure if now is the right time.

I've just finished The Art of A Lie by Laura Shepherd Robinson for my book club. Absoluely loved it!

Now reading The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell (as mentioned on here) as it's about the Browning poem My Last Duchess, and as an English teacher, it's one of my favourite GCSE poems. Enjoying it so far.

I've abandoned a lot of fairly terrible books this week. I've just started Geneva by Richard Armitage (yes, that one). I'm enjoying it so far.
Got A Thousand Splendid Suns lined up.

I read Middlesex years ago and loved it!

Did you finish this? I thought I was the only one who didn't enjoy it!

The Women is still my favourite Kristin Hannah book, with the Four Winds coming second. The Nightingale took me a while, but I did enjoy it.

I just finished "A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe. I enjoyed it, it was easy to read. Was definitely an easy holiday read.

that's good to know. I do like the characters but just feel like nothing has really happened and I'm 2/3rds through. The Nightingale and The Great Alone are still far and away my favourites of hers

Just finished reading the Winter Garden yesterday. Agree it’s slow but it gets better and I ended up loving it.

Yes @ObtuseMoose I felt like the Lisa Jewell was a bit disappointing compared with None Of This Is True but it worked well as an audiobook, Richard Armitage was very good as the man.