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

The dry is another good book of hers-also made into a film i think.
Both books where better than the programmes but each worth a watch (read books first!)

I watched The Survivors on Netflix earlier this year and really enjoyed it.

Currently reading Travelling in a Strange Land by David Park after seeing it recommended on here and it’s great so far.

I didn't know that, just looked it up and it's a Netflix series. It's the first book of hers I've read but I think I'll read her others too - assuming this doesn't turn out to be a big let down at the end.

I'm sure the survivors has been made into a tv series?
I like Jane Harper.
Last one I read was about two brothers on a farm,the lost man (really liked it)

Current read is The Survivors by Jane Harper which is a crime/mystery story (set in Australia), it's great so far - about half way through.

Not sure what to go for next, on the to read pile I currently have: God of the Woods, The Gathering, The God of Small Things, and Prodigal Summer.

Finished A Little Trickerie, found the end very slow to arrive.
Now about a third of the way through By Any Other Name by Jodie Picoult, in which she asserts that Shakespeare was various playwrights including one Emilia Bassano, a highly educated courtesan of Jewish Italian extraction whose family were court musicians. It’s an entertaining and intriguing read: she makes her case well, though tbh I think all historical fiction has been ruined for me by the quality of Hilary Mantel’s writing..

I'm reading Book of Doors by Gareth Brown. Expecting this to be snapped up for a film, it has that feel to it and will transfer well to the screen

I have 3 books on hold with Libby so whichever one comes up first I will be reading

The Naked Light - Bridget Collins
Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik
The Dark Edge - Nick Louth

I may search for a Christmas story whilst I wait

I'm reading A Discovery of Witches.

I've read Fourth Wing, ACOTAR and all those types of things, and they are all about the strong, overprotective males. I like them for a bit of escapism and take it all with a pinch of salt.

For some reason though A Discovery of Witches is making me uncomfortable.
Matthew's overprotectivness and controlling is making me feel claustrophobic and I hate how he treats Diana like a child. He's always grabbing her as well
She seems to be putting up with it though and making excuses about it being because he's a vampire and ridiculously handsome, and because he warned her that being friends with a vampire is tough.🙄

It's probably supposed to be romantic but it seems abusive to me.

I'm really hoping she snaps and is like "If you grab my arm again or stop me from leaving one more time then you'd better not fall asleep because I've been sharpening a stake!" 🤣

I think it was here I read about American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins. Loved it - thank you!

Urgh I'm halfway through Circe by Madeleine Miller and honestly I'm bored. Mind you, I thought Song of Achilles wasn't that great so not sure what I expected!

Next on the list is Endymion by Dan Simmons. I read the two Hyperion books a few months ago and loved them.

I’m currently reading all of Anne Glenconner’s book. And throughly enjoying them.

@MotherOfCatBoy
I also loved Rules of Civility, my favourite Amor Towles.
I recently bought A Little Trickerie..haven’t started it yet.

Loved Rules of Civility! Great characters.

Currently reading A Little Trickerie and finding it a bit clunky. Anyone else read it?

I am reading The Rules of Civility by Amor Towles and I’m really enjoying it. Great writer. I loved A Gentleman in Moscow and The Lincoln Highway so picked this one up on the strength of those two.

Just finished my 24th book this year (met my challenge!), Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin. It was good but I preferred some of his other work. My favourite is Go Tell it on the Mountain.

Stopped by the library with DS to get him some new books and noticed they had The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante. I finished the 3rd book in the series a few weeks ago so decided to get it. Really relieved that it looks very short in comparison to the others because although I mainly enjoyed them I thought parts 2 and 3 dragged on a bit.

Stayed up so late last night to finish The Naked Light by Bridget Collins. Sublime. I hope she writes a thousand more books.

Just finished AFriend is a Gift You Give Yourself by William Boyle. It sounds like some twee self help book. But it’s a very well written road book thriller/crime book. Very strong female character, well paced, funny and warm . Really enjoyed it.

You might like, " Black Narcissus" by Rumer Godden, which is set in The Himalayas and which was later made into a film starring Deborah Kerr.

A good non-fiction about nuns is, "Virgins of Venice" by Mary Laven. She looks at the high life-and sometimes powerful lives-these high class nuns lived in Renaissance Venice.

I enjoyed both of them.

Currently reading Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka. It’s excellent although quite harrowing.

@Sheeppig
You're not alone in your penchant for nuns. I like them too and remember a conversation with a bookseller when buying a copy of 'Matrix' by Lauren Groff. Bookseller was a nun book fan and told me she'd found it disappointing because the nuns in it weren't as 'kick-ass' as the cover blurb made it sound. I had a similar experience recently when reading a book called 'Mediaeval Nuns at War'.

I loved Stone Yard Devotional but saw a very funny review on it (either Amazon or Goodreads) that summarised it as "nuns and mice and that's about it". Really made me laugh! Your description of "small and huge" is perfect.
I think i may have a thing about nuns as my next book is The Corner that Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner which is also set in a convent.

Train Dreams. anyone read this short book please? Or anything else by Denis Johnson

Sorry, haven't heard of book or author. This looks like a failing on my part, given the praise heaped on the book.

I sometimes feel a tiny bit depressed at how few of the vast number of books available I can consume.

At last I've got to the top of the library reserve list and have a copy of "James" by Percival Everett to read. That will be my next book after I've finished "Seven Deadly Sins" which is by David Walsh who is one of the journalists who spent several years collecting evidence to prove that seven times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong was a prolific doper. I'm a big fan of cycle racing so this is quite an uncomfortable read for me.

I’m reading The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout. I’ve read every book of hers except this one. Love her way with words and the characters she writes about. Olive Kitteridge was my first and I was hooked.