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Posey · 04/03/2009 21:48

and what was the last book you read? And what will be next?

Just interested and always looking for inspiration though I have a huge "to read" pile already!

Am currently reading "Revolutionary Road"
Last read "Portobello" by Ruth Rendell
Next will probably be...oh I don't know, will immerse myself in book mountain and see what I fancy.

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alicecrail · 05/03/2009 09:17

Rosmerta I have read most of the series of the "other bolyn girl" all very good, especially the queens fool.
I am struggling through The Blind Asassin by Margaret Attwood at the moment, keep picking it up and putting it down, which is unusual for me as i usually end up reading books in one or two sittings. I am enjoying it though, i'm just finding it hard going.

Latchley · 05/03/2009 09:09

The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, which is unputdownable. Before that, White Tiger the Man Booker winner. I also thouroughly enjoyed two other Booker short list books - Fraction of the Whole and Northern Clemency.

Next, I am tempted to have yet another try and Herman Hesse Glass Bead Game; I've never managed more than 4 or 5 chapters...

tattycoram · 05/03/2009 07:58

Last book was American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld.

Am now reading Cold Cream by Ferdinand Mount which I am bit underwhelmed by, but I am a bit bored of memoirs of upper class childhoods, not being very interested in which Pakenham was which and who was friends with Anthony Powell. However, he writes well and I think it will get interesting when we get to the eighties.

StripeyKnickersSpottySocks · 05/03/2009 07:56

The Guernsey Liteary and Potato Peel Pie Society.

BandMeeting · 05/03/2009 07:54

Last book - Nights At the Circus

Current - Watchmen

rosmerta · 05/03/2009 07:51

I'm reading The Case of the Imaginary Detective by Karen Joy Fowler and The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder.

Just finished the Twilight series & The Other Boleyn Girl, both of which I enjoyed.

Not sure what I'll read next. I've got Harlan Coben's latest and a Stephen King one I haven't read yet so might read those. Or I might hunt out some more historical fiction, The Other Boleyn Girl was my first venture into that genre & I really enjoyed it.

Winehouse · 05/03/2009 07:50

I have just finished 'The Dig' by John Preston, fiction set during the archaeological discovery at Sutton Hoo in the 30s. Fantastic. Next I'm going to read 'Trauma' by Patrick McGrath. I love him.

LadyPenelope · 05/03/2009 07:43

Reading Shantaram at the moment (apsie - it's great even if it is long. It is divided into "books" so I took a break at one point for a few weeks.)

Last read The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

Next will read Money by Martin Amis

IrritableGrizzly · 05/03/2009 07:23

I'm just about to finish "Let The Right One In" by John Lindqvist. It's a contemporary vampire story from Sweden, and I have really enjoyed it.

Before this I read the entire Twilight saga and loved it! Obviously I have a bit of a vampire thing going on at the moment, which I never have before; was never into Anne Rice or any of that.

After this I have a couple of Kate Atkinsons to read - One Good Turn and When Will There Be Good News.

apsie · 04/03/2009 22:46

Have just finished the latest Peter Robinson - All the Colours of Darkness, I've just started The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde and I think the next one will be Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts, but I'm a bit daunted by the size of it!

tigerdriver · 04/03/2009 21:53

Last read = In the Dark, Deborah Moggach. Excellent as hers always are.

Before that "Decline and Fall" (for my book group). A re-read but worth it, made me want to read some Wodehouse.

Am going to bed to read in ten minutes. Might start the latest Peter Robinson as there has to be some crime amongst the serious stuff.

Or maybe a Denis Lehane.

Or maybe the latest Ladies Detective Club.

I too have a book mountain.