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What are you reading at the moment? [nosy]

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MrsDanversBites · 25/04/2010 18:53

and is it any good?

I seriuosly NEED this kind of thread for book ideasand haven't seen one for a while so...

I'll start:

Nearly finished The Little Stranger and liking it, not in a terrified way but enjoying the psychological twists nonetheless

Have nothing AT ALL to read next however

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GeorginaWorsley · 26/04/2010 18:16

janeite I have read Behaviour of Moths.
ok,but not outstanding.
I have had loads of reservations from the library recently....

Gone, Mo Hayder.....good,kept me reading.

Blood Harvest, S J Bolton,got better towards the end.

The Return of Captain John Emmett, Elizabeth Spiller(?) excellent post Great War story.

The Debutante...Kathleen Tessaro,not great,skipped loads.

Blood River,Stephen Booth....excellent Peak District location,quite engaging.

kurri I have read the Jane Dawson one,can recommend.

LostArtOfKeepingASecret · 26/04/2010 14:50

I've just finished 'The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society', which was a lovely read.

Next: 'One Day' or 'Girl with the Dragon tattoo' I can decide which one to read first.

I've also heard good things about The Slap

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hellymelly · 25/04/2010 22:15

Have read wolf hall,and the little stranger both great,am now reading "self help" short stories by Lorrie Moore,as I read her newest over Christmas (a gate at the stairs)and really enjoyed it.Last week read Hillary Mantel's "Giving up the ghost".Enjoyed that a lot.

brimfull · 25/04/2010 22:11

Margaret Forster's new novel 'Isa and May'

quite good but not as good as her other stuff imo

florencerusty · 25/04/2010 22:09

Reading The Children's Book (but its slow going) and a Johnny Depp bio which is like swimming in treacle and dire I think by Denis Miekle

GypsyMoth · 25/04/2010 21:24

Library of the dead......by Glenn Cooper??

SoMuchToBits · 25/04/2010 21:23

littlerach I have a treat in store then!

janeite · 25/04/2010 20:10

I loved P&P with Zombies. S&S with seamonsters is great too and I STILL fancy Colonel Brandon, even with tentacles.

I read The Behaviour Of Moths last week: has anybody read it?

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MrsDanversBites · 25/04/2010 19:57

so many ideas...
excellent

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specialsmasher · 25/04/2010 19:50

The Rose of Sebastopol - Katherine McMahon.

Good!

My favourite all time book, though, is The Secret History by Donna Tartt - not much else comes close.

Any tips?

HopeForTheBestExpectTheWorst · 25/04/2010 19:45

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littlerach · 25/04/2010 19:40

Run was fantastic, I loved it

I ma reading Prep, after liking Americam Wife (though it is obvioulsy v different)

Finished The Inheritance of Wilberforce a few weeks ago and Poisonwood Bible which was excellent.

InThisSequinBraYesYouOlaJordan · 25/04/2010 19:28

I have just finished The Help by Kathryn Stockett which is fab and then also The sadness of happiness by Anne Giardini, it was okay-ish, liked the first half better. I am reading the Finest Type of English Womanhood by Rachel Heath which I am enjoying a lot. I have Hearts and Minds next, and have just ordered Wolf Hall, David Nicholls' novel prior to One Day(can't remember the name), Juliet Falling by Nick Hornby, Long Song by Andrea Levy and the new Phillipa Gregory (The White Queen?) from Amazon.

I keep a list each January onwards of every book I read so that if I like an author I know who they are (I also give them a mark out of ten geek emoticon ) Over the last year I have read a lot of and loved:

Patrick Gale
Andrea Levy
Phillipa Gregory
Kate Atkinson
Curtis Sittenger

I get loads of recommendations from here, so keep 'em coming!

iloveasylumseekers · 25/04/2010 19:27

My husband raves about The Quincunx but I haven't read it. Don't know the others.

KurriKurri · 25/04/2010 19:20

I got a bag of books for £4 from a library sale yesterday. Amongst others I've got The Quincunx by C. Palliser, Spanky by Christopher Fowler, the Book of Secrets by M.G. Vassangi and Watch Me Disappear by Jill Dawson.I will start one tonight, but I'm not sure which one I'll go for. Any recommendations?

EldritchCleavage · 25/04/2010 19:15

About to start graphic novel 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith. The cover says 'Illustrated by Cliff Richards' but that can't be right.

Sample dialogue "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie with brains must be in want of more brains."

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MrsDanversBites · 25/04/2010 19:14

I Gave up on Owen Meany- and I NEVER give up on books

just felt you had to be a teenage boy or a Christian or preferably both to fully 'get' it

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maamalady · 25/04/2010 19:14

I'm reading Lady Chatterley's Lover at the minute - I am horrified that I've never read it before! It's pretty good, although there is more philosophical angst than I normally go for.

SoMuchToBits · 25/04/2010 19:13

Just started Run by Ann Patchett - too early to say whether it's any good, but I also enjoyed Bel Canto (like iloveasylumseekers)

AliGrylls · 25/04/2010 19:13

Just finished reading Book of Negroes today. Everyone should read this book - it is enlightening, sad, informative and beautifully written.

duckyfuzz · 25/04/2010 19:10

American Wife, enjoying it but finding it a bit long

Flamesparrow · 25/04/2010 19:10

Blood lines - Mark Billingham. Easy.
Succubus Dreams - Demon chick lit
Cold Comfort Farm - Good
Dice Man - All about a psychiatrist who decides to live life based on rolling a dice... early days.

JustMyTwoPenceWorth · 25/04/2010 19:08

kathy reichs bare bones