What are you reading at the moment....

[cjt110]

..(other than this post). Looking for some inspiration for books, mags, blogs...

Just downloaded a book via Overdrive about the Chernobyl disaster. I was born in December 1986 so don't really know much about it.

I buy paperbacks from a second hand bookshop I visit every couple of weeks - last purchase was The Slap, showing the ramifications in a social group after a man slapped a child not his own. It cost 1 pound, so was in budget
Second book, from same shop was John Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath, first published in 1939 and details the migration of peeps from the mid-west panhandle to the west. Another pound spent.
Third was Daily Life in Ancient Rome,,which is factual and which should tie into the Beeb's series about Rome.That was a massive 2 pounds.
Got a pound left, so I bought a coffee at the local caff - and started reading..
I count that a successful morning out

I’m reading Sapiens by Yuval Noah Hurari. It’s really interesting and very accessible/readable. I am a terrible insomniac so I have to restrict my bedtime reading to things that are informative, slow paced, no thrillers or action plots! I’ve recently read Elizabeth is missing, Elenor Oliphant, and The Goldfinch, and i also like books about running and nutrition

AviatorShades Your day sounds like what I would love to do.... I am jealous.

On holiday I read a book recommended on here. It was called The Storyteller.
Best book I have read on a long while.
I also read The curious incident of the dog in the night. That was good too.

cjt careful what you wish for! I'm becoming increasingly more disabled,so can't walk without my walker now, but can still read and paint, oh! and have fun on MN I SO enjoyed the Playmo wedding!
Yep! could be worse.

Elizabeth is missing. YESS! And it was another secondhand bookshop bargain!

I've just finished Force of Nature by Jane Harper (currently 99p on Kindle), which is the sequel to The Dry, which won loads of awards. Both were utterly engaging, I'd say The Dry is the better story, but still both worth reading.

I have just started The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith. Which I wasn't sure about given the hype but I am really enjoying it. I really like the use of language, almost lyrical in a way .....( or maybe that the subliminal JKR link in my head?).

I have Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine to read next.

I read Dear Evan. I am dying to see it in the theatre but it's only running in America .

Dear Evan Hansen.
I am not sure what to read next.

I buy my books from charity shops and just pick up whatever looks interesting or that I've seen online with good reviews. So completely random! I've just read This Is Going To Hurt by Adam Kay. Brilliant!
Currently reading Eleanor Olliphant is Completely Fine, and found it a bit slow to start but getting into it now.

AviatorShades In a similar vein, I have M.E and life is becoming slowly more debilitating. I'm only 31 and sometimes just gettin up and dressed in the morning has me calling for my bed... that's before the school run, commute and then a days work.

I’m reading A Year of Living Danishly, and finding it interesting. It has also made me laugh out loud a few times, which is a very unexpected bonus!

cjt I'm older than you, but at any age it's a B. isn't it? All the best to you

Nice to met a group who like actual books btw. Kindles etc have their place and we're fortunate to have the choice, but,dammit, I really,really like books. And also the bookmarks I've had made for me/given over the years

Just started Macbeth by Jo Nesbo and have Eleanor Olliphant waiting for when I finish

I've just started "Ask me his name" by Elle Wright about the loss of her baby son. It's very moving.

Listening to an audiobook called It ends with us by Colleen Hoover, American romance, it's quite good!

Reading an eboo

Sorry my toddler grabbed my phone!

Reading an ebook called And so it begins by Rachel Abbott. It's a bit of a thriller/crime book.

I'd recommend both!

Slammerkin by Emma Donohue when I'm in the bath. Daytime reading is currently I capture the Castle again because it's lovely.

Just downloaded a book via Overdrive about the Chernobyl disaster.

What's it called?

I'm reading See you in September by Charity Norman bought for £1 from charity book shop. Just liked the look of it.
So good so far about a girl who gets caught up in a cult in New Zealand

I am reading Golden Hill by Francis Spufford, only just started it and it doesn't seem like my usual sort of thing so not sure if it is any good yet. Also reading The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood, which is very good. On Kindle I am reading Five Rivers Met On A Wooden Plain by Barney Norris.
Which book about Chernobyl are you reading? I read one in the summer called Chernobyl Prayer by Svetlana Alexievich, which was very good. She had been and interviewed various people involved in the disaster and written up their stories. I wouldn't call it enjoyable because it was obviously very sad, but she is a really good writer and it was incredibly moving.

Just finished The Book of Dust / La Belle Sauvage (when is the next one coming out Mr Pullman? I can't wait!). Now I'm on The History of Bees, looks very interesting and a bit scary.
Also read The Essex Serpent recently, that was very good, too.

Hedgehogblues Chernobyl: A History of Tragedy by Serhii Plokhy

Shell Game by Sara Paretsky and The School run by Sophie King

I've just finished We were the lucky ones. It's about a Polish family from about 1938 onwards. It was very good, I sat up like an eejit all night finishing it.
I'm on the prowl for something to read so thanks for the ideas

Peachydream I really enjoyed the Dry, didn't realise there was a follow up, thanks