What book are you reading now?

[kentgal]

Why you chose it and would you recommend it?

Five it’s the second one of hers I’ve read, after Fried Green Tomatoes which I really enjoyed, having not even seen the film. These days I’m really enjoying reading books by and about women.

I like the sound of Vox, thanks for that suggestion ohholyJesus

A really sweet and funny story called Golden Rabbit. It's about a little bunny rabbit called Rahh who meets the aforesaid Golden Rabbit in the woods one day and then goes off to have lots of adventures. It has lovely characters and scenarios, and I don't know if it's just my sense of humour but it has made me laugh out loud in several places.

I am reading rivers of london series too and I adore it. All fairies (The proper nasty ones) witches, wizards, hobgoblin River goddesses and lots of london hidden history.
Love Neil Gaiman too.

Bits of Jane Eyre are as dull AF. It's still an amazing book though.

I've just finished The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne and I'm bereft. Book of the year for me.

Wolf Hall is fabulous! Didn’t like Bringing up the Bodies so much.

Rivers of London is one of my favourite series.

Just finished History Of Wolves today. It haunting and left me feeling quite disturbed, which I hadn't expected. A very good read though.

Fiction: Under the ice by rachael Blok, because I was after an atmospheric psychological thriller set around the festive season . This is well written with a gripping plot. It fits the bed-time reading slot very nicely but l’m finding it pretty difficult to put down now.

Non-fiction: Romantic outlaws, a dual biography of Mary Shelley and her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft who, in their different ways, scandalised society. Engrossing and with a wonderful cast of characters. They both come across as strong, vibrant and exceptional women who were ahead of their time.

Now you see her Heidi Perks. I downloaded it as it came up as a suggested read on amazon. Enjoying it so far.

Money by Martin Amos

Dressed to Kill by Charlotte Madison, the story of the first female Apache helicopter pilot.

I've just got, but haven't started yet "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bible" and I'm hugely looking forward to it.

I LOVED the Philip Pullman (mentioned in about the 3rd post on the thread).

A couple of people have said "A man called Ove". I read something else by that author recently and didn't like it at all, (although the rest of my bookgroup did), but someone said Ove was better. I've seen it recommended a couple of times on here.

Not technically reading as it’s on audible but I am halfway through Michelle Obama’s autobiography. It is really fascinating and she narrates the book. Really recommend it!

I just started reading the book by Michelle Obama.

I’m reading Two Wings of a Nightingale by Jill Worrall. It’s about her journey around Iran with a local tour guide, with great insights into the history and also day-to-day lives of people there. It was recommended on a thread I started here, about books set in different cultures.

Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
I also like to dip into books I read at school .
As a teenager , you really did not know enough about life to understand all the nuances.

That's so true santa.

Iv found that watching certain things or rereading certain books I'd read as a teen that there are themes and subtleties that just flew by me before I had the maturity and life experience to catch them.

I have also just finished The Grapes of Wrath - loved it. The dialogue can be hard going at times but it's so well written.

@Ginkythefangedhellpigofdoom Do you have a link? I'm Googling but can't find the author and 'War' is a too vague, I think I've looked at every war book now

I'm reading The Secret History by Donna Tartt after a recommendation on here. I'm not loving it to be honest: I'm half way through and none of the characters are particularly engaging. Does the second half get better or is it more of the same?

Not a big fan of Jane Eyre either: it's a bit dull and I don't think Rochester is at all appealing to modern women. Wide Sargasso Sea, the prequel by Jean Rhys, is much more interesting.

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller - I'm loving it and would definitely recommend it.

I have just finished The Tattooist from Auschwitz, it's a very moving story. Before that I read All the Light We Cannot See which I absolutely loved.

Looking for inspiration now, probably something not set in WW2.

Santa I watched Truly Madly Deeply recently, which was my absolute favourite film when I was in my early 20s. I was exceptionally unmaternal and had no desire for DCs at that point - watching it again I could see the whole bloody point of the film is Nina wants a baby

I now want to dig out a few old books and more films to see what I missed!

Tombland by C J Sansom, purely because I had a coffee with him
in Norwich a couple of weeks ago as he was staying in our hotel. I'd never heard of him!