What are you reading now, beginning of 2012?

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I am reading Julian Barnes The Sense of an Ending. Loving it.
Also Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. I have never read them before but am in the process of reading them to/with ds and thoroughly enjoying them.
Have got so many books piled up to read it is really quite exciting!

I'm just about to finish reading The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman. It has been a thought-provoking read and raises the question of what is history and what is truth. An intruiging story.

*intriguing. Typing too fast .

On my lovely new Christmas Kindle I have just finished all the Katy books, current reading is The Small Hand by Susan Hill. Next up is a reread of The Woman in Black ready for the film release. Then I have The Moonstone, The Woman in White, some Poe, a collection of Du Maurier short stories and Emma. I like a bit of classic fiction, me.

The kindle has reignited my love of reading.

Remus - one of hte free kindle books I have is a history of lunatic asylums called Broadmoor Revealed. You might find that interesting if you have a kindle

'The Homecoming Of Samuel Lake' by Jenny Wingfield;
'Best Food Writing 2011' edited by Holly Hughes;
'Anthropology Of An American Girl' by Hilary Thayer Hamann;
'Girl In A Green Gown'- the Arnolfini Portrait' by Carola Hicks

Also really recommend 'Winters Bone' and 'The Bayoux Trilogy' by Daniel Woodrell.

The Wedding Plot by Jeffrey Eugenies, loved Middlesex, one of my favourite books of all time, and this so far has grabbed me from the start

Just finished Lionel Shriver - We Need to Talk about Kevin

Now on Donna Tartt - The Little Friend

Next is Rose Tremain - Trepass

But I do fancy a really good autobiography some time soon.....

Thoroughly enjoying the Kerry Wilkinson "Jessica Daniels" books. Can't put the kindle down!

Just finished In a Strange Room by Damon Galgut. He was new to me and I found this book stunning; moving, unsettling, cruel but compassionate as well, utterly compelling.

Looking for something to match up now! I may try another Jim Crace ? have discovered him recently and read a few and I think he's fantastic.

Just finished When Will There Be Good News by Kate Atkinson.

Have now started The House of the Mosque (paperback) plus still reading A Carpet Ride to Khiva on my Kindle.

There's also Gangsta Granny by David Walliams in the house somewhere but DD has hidden it from me until she finishes it!

I bought myself Neal Stephenson's REAMDE for Christmas but I'm finding it hard to get the time to read it. It's good so far though. And I've got Pratchett's Snuff to read next.

Just finished Extreme Rambling by Mark Thomas which was amazing and I couldn't put it down. Very detailed on the wall between Israel and Palestine. Obviously very political, but not too heavy a read if you are interested in that part of the world!

I loved Extreme Rambling. Have you seen the live show he did of it? It was fantastic and well worth seeing even if you've read the book. Apparently there's going to be a DVD too.

(I think I have a tiny bit of a man-crush on Mark Thomas )

Remus - have you read the whole Mortal Engines series? I really, really liked the first one, but I sort of imagine the rest would be very similar.

I just finished The Help by Kathryn Stockett it was a fantastic book. Moving on to Alan Sugar The way I see it

Snorbs, hoping to go to the Tricycle week he is doing on the week of the 23rd Jan....I've never been a particular fan of his, but very interested in the area, and I think it was a great read, not particularly balanced, but I didn't expect that...

I have just finished 'The Thread' by Victoria Hislop - her third book and really enjoyable. I didn't think I would find it as good as her first 'The Island' but actually it comes very close to it. A great read. Now starting 'The Distant Hours' by Kate Morton.

Just started "Death Comes to Pemberley" as got it for Christmas - disappointed that others didn't like it, I hope it's not too crap!

Very keen to read the new Stephen King JFK one too - have read good reviews on it.

Does anyone know when the next Shardlake After "Heartstone" is out?

Daz, "The Distant Hours" is great... Read it on holiday in October, took me less than a day, mainly because I couldn't put it down but also because I was without kids so could actually devout hours to reading

nursenic, I have Anthropology of an American Girl and Samuel Lake in my to read pile. What do you think of them?

beachyhead, you're right that it isn't particularly balanced. The very nature of the areas that the wall barrier divides means that certain, very polarised views will tend to come to the fore. And I think he nails his own colours to the mast fairly early on so, as you say, you know what to expect.

But do go and see him live if you can. He does an excellent job of mixing both absolute laugh-out-loud funny bits with the much more sobering and serious stuff.

Kikidee

I am really enjoying both of them; they're both rattling good stories and 'American Girl' is easy to dip in and out of.

I adore American literature and non fiction writing anyway. I can also recommend 'Wrecker' by Summer Wood, 'The Love Goddess Cooking School' by Melissa Senate and anything by Barbara Kingsolver, Pat Conroy, Bailey White and Michael Lee West.

I've just started to read Revolutionary Communist At Work: A Political Biography of Bert Ramelson by Roger Seifert & Tom Sibley. It was sent to me a week ago and its very interesting as it's my late grandfather's biography. It has pictures of me and my family in and events I remember from my childhood.

Reading Of Bees and Mist atm - going by the précis and the first few paragraphs I thought I wouldn't like it at all, how wrong I was I love it.

Also the The Magic of Reality by Richard Dawkins - he says it's for anyone from 8-80 but seems quite kid-orienated, perfect for the scientifically challenged like...er...me.

Recently read Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, essential postcolonial reading.

Have to stand up for Never Let me Go after the slating it got on this thread, i loved it! And the book is way better than the film imo