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To ask you what you are reading?

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notnearlythereyet · 27/07/2014 22:01

Just that really.

I fell in love in Zadie Smith's prose, just finished 'On beauty'. In the middle of 'Anna Karenina' now and eyeing up 'A hundred years of solitude' in my handbag.

Interested in books that you would recommend, as this summery weather makes me want to curl up in a hammock and read, read, read..(don't have a hammock just yet so a beanbag has to do for now).

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mignonette · 30/07/2014 20:14

Todays

I adore Swamplandia. Have you read Karen Russells' short story collections? They are as good. I can also recommend Janice Owens 'American Ghost's if you like stories set in Florida. She is an amazing writer.

Slongette · 30/07/2014 20:16

Re-reading Moon over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch - second book in the Peter Grant series.

Highly recommend the series.

Also just finished The Language of Flowers - a good read.

Slongette · 30/07/2014 20:18

Saw someone's got the Hundred Year Old Man ........ To read. I really enjoyed it - has anyone read the authors second book? Is it worth a read?

almondfinger · 30/07/2014 20:36

Morphine, definitely read the Kite Runner and And the mountains echoed. My favourite of his is A thousand splendid suns. That's a book that will stay with you for a long time.

Read Perfume recently for the first time - AMAZING

Havent read any more by author of hundred year old man...

MorphineDreams · 30/07/2014 20:43

I'm liking this Anne Rice book but getting a bit annoyed at the 'rape sex' references.

almond I'll give them a go once I've read this, thanks Grin

Cocolepew · 30/07/2014 21:19

Now starting the new Stephanie Plum book.

Cocolepew · 30/07/2014 21:19

Now starting the new Stephanie Plum book.

MorphineDreams · 30/07/2014 21:22

I love Stephanie Plum! What's the new one called please coco

TheMasterNotMargarita · 30/07/2014 21:27

On holidays just read The Shadow of the Wind which was gripping and Americanah which I also loved.
Just started The One Hundred Year Old.MAn Who .. and finding it very entertaining.

Cocolepew · 30/07/2014 21:30

Top Secret Twenty One Smile

Southeastdweller · 30/07/2014 21:33

I've got two books on the go - The Lemon Grove, by Kate Walsh, and The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde.

TodaysNotAGoodDay · 30/07/2014 21:35

Have ordered 'American Ghosts', thanks mignon

mumofthemonsters808 · 30/07/2014 21:48

Last month I read Americanah which I really enjoyed, it's a fabulous book, I could not put it down.

mignonette · 30/07/2014 21:49

Today

Yay! Hope you enjoy it :)

Delphiniumsblue · 30/07/2014 21:51

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings- Maya Angelou

sweetnessandlite · 30/07/2014 22:30

Southeast,
I couldn't get into The Lemon Grove. I made it halfway then gave up.

I didn't like the main character and found it unbelievable that any mother could do that to a member of her own family - (go after daughter's boyfriend!)

NormanTheForeman · 30/07/2014 22:36

Just finished "The Goldfinch". Awesome! Have read Donna Tartt's other books. What else would anyone recommend in a similar vein?

Other books I have enjoyed have been anything by Rose Tremain, books by Ann Patchett and Sarah Waters. Also Penelope Lively.

MillyONaire · 30/07/2014 22:38

Tom Rob Smith's "The Farm"
Loved "Child 44" and "Agent 6", despite the grim settings I find myself sucked right in and hardly aware of time passing til the end of the book!

Taffeta · 30/07/2014 22:48

Just back from holiday and read The Goldfinch, which I really enjoyed, and How to Build a Girl which was fun. I read The Silkworm before I left and enjoyed that too.

Have The Miniaturist next, which I am getting for my birthday.

OryxCrake · 30/07/2014 23:15

I'm reading - and loving - Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok.

Just finished Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides, which I thought was utterly brilliant. Clever, moving and well constructed.

WipsGlitter · 31/07/2014 13:38

I'm reading the new Lisa Jewel - don't like the time-hopping but it's otherwise an easy read. Just read my first Jo Nesbo which I really enjoyed. Have Alistair Campbell's most recent waiting for me.

WipsGlitter · 31/07/2014 13:39

coco I used to love the Stephanie Plum books but they were beginning to get very samey, have they improved?

Cocolepew · 31/07/2014 13:54

I felt the same Wips, but I've laughed like a drain at the last 2, this one is shaping up to be good.

KinkyDorito · 02/08/2014 11:17

I've had a right binge-read this week - love the holidays.

I've done:

The girl with all of the gifts which was fantastic (not what I expected, dystopian)

The house we grew up in which was good.

The 2nd and 3rd Hunger Games books which I've had lined up for ages.

The one plus one which I adored - just a really, really wonderful story.

hackmum · 02/08/2014 15:13

I currently have two on the go, which is unusual for me. One is Lorrie Moore's collected short stories, which is great, but very long. After a while, they get a bit samey. The other is Hack Attack by Nick Davies, which is the whole story about the tabloids hacking celebrities, paying off policemen etc. It's good but for a story I'm extremely interested in, quite hard work - it's difficult to keep track of who everyone is.