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Autumn(Book)watch - What Are You Reading?

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expatinscotland · 03/10/2006 20:53

I'm reading 'Cold Mountain' and it's very, very good.

I've got 'The Last King of Scotland' for afters.

NEXT!

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MsBionic · 04/10/2006 14:52

Intrigued indignatio ....disturbing how??

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bakedpotatooooowoooh · 04/10/2006 15:00

The Laughing Policeman by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo. Have two others in the series lined up for next, and then if I ever shake this obsession with Scandinavian detective novels Ali Smith's The Accidental

multitasker · 04/10/2006 15:00

Can't be doing with A Shreve, am on The Night Watch at mo and fancy Jane Eyre next. Also newish Joanne Harris - Gentlemen and Players - anyone read it?

PretendFriend · 04/10/2006 15:02

I have just read all 4 books currently available by Clare Chambers - I found her via an amazon suggestion (forget what from, possibly Laurie Colwin, she is in my about-to-read pile) and she is fab (Back Trouble is a bit dodgy as it's in the first person and supposed to be by a bloke, that never works).

bran · 04/10/2006 15:07

I'm reading Labyrinth by Kate Mosse, and I'm finding it really heavy going, I just can't bring myself to give a damn about the main characters.

I've only read 2 Anita Shreve books and I quite liked them, but not enough to go out and buy everything she's ever written and read them all at once which is what I tend to do when I find a new writer that I really like.

Expat why did you stop writing? Did you get bored or did it not pay all that well?

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expatinscotland · 04/10/2006 15:09

Life got in the way, bran.

BUT, I'm happy to say I'm thinking of doing it again.

B/c, in all honesty, it's a lot of fun! [romantic fiction, that is].

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Cowmud · 04/10/2006 15:11

stepahnie Plum good reads

Milliways · 04/10/2006 15:13

Bran, I am reading the Labyrinth & really enjoying it (but v.near the end now!). Just finished The Time Travellers Wife & have a whole stack of books lined up. (Both parents work in charity shop so we give them our Wish Lists!)

MsBionic · 04/10/2006 15:35

bran I know exactly what you mean. I gave up..

suedonim · 04/10/2006 15:49

I'm reading We Need To Talk About Kevin. It's about the fifth or sixth time I've attempted it and it's finally grabbed me.

MsBionic · 04/10/2006 15:51

Now there's dedication suedonim. I've heard good things about that book

maycontainstress · 04/10/2006 15:53

MsBionic, I read just about anything. I really love to get a recommendation because it saves time perservering with something wishy washy.

I've got a copy of My Sister's Keeper at home which I picked up at the boot sale, maybe that's next?

I read anything but it has to be believable and either make me laugh or cry, or both. Give me emotion!

'whispers' I'm about to send something I've written myself to an Agent for a predictable rejection, its entertaining me anyway

MsBionic · 04/10/2006 15:57

My sisters keeper is brilliant!

Best of luck...you never know!!

creepydazy · 04/10/2006 16:00

Am reading Martina Cole - The Jump, usually find her books quite depressing but thought I would give this one a go.

lorina · 04/10/2006 16:08

REading Treasons Harbour by Patrick O'Brien. Only just started but have read the preceeding eight so I know it will be brilliant. Feels like a truthful account of the harshness of naval but plenty of dry humour too.

Not my usual sort of thing but I will be very sad when i have finished the series

indignatio · 04/10/2006 19:43

Ms Bonic - it is about a woman with 6 kids and usless husband who becomes an escort to get them out of debt - autobiographical

re the Labrinth - persevere - it is definitely worth it in my view

sammac · 04/10/2006 19:58

Finished last night 44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith and was given Friends, Lover, Chocolate by him today. I enjoyed it a lot, some wee chuckles in it, not my usual read. Next door gave me Air Babylon, which I started in bed last night, easy reading.

dinny · 04/10/2006 20:06

Sleep With Me by Joanna Briscoe - really good, can't put it down!

wheresthehamster · 04/10/2006 20:15

Just finished 'Gentlemen and Players' by Joanne Harris and didn't guess the twist at the end. Then still reeling from that there was another twist afterwards!
Will read it again soon to see if I missed the clues!

MsBionic · 04/10/2006 20:18

Sounds good indignatio. I think i might give it a try

clerkKent · 05/10/2006 13:01

I have just struggled through A Brief History of Infinity by Paulo Zellini. I bought it in an airport bookstore expecting a popular science book. It turns out to be a mixture of philosophy and maths, perhaps understandable by a PhD in either/both of those. I am not sure why I bothered to get to the end.

Now on GRANTA 95: Loved Ones. Typical high-class GRANTA stuff.

dreamcatcher · 05/10/2006 13:35

just finished 'five quaters of the orange'(Joanne Harris) Couldn't put it down, tho' not as good as 'blackberry wine'.

Just started 'Perfume'(Patrick suskind).Slightly odd but beatiful prose.

spykid · 05/10/2006 17:36

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke.

On a bit of a childrens lit theme at mo

aDAdOnMumsnet · 05/10/2006 17:40

The Sari Shop by Rupa Bajwa. Just started.

Just read "Narrow Dog to Carcassone" - humorous account of couple sailing a narrowboat from the UK, across the channel and to... Carcassone. Only average to ok.