What are you reading RIGHT NOW?

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Besty Whyte 'The Yellow on the Broom'

People's Act of Love- James Meek

Biography of Bill Hicks

the thirteenth tale -forget who by but v.readable

Amber Spyglass - love it

The Black Moth (Georgette Heyer) - this is my reading club book, wouldn't choose it!

How to talk so that children blah blah blah...

I haven't been able to get into the mindset for fiction for many years now. Perhaps one day ...

Miss Webster and Cherif.
v light.

In the Heart of the Amazon Forest, Walter Henry Bates (my commuting reading); and Borneo, Celebes, Aru, by Alfred Russel Wallace (my falling-asleep reading)

vols X and Y of the Penguin historical-travelogue extracts series - some are better than others. I absolutely adored Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and very much liked the dry chap who tried to replicate Galvani's discoveries on electric eels in early 19th c. Venezuela. Gives me loads of "urgh Mummy no REALLY DID they?" stuff to regale the children with too.

would you believe men are from mars women from venus john gray!!!!!!!!!

bloody hell..should i appol to every man in my history for being miss understnding or should i puke at j.grays interp ???

The Reverse of the Medal, Patrick O'Brian, then Granta 100 or Slightly Foxed.

Just finished If you Could see me Now by Cecilia Ahern and now reading PS: I love You. A film is about to come out re this title. I really like her books. Also read A Place Called Here also one of hers.

reading my way through the 'Guardians of time' books by Marianne Curley. i'm on the last book of 3....think its called the key or something....i'm not normally a reader since having my kids but a friend reccomended and i read the first one in 3 nights.....they are fab, remind me of a cross between a book version of 'heroes' and harry potter!!

I've just finished Affinity by Sara Waters which was brilliant, am now about to start The House at Riverton which I see is popular on here!

Marley & Me, and despite the fact we didn't have a mad as it comes dog it is making me miss him even more!

Burma Boy by Biyi Bandele

and Carys Davies' short stories

Quiet American, Graeme Greene. It's taking me ages though as I only get through a page before I'm asleep.

Deborah Jackson, Three in a Bed

A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon reccommended on here when I was searching for books that are moving but not sad on here
I got loads of ideas and was sent 8 books for Christmas, can't put A spot of bother down and am nearly finished it (started it last night)

I'm still trying to get into Atonement by Ian McEwan but am not particularly gripped by it, the way I was with On Chesil Beach.

Still, I'm only on the third chapter and just read a few reviews on Amazon that said it was slow for the first 35/200 pages.

Beauty by Sheri S Tepper (SF)

marain keyes is anybody out there [for when im in the bath] and martina coles faces [for when im in bed]

love rules freya north..not sure how far that will go just picked it up cos it was in the house

and cryptonomicon neal stephenson which was recommended to me during my recent date when we spent ages trawling the shelves in borders saying ive read this ive read that lol

Shopaholic and Baby. Crap, but good crap.

Cryptonomicon is an amazing book. Try Perdido Street Station by China Melville too if you like that sort of thing.

I'm reading "Heaven knows I'm miserable now" - Andrew Collins; "Metal Swarm: Saga of Seven Suns, book 6" - Kevin Anderson; and "A New Model of the Universe" - PD Ouspensky.

the corrections

I read The Corrections. What do you think of it? I am reading My Booky Wook by Russell Brand, suprisingly well written.

Post-birthday World - Lionel Shriver
Bridget Jones (again! - nice and light over Christmas while parents here)
The Torment of Others - Val McDermid (love my crime fiction)
about to start Passion by Jude Morgan - novel based on lives and loves of Romantic poets so hoping for good stuff from Byron!