What are you currently reading, how do you feel about it, and what's next on the list?

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Currently:
I'm currently about half way through "Enter Ghost" by Isabella Hammad.

Feeling:
I've been working my way through the six books shortlisted for the Women's Prize and this is the last one. It's probably bottom of my list of those books. I haven't at all clicked with the characters and I'm finding it quite boring to be honest.

Next:
I've just had my next stack of four books delivered and I think I'll try George Orwell's "1984" next. I'm excited.

Current
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow and a fluffy romance Kindle unlimited

Feeling
Intrigued as to which direction the story is going to take - devoured half of it on a plane journey in 3hrs so will finish it in the next day or so.

Next
A little life

Can I also recommend All the colours of the dark ? I adored this book

Currently towards the end of The Mirror and the Light with the Footnotes & Tangents read a long. Dreading the end.

Also getting into Ghostwritten by David Mitchell, his first book but like an early Cliud Atlas which he wrote (perfected?) later - multiple narratives, with mysterious links between them. Loving it, I’m trying to balance savour and impatience.

Next, considering Sisters of Sword and Shadow by Laura Bates.

Currently reading :

Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell

and The Janus Stone by Elly Griffiths

Cranford is a bit hard work

I am getting into the Griffiths as a series and like the protagonist Ruth Galloway

Currently reading Wicked Autumn by G M Malliet. It's the first in a cosy murder mystery series set in a fictional English seaside village.

It's written by an American author for the American market and who seems to only have a fairly sketchy idea of what life in rural England is like. There are many things that wouldn't be said or done here but wouldn't look out of place in America. If you can put all that to one side, and I have, then it's actually quite an entertaining read, reasonably well written and with some dry humour. Providing it has a good ending, I might be tempted to read more of the series.

Have you read Girl A by Abigail Dean? It's not a whodunit kind of thriller but it's certainly psychological and I was totally gripped by it.

I started Red Rising but it didn't grip me, so I have given up on it, at least for now. I might come back to it later.

Currently: My Friend Matt and Hena the Whore. Quite an old book about 4 childhood friends living in a village in an un-named (fictional?) African country beset by war and famine. It’s taken me a few chapters to get into it but it’s intriguing

The Porpoise by Mark Haddon

Currently: The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams. It’s one of the books my book group didn’t choose, but it’s the one I voted for so I decided to read it anyway. It’s set in Oxford during WW1.

Feeling: It’s very good - I’m struggling to summarise because there’s a lot in it - the effects of war, feminism, class divide, bookbinding, canal boat dwelling, Oxford. I really like the narrator. I have about 100 pages to go so will finish it in the next couple of days. I recommend this.

Next: Possibly the next Elly Griffiths that I haven’t read. That will take me up to the next book group meeting.

Reading Oryx and Crake by Margaret Attwood, it’s giving great dystopia. Next is Tom Lake by Ann Patchet or a Murakami.

I had the same, I don’t think I was in the right mood for it. I’ll come back to it another time.

What actually happened instead is that Ferrante’s quartet dominated my life for about five weeks. I loved them!

I’ve also since read The Borrowed Hills by Scott Preston (excellent) and Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (v good).

Thinking of starting Beartown by Fredrick Backman next, I’ve heard great things about it.

Someone posted about a site which compares secondhand book prices. I’m trying to find the pair without success. Can anyone help?
Im currently reading My Brilliant Friend. Loved it for the first third but now I’m over halfway through I’m getting a bit wearied. Hope it picks up.

Here's one I like:

World of Books | Buy cheap second-hand books online | Wob

I use Abe Books, too.

Can I join in?

Currently Reading

Alexei Navalnys memoir.

Feeling About It

Gripping, compelling and really enjoying it (if that's not the wrong word!) it's a really funny book, which I wasn't expecting.

Next

Was reading about Janey Godley's memoir in her obituary, so am going to give that a go. It's called 'Handstands in the Dark'.

I'm really glad this thread is still going and there are so many great recommendations here!

Currently: Rereading "Piranesi' by Susanna Clarke for book club

Feeling: Absolutely loving it. I forgot just how good it was. Its creepy, mysterious and otherworldly, and perfect for long dark nights.

Next: I've had a few duds recently ('The Gathering' by Ann Enright and 'Ashland and Vine' by John Burnside which both bored the absolute shit out of me). So I'm going to try 'Young Mungo' by Douglas Stuart because I loved his first book. I'm a bit worried about it being his second book and not sure it'll match up to 'Shuggie Bain' but I'm excited to give it a go.

I'm just reading the Dare Game in the Tracy Beaker trilogy we will finish it tonight and then we are planning to read my mum Tracy Beaker and A Christmas Carol before Xmas.

Currently reading the Christmas gingerbread village

It's nice to read a book where a woman in her 60s is the main character.

Depends on what the works or charity has.

Currently reading 1Q84 by Murakami, the one I haven't read before. Enjoying it but maybe not as much as The wind up bird chronicles or Kafka on the shore.
Next: probably some classic which I either haven't read or something read long ago and interested how they would feel now.

Really loved Crossroads. Only downsides for me were that the longest chapter (100 pages) focused on the character I liked the least but it was still totally absorbing. The writing was superb and a great story with complex characters. I will read Corrections soon.

I‘ve moved on to a bit of a filler I borrowed from the library while waiting for a delivery of books I ordered online so currently reading Violeta by Isabel Allende. I do enjoy her books as she is a good storytellers and this book has an interesting backdrop (early 20th century Argentina), it’s an easy light read.

My delivery of books is exciting. I was given a gift voucher worth £££ from work. It was originally for something I’m not interested in buying at all (craft beer!) so my manager changed it to a voucher from a bookshop instead and I’ve spent some of it on 10 books so that should keep me occupied for a while!

@mrstea301 I read Memory Police earlier this year and it’s great.

I'm in a bit of a slump so I've just downloaded some 'not my usual type' books from KU, hoping I'll find something I enjoy.

I've abandoned all idea of remaining unspoiled with the Slow Horses books vs TV series and am now galloping through them. Currently on book 7. They're fantastic.

The most recent I've read the spiral stair case by Karen Armstrong is great for people who struggle to find anything in religion

@Eastie77Returns I didn't like all the characters, especially the husband in Crossroads. But it was still superb.

@user2207 I want a new Murakami book so much.

@beguilingeyes I am about to start the Slow Horses books. Just got the first on from the library.

Currently: The Porpoise by Mark Haddon.
Feeling: as is usual for me in stories with multiple threads and narrators some of it I’m loving and some I’m racing through to get to the narrator I like the most!
Next: reckon I can get this read before bookclub next week when we’ll choose a new book and have a lot on my tbr pile so might put some selections on here to get recs!

Currently reading The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore. I feel very shallow reading a fluffy lightweight romance, but I'm enjoying it very much. It's just what my exhausted brain needs right now - no thinking required, just letting the words float past my eyes. I like the cosy autumnal vibes and the all round niceness of it.

Currently reading Bill Bryson's 'Down Under' and really enjoying it. So many fascinating facts about the country, it's history, it's flora and fauna, it's cities and places etc. etc.

Next will be Jenny Eclair's 'Having a Lovely Time'. I enjoy her books, easy reading and I like the way her characters are believable.