What are you reading at the moment?

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My current read is The Book of Azrael by Amber V Nicole.

im really enjoying it.

Another one reading The Bee Sting but as audiobook and also The Outsider by Jane Casey which is adjacent to her Maeve Kerrigan series

Skippy Dies is great if you like Paul Murray.

Nearly finished The glass girl by Kathleen Glasgow which I have really enjoyed

Im only half way through … but … I like the premise. I find the research May has done on the wider anthropological context really interesting… I’m not 100% convinced on her “personal journey”. It’s not got resonance of say, The Salt Path, which I loved- it feels more like gonzo-academia - and I think that actually if she’d written the book as a piece on wintering, without trying to make it a personal journey, I would probably be enjoying it more. But that’s possibly just a personal bias!

Also that’s a really smart thought about the last battle- also The Silver Chair has similar themes. Makes me want to go back and re-read the whole series and apply a contemporary political reading! Although I remember re-reading the whole set when I was about 14, and feeling horribly sad about “oh Susan, she only cares for nylons and lipsticks” line (I’m poss misquoting!) As a teenage girl who had spent hours upon hours “in” Narnia, and still loved it, even though I was starting to love “lipsticks and nylons” too, it really stung!

I'm reading Jenny Eclair's autobiography called Jokes, Jokes Jokes. Really enjoying it. Have found the novels I've chosen to read recently underwhelming so decided to go for something different and I'm pleased I did.

Glad it isn't just me as so many people love it but i just found it a self indulgent waffle with nothing of substance. I wish I could quit my job to walk on beaches, have sea dips and travel but hey ho. I mean it's fine as a light read, but i was expecting something life changing from the hype.

Ali Smith’s new one, Gliff…. Love Ali Smith. The
future she crafts took a bit of adjusting to in this one but I’m really getting into it now

Also just finished Jonathan Coe’s new one A Proof of Innocence which is brilliant and clever and funny

Yes it was a bit harsh

And it resonates with me for same reasons

Is that Frog Music? If so I really enjoyed that.

I'm currently reading Any Human Heart. I find William Boyd books entertaining; and I'm coming up for half way through. But I keep tiddling about on Mumsnet and stuff because I'm in need of distraction atm and have a toddler attention span currently.

Love The Narnia books. I know a lot of people find them old fashioned etc. I enjoy reading The Silver Chair at Christmas because it takes you through such a gruelling story and then becomes magical and festive.

The Whistling by Rebecca Netley. I love suspense/horror books. Only about half way through so can't say if it's good just yet, but so far it's kept me interested.

@tobee

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I’m reading Last One at the Party by Bethany Clift.
I saw it recommended on here. It’s a tough read after Covid but I’m not very far though yet.

I'm not loving Riders. I feel like I'm being told a lot of stuff but not shown anything. It's pretty poorly written so far.

I gave up Demon Copperhead at about a quarter of the way through. Lots of people raved about it though and I just didn't get it.

A Man from the North - Arnold Bennett's first novel (1898). Pleasant, but he hadn't quite found his voice yet: it has none of the power of Anna of the Five Towns or These Twain or Riceyman Steps or even Imperial Palace.

Demon Copperhead, I’m enjoying it but finding time to read at the moment is tricky so I’ve only read 100 or so pages in six weeks.

Im reading the Tyrone Swift detective series by Gretta Mulrooney on Kindle. I like them - I only have one more to go and then it's goodbye
Listening to the Maeve Kerrigan series by Jane Casey on audible/borrow box. Love them. Also on the last one of that series.
I'm reading a Georgette Heyer set in modern times (maybe 1950s) on my kindle but not enjoying it.
And also Caitlin Moran "What About the Men?" On Kindle. Interesting

I’ve just finished Lockdown by Peter May (book group book) which confirmed that I don’t enjoy crime thrillers. Started on ‘What about men’, Caitlin Moran which has made me laugh out loud in the first couple of chapters, and very relatable in terms of understanding DH and DS better. Also about to start ‘Hello Beautiful’ Ann Napolitano which I’m looking forward to.

Currently working my way through Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. Possibly wouldn't have picked but was gifted by someone who knew I'd enjoyed The Martian, and so far I'm really enjoying this too!

Just about to crack open, The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard. My DH picked it up for me the other day as I like Kazuo Ishiguro and the cover compares it to him. Praise indeed!

My last read was, Diary of a Nobody-a comfort read for me.

@tobee Any Human Heart is a masterpiece. I constantly recommend it and almost everyone is pleased that they took my recommendation

Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows for my book club. I'm enjoying it so far.

I’m re reading The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. I’ve just read the first three Robert Galbraith, Cormoran Strike books so will work my way through the rest of them next and I’ve also got Sunrise on the Reaping to look forward to reading too.