Haven't seen a 'what are you reading?' thread in a while.

[MiaWallace]

So what are you reading? Would you recommend it?

I'm currently half way through The Book Thief. Took a few chapters to get into it but now really enjoying it.

Anne Enright - Making Babies. It's alright, rather wanky.

judi picuolts books dont look very appealing to me, she is prolific isnt she

i have read on the beach by nevil shute..i liked it i think but ages ago

the road home rose tremain and saving fish from drowning amy tan i have read recently but i am an amy tan fan

duncan campbell was the alst book i read before douglas kennedy it was called The paradise trail..set in india in the seventies quite a fun read not sure i would be quite as fulsome as this review in the guardian but if you have any hippy inclinations or remember the seventies then read it

Zipp - no, not free with a newspaper, and yes, 2005. I've skimmed it once before, not sure if I liked it. Thought I'd give it another go.

Generation Dead - Good for people who love Twilight etc (but nowhere near as good,but then, what could be.... ?)

Impossible pursuit of love (or summat like that) - Enjoying so far

4th Spooks book - Gooood but tis a kid's book

I'm reading Cranford, loving it so far but I only started at lunchtime so it's maybe too soon to tell.

I'm just about to start The Bloody Chamber by Anglea Carter - a collection of stories. It sounds pretty good from the blurb. 'From familiar fairy tales and legends Angela Carter has created an absorbing collection of dark, sensual, fantastic stories.'

I read no dominion by Charlie Huston yesterday (ds was out all day!) - vampire story set in New York, I thought it was brilliant, but I like that kind of thing.

I loved freakanomics (the bit about drug dealers made sense even more after watching The Wire)

finished Life of Pi - loved it

Secret Life of Bees - current read, and is fabulous.

The Bloody Chamber is v good, although haven't read it for a long time.

I have march by Geraldine Brooks but not started it yet. Am in the middle of but having a rest from Garrison Keiler's Love me.

Zippi, I love Amy Tan books, but haven't managed to read that one yet, it is on my shelf!!

I really enjoyed The Magician's assistant by Ann Patchett.

And any Anne Tyler.

Recently read Spitfire women of WWII by Giles Whitell, the Outcast by Sadie Jones, the sleeping doll by jeffrey deaver and am currently on The Resurrectionist by James Bradley

Haven't read the whole thread so forgive me...

Have just finished re-reading The Book Theif, loved it. Am currently reading The Shakespeare Secret, intriguing.

Like Ggirln, I am reading Engleby by Sebastian Faulkes. Really, really enjoying it!

The Catcher in the Rye. Not that fantastic IMO.

Just finished My Favourite Wife. Not impressed. I'd read Man and Boy years ago and liked it and DH bought me this one. Now reading Not The End of the World by Kate Atkinson.

I loved The Book Thief.

Think I might ask for A Town Called Alice for Christmas after reading this thread.

I like Jodi Piccoult, 19 minutes is fab, as is Vanishing Acts, and a few others, reading Salem Falls right now which is good, couldn't get on with Mercy at all.

Totally loved The Kite Runner and 1000 Splendid suns.

Have two books lined up from my Dad, "Lords of the Bow" and "Wolf of the Plains" by Conn Igulden. We both love Bernard Cornwell's Arthur novels, totally brilliant so I assume these are of that ilk, excited about getting started on them!

A Town Like Alice is a classic. I read it in Paris, not that that is significant at all, and DH kept nicking it off me to read. We nearly came to blows about it. I would recommend it to anyone.

Never read Picoult.

Bozza - I think you need to be 15.

cant believe all these people mentioning town like alice

it is one of my iconic experiences i think i was abiut 6 or 7 when i saw the film

first

i looked for it today i am going to order it

have nearly finished March Violets in Berlin Noir - bought on the recommendation of a previous thread, it is fantastic one of those books that i will have to ration so that i dont reach the end.
Also bought the stephanie myers so will start on that next
can't bring myself to buy the book thief
oryx and crake was very good but its been ages since i read it
i thought the end of mr y was very disapointing but i only bought it because the cover was cool
i also recently finshed an instance of the fingerpost on another recommendation, its a book that i didnt enjoy whilst reading but once i had reached the end i wanted to read again

Salem Falls was a good Jodie Picoult. I felt cheated when I finished My sister's keeper. Really duped. Like the victim of a confidence trickster. Still read more though. Plain Truth very good, a real insight into the Amish way of life.

Picoult - I enjoyed "Salem Falls" - but then I read two others (My Sister's Keeper" and "The Pact" and realised that they are all, essentially, the same book. I won't read anymore of hers.

"The End Of Mr Y" - I didn't much like.

MuffinMcClay - the Bryson Shakespeare one is good; a bit lightweight but I enjoyed it.

Cod - I love the cover of that Mr Whicher one - might get that next.

I've just finished Stalingrad bu Anthony Beevor -- what a book. Whenever the morning sickness gets me down (and the cold I've had this week), I read a chapter and think "Well, at least I'm not on the Russian Front."

Just about to start my MN book swap book for this month, it's sitting on the shelf but I can't remember what it is!

I enjoyed Ann Patchett, Love Anne Tyler and Ann River Siddons (wonder what my name is? )This was really good

I've been a bit off J Picoult's last books but read Second Glance and loved it.

I'm comfort reading at the moment as my mum is very ill, Nora Roberts [blush but defiant], Georgette Heyer, Sayers, who-dun-its...must start a thread for recommendations for books that are easy but good reads.

Am halfway through the Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (and have been for weeks - must really wean myself off MN!)

Have just finished Margaret Attwood, Alias Grace, Engelby by Seb Faulks and Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks. All very different, all very enjoyable.

Am currently reading Alexander McCall Smith for a bit of light relief, Love over Scotland (a guilty pleasure for me) and Faulks' Girl at Lion d'Or.

Teddycat, I loved Oryx and Crake too and thought the ending on Mr Y was meh. Shame...the cover was soooo good and the premise was great. The story was quite involving too, but the end??? A bit Enid Blyton imo.

Am just off to find Mr Whicher. It looks too good to resist.

My Wife Up North was pants, by the way...only my opinion but lordy, I've never wanted to shake a woman by the scruff of the neck so much in my whole damned life.

She struck me as the kind of person whose ruby slippers pinched her iykwim...