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What are you reading now and next ?

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Wheelybug · 13/04/2009 19:33

Alwayes like reading these threads and am on MN far too much at mo whilst I am bfing so me -

Sashenka by Simon Montefiore. Was a mothers day pressie. It is ok but not wildly page turning hence why I am on MN and not cracking through it.

Next - the luminous life of Lilly Aphrodite, beatrice colin. For book club.

Also have Becoming Queen, Kate Williams, Sea of poppies, Amitav Ghosh and the new Phillipa Gregory on my imminently to be rad pile.

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janeite · 13/04/2009 20:08

Oh I love Amelia Peabody!

I have nearly finished this Memoirs Of A Master Forger which I'm really enjoying.

Next I will be reading this The Knife Of Never Letting Go

antalya · 13/04/2009 20:17

Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. A combination of detective novel, psychological thriller and history of upper class nineteenth century life. Good, but has to be taken slowly.

TheProvincialLady · 13/04/2009 20:24

Oh that's another of my favourites Antalya. I love sensation nobels.

antalya · 13/04/2009 20:34

We could recommend it to the nob on the other thread who thinks women can't write, hehe!

TheProvincialLady · 13/04/2009 20:36

Oh I can think of a few other things I'd recommend for him(but they wouldn't be so much for reading as for stuffing up his..)

yappybluedog · 13/04/2009 21:18

just finished 'The Other Hand' Chris Cleave

nearly finished re-reading 'Catcher In The Rye'

will start either 'The Secret History' or 'The Bolter' can't decide which

megcleary · 13/04/2009 21:22

am just in the throes of finishing my dissertation so very excited at the thought of real books not text books!!

I am keen on getting "In defence of America" by Bronwyn Maddox

mumonthenet · 13/04/2009 21:27

just finished Barack Obama's Dreams from my Father. Interesting stuff.

About to start Kate Grenville's The Idea of Perfection.

Don't think I can stand another Jodi Picoult...clever writer but a bit repetitive, non?

pollywobbledoodle · 13/04/2009 21:49

the idea of perfection is a lovely warm book

have just finished 20 fragments of a ravenous youth depressing but very readable...took an evening

before that chart throb...ben eltons satire on x factor style shows...very cynical and funny...you'll never look at those shows in the same way

next big over easy by jasper fforde

twinmam · 13/04/2009 22:00

I always think Jodi Picoult has really good ideas for books (if a bit gimmicky) but doesn't write them especially well. I went to hear her speak once though and she seemed really lovely Have just finished Almost a Crime by Penny Vincenzi. She is one of my secret guilty pleasures and her books were made for devouring. Am not sure what to read next as have a pile of books under the bed but it might just be the Idea of Perfection.

Mumcentreplus · 13/04/2009 22:11

Current- Memoirs of a Geisha...Kite Runner waiting in the wings...recently read Another Woman by Penny V..really want to get Awakening by L.A Banks ..and v interested in The 19th Wife...

twinmam · 13/04/2009 22:12

Kite Runner one of my all time faves. So beautiful but prepare to weep.

ChipButty · 13/04/2009 22:17

Just finishing Stephen Fry's autobiography then will finish John O'Farrell's Utterly Impartial History of Britain and after that I have the new Nicci French. I love the school hols - plenty of time to read!

Mumcentreplus · 13/04/2009 22:18

Thanks for the heads up twinny..

Suedonim · 13/04/2009 22:29

Currently reading 'The Pity of War' by Neil Ferguson. I'm not sure what I'll read next - maybe Pitt The Younger by Wm Hague.

MrsMcCluskey · 13/04/2009 22:31

Now - The Revolutionary Road - Yates
Next - Kate Atkinsons latest caant remember the name of it

moondog · 14/04/2009 06:21

Provincial it was recommended by another MNer as we were discussing the truly gripping [and superbly written] Under the banner of heaven by John Kirkhauer that I had just read about fundamentalist Mormons.

Gripping stuff.I barely exchanged a word with anyone while I was reading it.

Kate Atkinson used to be fantastic {Museum et al}. Really gonie off the boil now though.

Cosmosis · 14/04/2009 16:45

MrsMcCluskey, When Will There Be Good News? just finished it, and enjoyed it.

Next, not sure for me, will have to see what the library has in.

MitchyInge · 14/04/2009 16:51

just finished rereading HP and Deathly Hallows, an act of desperation in the middle of a sleepless night

currently reading 'little face' by sophie hannah, not wildly impressed

looking forward to starting 'wildthorn' by jane eagland, as recommended by my daughter

MrsMcCluskey · 14/04/2009 18:03

ooh thnaks cosmosis - I love Kate Atkinson

squilly · 14/04/2009 18:29

I've just finished 4 on holiday:

Steven Galloway - Cellist of Sarajevo
Mark Billingham - Lifeless
Mark Billingham - Sleepy Head
Alexander McCall Smith - Teatime for the Traditionally Built

I don't usually like crime fiction, but am really in a Billingham mood at the moment.

bellabelly · 14/04/2009 18:33

Have just finished The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly and loved it. Might have to read something else by him next!

Flamesparrow · 14/04/2009 19:00

Now Michael Marshall - The Intruders
Next - Assassin's Quest - Robin Hobb

sfxmum · 14/04/2009 19:25

finished
Swastika night by Katherine Burdekin
reading
Underworld by Don Delillo
next
about 4 titles lined up but will see what mood I am in when the time comes

squilly · 14/04/2009 20:17

Oooh Flamesparrow...I Loved Assassin's Quest