Just finished a couple of fabulous books... next?

[wonderingwondering]

Wolf Hall, then The Year of the Flood (Margaret Atwood's latest). Which prompted me to re-read Oryx & Crake.

I just lost myself in them and found myself turning them over in my mind in between reading stints.

Now reading DH Lawrence's Sons & Lovers which I'm enjoying but it's not grabbed me in the same way.

Would love some suggestions for my long-haul flight later this week....

also was taken by the gargoyle as a last minute amazon moment

looking forward to them now
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did like any human heart
DIDlike confessions

dID NOT like hearts and minds ( or ham as ds2 called it)

anglish womanhood is one of my best books of last year

the boyd thunderstromsoen is cack

DID like old cOlm tobns brooklyn a lot and alone in berlin too
ALSO blast from past " stasiland" by anna funder is good
also mitford biog( was reccyed on here to me) and MIDDLESEX - repeat reccy on here DO NOT BE PUT OFF BY SUBJECT matter

AND AND fabbo "Prep" by americna wife author for ANYONE who went to boarding school

here i liked it, not everyone does

nope the amazon order is in
pleased with the recommendations though as I hadn't heard of them ludite emoticon

RONALD you will have a cracking time with those books

liked that one about a shopping centre too

ooh liked the crocodlie somehting something book abotu modern day Zimbabwe too

what one about a shopping centre???
this is like through the keyhole

i read alone in berlin and enjoyed it too

ooh yes, middlesex - brilliant - and so much better IMHO than The virgin Suicides by the same author

and scottsboro was good too - civil rights in ealy 60s

I liked the shopping centre one too. What was it called?

OH MY GOD THEBEST BOOK EVER IN THE WORLD. THE ONLY one my mums book group have ever all liked

"what was lost" liked that

this crocdiley one was VERY goood

The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell. It's my favourite novel of all time.

I actually misplaced my copy in a house move. Thanks to your fabulous thread I'll be buying it at the station before a long train journey in the morning!

Have just started Wolf Hall, but worried I might lose the plot a bit - history not my forte, and I'm having to concentrate very hard to keep track of the characters.

But, very well written and easy/engaging style, so I'm hopeful ...

just added to wish list

19th wIfe

Mitford Biog

gargoyle

no funds atm to order nice shiny pile like Ronaldinhio

wtf is the shoppping centre one [intrigued]

I have Alone in Berlin on my list to read too. Have read a couple of William Boyds but didn't rate them....

For an easy read I enjoyed Molly Fox's Birthday

Thanks Alaska. Have just ordered Agent Zigzag for dh's fathers day pressie.

Would also recommend Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel. In fact any of the books in this collection especially We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates.

This was also a set of fascinating non-fiction titles. I don't usually read nf but found these enthralling.

My fave book is actually East of Eden by John Steinbeck. Amazing book based on the Cain and Abel story.

I'm just reading shopping centre book, as I'm now going to call it!

OP, if you're an Atwood fan ,have you read Kasuo Ishiguro - Never Let Me Go? I loved it.

Have also just read Meg Rosoff's How I Live Now, which I read soley to assess suitability for DS1 (11), it's a great read.

Beyond black? Have always been put off. Used to work with her bil.

Also fabbo very mm bl is zoe heller the believers

Oh yes, Bunjies - it;s a brilliant collection, My favourites were Beyond Black, Miss Garnet's Angel, and Bel Canto (totally amazing)