What are you reading at the moment

I've read 'Whit' and I'm sure my son has 'Complicity' so will get hold of it. Had a look at the Iain M Banks books, but they're not for me.

That's the best opening line in modern fiction! Try reading Complicity for an elaborate plot; or Whit if you want a good plot and an entertaining read. Don't confuse with Iain M Banks, the same author, but writing sci-fi which I really enjoy but it's not everyone's cuppa.

I loved the dark humour of 'The Crow Road'....'the day my grandmother exploded'....... I read it at the side of a Greek pool one holiday and couldn't put it down. My son wondered what I was laughing about, so he read it as a teenager, then wrote to Ian Banks, who sent him a lovely, friendly letter back. He still has it today. Must read some more Ian Banks - it's been a while.

Slow and boring, yes, but I still want to know what happens next, which is why I`ll be on the lookout for Journey`s End. Never Knowing looks like it`s going to pan out OK, it`s told in the first person, as the person talking to her psychiatrist, after looking for her birth parents and getting a fair old shock.

numberplease I agree with green. I tried Vox once but you're right, she's slow and boring!

Well, I finished The Journey, it was okaaay, but didn`t exactly thrill me, but I do want to read the follow up book, Journey`s End, just to find out what happens to everyone. Don`t think I`ll make a habit of reqading Josephine Cox`s books though. Am just starting Never Knowing, by Chevy Stevens, not got very far yet, but it looks as if it`ll be enjoyable.

I am still raiding my daughter's massive collection of books. Currently, I am just finishing Complicity and have started on The Crow Road, both by Ian Banks, and I am starting' Women's Voices' by Olga Kenyon - an account of women's llves told through their letters, through the ages. We went to Matueka Market and I bought a second hand copy of Sea Glass, by Anita Shriver- I have read most of her other books and enjoyed them.
I am delighted that my daughter's love of reading has been passed down to the children, especially the youngest boy, who always has a book on the go. He bought a Stephen King novel - he is 13 and very much into fantasy and horror!

Read every one of Jo Nesbo`s, waiting avidly for the next one! Discovered Jefferson Bass recently, I like those as well.

Have you tried Jo Nesbo, The Snowman and.... The Leopard...nice and gory!

You`ve twigged it Greenmossgiel, I like my reading a bit gorier!

Think she'll be a bit too soft for you, numberplease!

Has anyone read anything by Josephine Cox? I`ve never read her before, and am currently reading The Journey, but must admit to being a little bored so far. I intend to finish it, but it`s not doing it for me as yet.

Just started "To Miss With Love" by Katharine Birbalsingh - about teaching in an inner city school. She gave a speech, at the Conservative conference in 2010, in which she described the failings of our educationL system; she lost her job a couple of weeks later, she says.

Having taught all my life in the comprehensive system, in all sorts of schools, and trained teachers, I am finding this an honest account, and I am recognising the students and their teachers and their stories. It's funny and serious at the same time.

It was a Christmas present from DH, who knows me so well, and listened to my rants....

Not currently reading them, but love, (and occasionally re-read) "The Passion" and "Sexing the Cherry" by Jeanette Winterson.

Anyone read them?

Was curious about the downloading process and chose what seemed to be a fairly typical American lawyer type of novel and it was free, so I thought I'd experiment. Then if I got my first attempt wrong it would cost nothing. 3 pages into it AND 3 spelling mistakes and I worked out how to delete a whole book in 2 seconds! However, now I know what I'm doing and am back to browsing.

By the way, a pat on the back to Amazon for excellent customer service. My GD (11) bought a Kindle in September using birthday cash and was thoroughly enjoying it. She came home after visiting her Dad for Christmas quite distraught because the screen was 'crazed' and fragmented. DD phoned Amazon and was told it had happened occasionally and they'd send a replacement immediately - no quibbling! DD asked if it's a common fault and they assured her that it isn't but on the rare occasions it's happened within the one year warranty, the policy is to replace without question.

I am wondering should I get a kindle...my 60th birthday is coming up in April and maybe my children would like to buy one for me. I love reading but need to get glasses as I am finding it harder to read a book without bright light but am have no problems with my laptop.

Currently reading The Other Hand by Chris Cleave. Excellent book, thought provoking, humorous at times but very sad.

Help! I now have a serious Amazon/Kindle addiction - is there a 12 step plan???

I got a Kindle for Christmas and have been ill since Boxing Day - so it has been a joy - a world of books at my fingertips!
I am reading God is Not Good by Christopher Hitchens. Full of humanity and not too strident.

Just loved this book so I hope you did too

ganja - I've just started All the Pretty Horses which is the first of the trilogy - followed by The Crossing and Cities of the Plain. I probably won't read them all back to back as I can see what you mean about his descriptive passages - but it is so interesting to read about a subject and a country of which I have very little knowledge.

JessM Oh! I didn't know that, thanks. I have read The Hare with Amber Eyes and loved it and have recommended it and lent it to friends. I'll re read it now in that knowledge and who knows, it may even inspire me to read the rest of the volumes, although one of my resolutions this year is to begin writing my life story. So much to read and so little time!

Sorry, Recherché .

* butternut* Have you read All the Pretty Horses? I loved that, but when I started on the Boder Trilogy it all seemed a bit samey. Too much endless description of landscape. My loss I expect.

You hold the gransnet record Ganja

I read the first three volumes of A La Recharche when I worked in London, but it was not easy on the Tube. When I went back to the library for the fourth, which would have been Sodom and Gormorrah I think, they sucked their teeth and looked askance at me and said it was kept in a special room in the basement. I gave up at this point, and don't think I'll bother now, though doubtless I could download it with no problem.

bagitha Do hope you enjoy Birds Without Wings, I loved it.