What are you reading at the moment

No. The one that's just won the prize!

By Andrew Miller? I looked up the reviews on Amazon which were pretty good. I will put it on my wish list.

I might buy.

Just finished a "comfort read" Frederica by Georgette Heyer and am starting "Gillespie and I" by Jane Harris. Enjoyed her "The Observations" and this is supposed to be even better.

Hattie ...have registered with the web site

A Simple Plan by Scott Smith is brilliant. I cannot wait to read the next chapter.

I've just finished Something Sensational to Read on the Train - Gyles Brandreth's diaries, or rather an edited version of them. It's a very thick book and quite small print but it is interesting in spite of all the name dropping. Anything to do with the Arts and even politics he's been there and knows everyone. That said it does beg the question why he isn't up there in the top ten of entrepreneurs, producers etc. Too many fingers in too many pies perhaps. I feel sorry for his long suffering wife and his children to whom they've given very unusual names - mind you they're better names than some celebrities give their offspring!

I will put that on my list*goldengirl*, I always find him a bit irritating, but I think he has had an interesting life and has met "everybody".

Purge.

A dreadful book that has been foisted on me by my book club. Do NOT read this book. It is awful in every way. But I have made a resolution to read every book club book this year however bad so that I don't turn up at group without an informed opinion.

I went to the library to return a dreadful book , I won't recommend it,save you all a few precious hours wasted. I also went to borrow "pure". The librarian had never heard of it, I mentioned it had just won the Costa book prize. Unbelievably she hadn't a clue what I was talking about! So I suggested they stocked it. I don't want to buy it, just in case its dreadful. Wasted more than enough money over the years on disappointing books. I will try anything, especially from the library as every now and then , a book will turn out to be superb and unforgettable (quite a rare occurrence).

Just got it on amazon kindle.
You are all very highbrow in your reading.
Does anyone else like Marion zimmer Bradley, Mercedes Lackey, Raymond Feist,Anne McCaffreyetc. Or I am I alone in my plebeian tastes?

Did anyone watch the adaptation of Birdsong at the weekend? I haven't read the book, and I'm afraid the programme didn't make me want to, either.

Disn't see Birdsong, but have read the book and enjoyed it.

Currently reading Jeffrey Deaver "Burnt Wire". I admit to a secret enjoyment of most of his books!

I also love Jeffrey Deaver, especially the Lincoln Rhyme series, but definitely won`t be buying the latest James Bond story, written by him.

Have just finished The Cellist of Sarajevo, by Steven Galloway. A profound story about the struggle to maintain a sense of self amongst a war torn city. Very moving.

I have just finished Mohsin Ahmed's The Reluctant Fundamentalist and am still mulling over the conclusion. It's a short novel and well worth reading for a Pakistani view of America and its global domination.

jeni I have very plebian tastes, I love murder mysteries and I am now reading The Discovery of Witches, not sure who it's by-it's upstairs on my kindle. It is a vampire meets witch story, sort of Twilight for grown ups

I have just started reading Mothers Milk (thank you again GN) , think I maybe should have read The Patrick Melrose Trilogy first. Will report back as I get further into it.

What are plebeian tastes? I can read anything between two covers (or, nowadays, on the Kindle screen) if it grips me in the first few chapters. Before Christmas I decided I had been reading a few too many Scandinavian thrillers and went over to Trollope (Anthony, not Joanna). A nice change of pace.

As I said you're all too highbrow for ablackcountry wench like me

Agree really Annobel I am the same. Maybe for plebeian tastes read eclectic! Am just about to read The Warden for my book club.

Good book. I enjoyed all his books.

I`m certainly not highbrow Jeni, I`m strictly a gory thriller girl (girl? LOL!!!!), the gorier the better, but I don`t mind the odd autobiography occasionally.

I meant to say, I`m coming towards the end of A Cold Season, by Alison Littlewood, not her first book, but her first novel. It reminds me a lot of the films Village of the Damned, and Children of the Damned, but I`ve really quite enjoyed it.

I had The Reluctant Fundamentalist for months before I steeled myself to read it, not expecting to enjoy it - but I LOVED it and it reinforced many of my own views about Muslim marginalization.
I have just downloaded Before I Go To Sleep - has anybody else read/enjoyed it? Sounds good, but reviews usually do!