What are you reading at the moment

Wow I just got on this thread as the 1000th entry.
A bit more about 'The Elephant Whisperer' It's by Graham Spence/Anthony Lawrence.who battled to create a bond with a herd of 'rogue 'elephants to save them from execution and came to realise that they had a lot to teach him.
I'm only halfway through and enjoying .

1001?

Just finishing Joanna Trolloppe's 'The Soldier's Wife'. It was really well-written, I think. She must have a really good understanding of the issues concerning soldiers, (some terribly injured) returning from Afghanistan, and the troubles that they and their families still faced on when the nitty-gritty of real life at home takes over again.

I'm reading 'At Last' by Edward St Aubyn, which was a recent GN special offer. I've never read anything by him before, though I gather one or two of his previous books have been special offers. I am intrigued by 'At Last', enough to want to read other books by him.

Millions Like Us by Victoria Nicholson about the role of women in the Second World War. Fascinating and making me think. Next time I moan at the size of my shopping bill or need to nip out for a pair of tights I will think about how women at home coped with inadequate food, ever-dwindling resources, often working all day in munitions factories,catching up on housework at night (no electrical appliances for them) queued for food and risked losing the whole lot in an air raid. Oh, and at the same time worried sick about their menfolk in the armed forces or maybe POWs.Great book.

It's Virginia Nicholson, gracesmum and I agree, It makes some of our present day moans seem trivial.

Oops - sorry Ms Nicholson! (Blame the Kindle - I don't have the cover in front of me to remind me )

Come on, own up, I can't be the only one secretly reading' Fifty Shades of Grey' on my Kindle-it's Amazon's bestseller

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Just finished Capital by John Lanchester, great read. Now listening to "The Lewis Man" by Peter May on ipod, reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo on Kindle and The Meeting Point by Lucy Caldwell in paperback, wish I had a spare pair of eyes!

Fifty Shades of Grey doesn't interest me at all. Never been into kinky stuff!

Mobell, I read The Lewis Man last week, loved it! Did you read the one before it, The Blackhouse?

I read about 'fifty shades of grey' in the Observer last Sunday. An erotic book for the over 30's. Is it really erotic Grannylin? Is it also similar to the Twilight books as well? I have never read an erotic book! am I missing something and most importantly of all, is it well written???

Hattie,I think it is written in a very primitive, easy read on- the -beach/ holiday style. Its obviously been written to make money but, saying that, I find it entertaining in a naughty way! Its nowhere near as nasty (or as well-written) as the Stieg Larsson trilogy. Read the reviews on Amazon, they are very varied

Yes numberplease, read the blackhouse first, he has another coming out in Jan 2013, he has a facebook page

The new one`s called The Chess Man, I think.

Re-reading Pat Barker's Regeneration Trilogy which wraps around Seigfried Sasson's war experiences and poems.

Peter May has put the first chapter of the Chessmen on his website, if you want to have a look.

Numberplease and mobell I am so glad to have somebody who shares my enjoyment of Peter May's Lewis books. I have read both The Blackhouse and The Lewis Man and loved them. Tried one from another series and was bored rigid - great description but silly plot ("Dry Bones") sub Dan Brown which is saying something!!!
Have you tried the Ann Cleeves Shetland quartet? Very enjoyable in the same sort of way as the Lewis books.

Gracesmum, I don`t really want to read the Ann Cleeves books now, because I`m enjoying the TV series Vera so much, but I might give them a go sometime, well after the TV series is over. At the moment I`m being transported back to my childhood, as I`m reading Little Women, to be followed by Good Wives, last read them at the age of 11 or 12.

numberp I just love those books! Who did you want to be? It was Jo for me...and I ended up teaching!

Just curious ...as this is over the 1000 posts ...why is it still 'live' when a new one has been started?

Jacey, that had just dawned on me, I was going to ask that!

The Ann Cleeves Shetland books are many times better than her Vera Stanhope ones! There are only 4, so do bear them in mind for when you get tired of "Vera".

I`ll look out for them.