What are you reading at the moment

Oh Annobel you missed TV treat of the year if not the decade. Brilliant acting by ms Garai.

The Winter King is by Bernard Cornwell. I am also saving the Crimson Petal and the White for reading by the pool on holiday. I never saw the TV version, so am coming to it fresh. Should I get When God was a Rabbit? Anyone recommend?

Good choice Travels with Charley Annobel- Winter King by?
I'm reading another Terry Pratchett. Good for dozing off too bless him.
I am saving The Crimson Petal and the White for holidays, and to leave a gap between TV (fan-blooming-tastic TV) and the book.

I'm STILL reading The Winter King, because I forgot to take it with me at the weekend. I've got the two sequels on my nice new Kindle for my holiday next week. Over the weekend, I read Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell, not her best by any means, but noteworthy for her account of the activities of the press gangs at the time of the Napoleonic wars. The plot is dependent on several outrageous coincidences. One I can excuse, but three?

I am finding The Warsaw Anagrams by Richard Zimler to be a skillful slant on the Warsaw ghetto experience. He seems to bring the loss of identity and appalling degradation suffered by a group of people bullied and humiliated by their tormentors, to life even after all the years between now and then. I have found Jerusalem: The Biography by Simon Sebag Montifiore probably the best book on such a complex subject over the ages. It flows and reads easily, covering the whole history of a troubled and conflicted region. I also found Alone in Berlin by Rudolf Ditzen's pseudonym Hans Fallada a book which has stood the test of time

I am into the Bernard Knight medieval Crowner John mysteries just now.Reading his third one ''Crowner's Quest''.
I have really fallen in love with Crowner John.

I am now reading 'Aphrodite's Hat' by Sally Vickers. It is a book of short stories, I rarely read short stories and not too fond of them either, but these stories are short, easy to read, and some are delightful, upto now no misery!!!

Hope Linwood Barclay gets writing some more soon then numberplease. Thanks for the tip about Karen Rose will definitely some of hers too.

Try This Thing of Darkness by Harry Thompson. It is about the relationship between Darwin and Fitzroy[ the captain of The Beagle] who voyaged to Cape Horn and were gone for 5 years! Big book, great reading. He also wrote "Playing cricket with Penguins in Antarctica" [or some such title] which was hilarious. No I hate cricket but that doesn't matter. So well written.Harry died shorlty after he finished gthe book. I think he was a TV director amongst other things.

Libradi, I think that Linwood Barclay has only written about 3 other books, so it should be quite easy to catch up. Have you tried any Karen Rose books? If not, I think you`d enjoy them.

Numberplease this is my first Linwood Barclay book so hoping I've found a new favourite author. I also love James Patterson although I've not read any of his for a long time.

Libradi, Never Look Away is on my still to read pile, I really like Linwood Barclay`s books.
Atthe moment, I`m reading Cross Fire, another in the Alex Cross series by James Patterson. I`ve only just started it, but it promises to be a belter.

I'm reading The Midwife's Confession by Diane Chmaberlain. Very good so far.

I'm reading 'Never Look Away' by Linwood Barclay, its a gripping thriller that gets you hooked from the start.

I agree, I enjoy books by Rose Tremain, but this latest book is certainly not upto standard. Very unpleasant characters.

Hi I am reading Barbara Erksine's 'Times Legacy' It is the first time I have read any of her books, as I am not that keen on the super naturual world, but just loving this one.

I have also recently read Trespass by Rose Tremain- set in France , and a pretty gruesome plot, not up to her usual standard I do not think !

Honestly Charlotta. It wasn't to do with your post at all !

I don't know anything about Julian Baginni, or his writing.

Because I got over-excited when I saw someone else (Annobel) who loves King Arthur and is reading Bernard Cornwell. And I, sort of, jumped the queue with my post.

Take no notice of me.

jangly what are you embarrassed about? With that smiley. I gave an honest answer to a direct question. I like Julian Baggini and his views about things.

just finished The Face in the Cemetery by Michael Pearce-set in Egypt at the start of WWI about interninig germans in British governed Egypt- He is a very humorous writer about bureaucracy and the deviousness of individuals when governed by outsiders. He has written about 14 books set in Egypt and I started reading them on a visit to Egypt years ago-this one had to be dug out of the libraries bookstore-the ingenuity and resilience of Egyptian revolution recently made me want to reread him.
Could we have a granslist on amazon?

These Foolish Things sounds like a good idea for a 1970's sit com [a cross between Waiting for God and It Ain't Half Hot Mum].

Sorry Charlotta.

Annobel - over here! And Enemy of God and Excalibur.

I love Bernard Cornwell.

I'm reading A Short Introduction to Atheism' by Julian Baggini and at bedtime 'These Foolish Things' by Deborah Moggach about a care home for Brits in India. I'm reading this for the third time.

OH!!!! Someone else who LOVES King Arthur!!!

I am so excited!!!!!