What are you reading at the moment, part2

Just read A Glove Shop in Vienna by Eva Ibbotson-a writer who died last year. feel good stories not always happy endings and occasionally repetitive but charming. The Abominables is also by her found in her papers and just published and i will be buying it for the DGCs next week. Her writing glows

I've just finished The Water Clock by Jim Kelly, a really good read. It's a crime novel set in The Fens with the central character being a jounalist who becomes involved in 'investigating' the crime as he follows leads for a story. It's well written, with clever humour and a convincing personal thread to the journalist's back story. A big plus....I didn't guess who did it! This is the first in a series so the next one is already on order from the library.

I should have read 'Marigold Hotel' before I saw the film. I requested the book from the library, and I just cannot get into it now that I've finally started it. I keep trying to fit the characters with the actors, and have had to give up . Now reading 'Chosen' by Lesley Glaister. I love her style of writing. I think they compare well with the Nicci French type of books. Might try The Water Clock, Notso - I'll request it next time I'm at the library.

Annobel I remember doing that at about thirteen and finding a Jean Plaidy novel, which I loved. And a novel about Emma Hamilton with what I thought were really rude bits (mainly breasts)!

Just finished the Lisa Jewell one, baNANA - it was a good read, if slightly improbable. But a very good idea to build a story.

0oh notso I am going to look for The water Clock..need a new book now I have finished The Thread!

The Water Clock sounds promising, must look out for it. I`ve just finished Hanging Hill, by Mo Hayder, another writer who never disappoints me, but a wee bit gruesome in parts. Am now reading 10TH Anniversary, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, the 10th in the Lindsey Boxer series, and enjoying it very much.

I`ve never come across Jim Kelly before, but after googling him, I`ve ordered 3 of his books from Amazon, they sound just my cup of tea. I`ve ordered Death Wore White, The Water Clock and Fire Baby. I`ve ordered used ones at 1p each, just paying postage on them.

Where do they get the books for sale at 1p each? I tried to recycle a couple of my books on there, but had no takers. Surely no one would bother to offer their old books for sale for that low a price?

It's the charities who have them donated and they make a small profit on the p and p Anagram. When I have bought 1p books, they occasionally have a note inside, explaining this.

Finally gotto finish The Help; was desperate to get to the end as I want to watch the film but I must admit to the fact that I felt rather let down by the ending; read the last chapter and turned to read another one, but that was it. Anyone else feel the same way?

Yes crimson and it was such a pity!

Yes, they must make a small amount on P & P, I don`t think it actually would cost £2.80, but it means I get each book for only £2.81, so don`t mind paying postage.

I believe that some sellers would like to charge less than £2.80 but that it is a condition of using Amazon Marketplace that they make this standard charge.

Yes, my son sold a large amount of books to raise charity money and he said he had to stipulate a standard charge, too. (He didn't sell them for a penny, though)

I`ve just finished, and can highly recommend, Down the Darkest Road, by Tami Hoag. A woman who`s daughter was abducted 4 years earlier and never seen again, moves to another town with her younger daughter, only to find that the man suspected of the crime is also living there.

Jim Kelly's books are great, Notsogrand but many of us who live on the Fens sometimes find them quite irritating because he moves locations around, uses well known buildings for different purposes and uses place names as surnames. The plots are well thought out but I think his writing is self-indulgent.

I'm reading a light-hearted book about psychopathy, called 'Is There a Psycho in Your Life?' by Kerry Daynes and Jessica Fellowes. It keeps me amused for a few minutes till I fall asleep. Wouldn't necessarily recommend it - there are better books in this genre.

Reading Abraham Lincoln vampire hunter now a major film, very slow in places and gory.

I am a member at my local book club, great way to meet and talk to people i would recommend it.

I can't get into Mothers Milk at all. All prose and no story and I feel the 5 year old child just doesn't talk as a 5 year old child would, even if he is very precocious. Shall I persevere or give up?

I gave up on Mother's Milk. Life's too short!

Thanks when . I hereby give myself permission to move on to something else.....

I am reading A Patchwork Marriage sent to me by GN for posting an interesting question on Jane Green's webchat!

Just started "Godless morality: keeping religion out of ethics" by Richard Holloway, (ex-bishop of Edinburgh)

So far very readable. He puts the case for not assuming " ... and God says you must not ... " as the final and clinching argument for ethical debate.

Bought it for the Kindle at £5.69.

If you are struggling as I was, read At Last and then go back to Mother's Milk it seemed much clearer.
I am struggling with The Mao Question by a Chinese expat now living in the US
It's a thriller but the food is hard to deal with -Detective Chen has just ordered the house special in Shanghai liver lungs intestines and whatnot(?) and smoked carps head while his companion has ordered ducks feet. Also he quotes TSEliot and chinese poets.