What are you reading.

Just about to start Flora and Grace by Maureen Lee.

I have read a good few of the books mentioned and jotting down those I am interested in. A Thousand Splendid Suns is a book I will read again.

I read a really good book last year called Alexander and Tatiana by Paulina Simmons (I think that was her name).Couldn't put it down.
Then I managed to get hold of a couple more of her books, following on from the first. Couldn't put them down either! Brilliant.
Books by Douglas Kennedy are great, as well.

I have kept a favourite book for years.Its called The Pirate, by Harold Robbins.Great story.

I have just finished "Unexpected Lessons in Love" by Bernadine Bishop, a lovely book which I really enjoyed. I look through the weekend papers, make a note of books I think might be my cup of tea and reserve them on line with the library. Works a treat, and I have read all kinds of books I would never have come across any other way.

I love Quintin Jardine's books about Bob Skinner et al who start off as lowly pcs in Edinburgh and work their way up the ranks to the highest level. This is another set of books which should be read in sequence. A good thriller.

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I picked up a book at my daughter in laws. Worst load of rubbish only read the first page.Something like Toffs & Towers. Turned out my daughter in law was using it to show her writing class how not to write. She said it was useful for the class to see. I am reading The Chimp Paradox heavy stuff.

I`ve just started The Mouseproof Kitchen, not very far into it, but seems OK so far. And actually Aka, the author does have a daughter, with severe cerebral palsy, which must give her some insight into caring for a disabled child.

A Tap on the Window by Linwood Barclay - have liked all his so far and although I only started this one last night I'm already drawn into it.

I've been reading the Abbess of Meaux series by Cassandra Claire and although they aren't exactly Hilary Mantell, they are fairly atmospheric and give a taste of medieval life during the Peasants Revolt.

Really enjoying my copy of The Mouseproof Kitchen. As number has commented, the author has a daughter who has severe cerebral palsy. So far (a third of my way through the book), I find it really quite sensitively written.

Mollie, I`ve just finished reading Never Saw it Coming, by Linwood Barclay, and read the first bit of A Tap on the Window at the end of it, must get it.

I have to admit being lured by the Telegraph's cut price offer of Life After Life by Kate Atkinson. I didn't really expect to get immersed in it - but I just had to keep on reading, if only to find out what happened with each iteration of Ursula's life. It is not a challenging read but very enjoyable so far (up to page 519.)

I read Life after Life and loved it, I do like Kate Atkinson's books particularly her Jackson Brodie novels. Life after Life was a bit different it reminded me of Time Travellers Wife a bit.

Just read nonstop Last Friends by Jane Gardam. It was like fitting in the last jigsaw pieces. I love her books. I started getting the children's books for my children and on the principle of never giving them something to read you wouldn't read your self I've been a fan for ages. She's 85. I hope she has a few more books in her. Such a relief when favourite authors produce another book.

The Marrying of Chani Kaufmann by Eve Harris. It tells the story of the lead-up of a marriage between two extremely orthodox Jews and the difficulties of living such an orthodox life. Great book.

I`ve just finished The Stolen Ones, by Richard Montenari, very good. Ha ve just got going on The Prophet, by Michael Koryta, a bit slow at the moment, hope it picks up soon.

I love Martina Cole books and have read quite a few. A very good read.

The Prophet has improved as it went on, but too much emphasis on American football for me, because it`s all Greek to me.

Thanks to everyone who recommended Anne Cleeves' Shetland books. I got the first one, Raven Black yesterday and am already half way through it.
One of the later ones was on special offer on Kindle (I think it still is) but I decided to start with the first and I'm so glad I did. I've got so many more to look forward to.

I`ve just finished The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak. I`m not sure if I actually enjoyed it as such, but it was a very unusual, interesting book. It has a narrator, who is Death, a little disconcerting.

Occasionally I dive into the Kindle Daily Deal and come up with a pearl. This time it's a Harry Bosch book by Michael Connelly. I like his work very much. This LA detective reminds me of Ian Rankin's Rebus. There can be no higher praise!

Sorry - it's called 'City of Bones'.

I am reading - The Girl Who Fell From the Sky - by Simon Mawer - my book club choice for this month. It is about the SOE people who were parachuted into France during the war. Interesting as it gives an idea of their training etc before being sent on a mission as young women. Just finished To Kill a Mocking Bird - which I really enjoyed and just after I finished it the Gregory Peck film was on TV so interesting to watch that too.

Just started reading The Shell Seekers by Rosamund Pilcher. This is an old-ish book [written in the early 1980's] and one of the later ones by this writer I think, as I remember her books in libraries much earlier than this.
This gives the feeling that it's written in the 1950's rather than 30 years later, a bit disconcerting.Only read 2 chapters so far, it was a Kindle deal.
Before that I read Life After Life, which I found quite brilliant.A am also reading a Phil Rickman [Merrily Watkins series] The Remains Of An Altar and this is very entertaining so far. detective/spiritual/supernatural.

I enjoy the Merrily Watkins series, for light relief. The North Norfolk background appeals to me as it's about an area that's been familiar to me in the past and it brings it all back.