What are you reading now?

The only Bill Bryson I didn't enjoy was the trip to Australia. The others have been very good and as some are quite old now, if you look round charity or second hand book shops you might be able to pick them up quite cheaply. Do try them. I think the first one is Notes from A Small Island.

Yes Number, Bill Bryson's books are wonderful, so do try them. I recently read The Road to Little Dribbling in one sitting. A hilarious and easy read and I could identify with many of the places he visits on his rambles....

numberplease you must get round to Bill Bryson's books. He's terrific. I'm sure you'd enjoy him!

Liking Time of Death so far.

Loopylou, I keep meaning to try Bill Bryson`s books, but I keep forgetting when I`m in town, maybe I ought to order one on my next Amazon order. What was the first one?

I'm reading 'The Road to Little Dribbling ' by Bill Brydon, it's very amusing and a nice easy read after tackling 'The Road to the South' by Paul Theroux, which took some perseverance (just realised that's two books with similar titles!).
Next will be an Elizabeth George Inspector Lindley I think......

The Theory of Death was okaaay, but nowhere near as good as other books of Faye Kellerman`s. Probably because there was a lot of math theories involved that I didn`t understand. My next book will be Time of Death, by Mark Billingham.
Newquay, I admit to loving my thrillers, but I`ve also developed a liking lately for books based around WW2, by people such as Annie Murray and Maureen Lee, amongst a few.

Just finished 'Shame and the Captives' by Thomas Keneally, a fictional account based on a little known real event in Australia in WW2 when Japanese prisoners of war escaped from their POW camp. A great story with real insight into the people and cultures involved.

Just finished a Peter James crime novel - Dead Like You. On a long train journey today, I will get stuck into the next in the series.

Goodness what a blood thirsty lot some of you are! Lol!
I like 'feel good' anything, books, TVs, films-life's tough enough without about any more 'misery' surely?

Reading The Theory of Death, by Faye Kellerman. It`s OK, but so far not as exciting as previous Peter Decker books, perhaps it`ll buck up.

It was, I now can`t wait to get the next ones in line in the Katie Maguire series.

Red Light was as good as the previous 2 books, am now reading the next one in the series, Taken For Dead, I think it`s going to be good.

Just off to find where I've put my copy, as I can't remember what I said. Which in itself says something about getting older

Ah, that's the one with quotes on the cover from Gransnetters about getting older. I'm on there twice [smug emoticon].

Nearly finished The Time of Their Lives by Maeve Haran. Storyline involves 4 women in their 60s. The tagline for the book is ' a must read for those who were not born yesterday!' Don't want this book to end!

I've just started The Yorkshire Shepherdess about Amanda Owen who was featured on Ade Edmonson's 'Dales' series.

I think the book finishes when she's had her seventh child......I read somewhere she's now expecting her ninth!!!!

I've just finished "The Silent Wife", very much enjoyed it.

A simple sentence really struck me, " death should be a seduction, not a rape"

I have just bought the stars look down jingle. Read the first para on Amazon and downloaded it!

I didn't know he wrote the Dr Finlay stories.

whitewave I reckon his books must have gone out of print, and someone's just found a few lying around. Yes. I got it on kindle.

Just finished The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters. After slow start I got hooked and the second half is much better than the first half. Would recommend it.

I enjoyed Broken Angels, a lot, am now a few pages into the next in the Katie Maguire series, Red Light. Graham Masterton is a master at thinking up newer, more gruesome murder methods!

Harbour Street, first Ann Cleeves I've read. A page turner for me, I already liked Vera Stanhope from the to series.

I've just finished 'We That are Left' by Juliet Greenwood. It's been on my Kindle for some months - if I'd known how extraordinarily good it was I'd have read it sooner.

Now I've started reading 'The Nightingale' by Kristin Hannah. It's looking promising, another story set in WW2. It starts in 1995, with an old lady approaching the end of her life, searching out a trunk of mementoes from her early life. And so she begins to reminisce about a secret past, which introduces the real story. I think I'm going to enjoy this one.