What are you reading now?

I`ve read 2 books by Santa Montefiore, Secrets of the Lighthouse and one other, can`t remember the title. I enjoyed them, but you`re right, they don`t have a lot of depth.

Just beginning the last of five books by Peter May, in the Enzo files.But, I haven't found the second one called The Critic , yet. I discovered this author when I read his Lewis Trilogy, and stand alone books, Entry Island and Runaway. I also love Lee Childs, and have all his " Jack Reacher" books so far. Sue Grafton is another favourite, with her " Alphabet" books, each one beginning with a letter of the alphabet, in chronological order. Nicci French is great, and I have a shelf full of John Harvey. Has anyone read Mark Gimenez? I liked the first few, but not the last one I read. I keep meaning to re-read my Sybil Marshall books set in Suffolk, maybe when I've had my knee done. I so enjoyed them that I'm almost afraid to revisit the stories in case they don't live up to my memories. So many books and authors, and is anyone else like me, in that if I am really enjoying a book, I read slower, the nearer I get to the end, as I don't want it to finish .

C J Sansom seems to be on a Gransnet roll at the moment! I'm reading Dissolution, after having the Shardlake series recommended to me so many times, and I'm enjoying it very much. I've got a Peter James habit too, OlderNoWiser, and am working my way through his Roy Grace series - every so often you just need a good murder mystery!

jeanblew if you like that Michael Connelly book from his Harry Bosch series, then I suggest you read the series from the start because although the cases don't overlap books much, what happens to Harry does matter from book to book.

I'm the same Auntieflo. If I'm enjoying a book, I don't want it to end, but, of course, I can't put it down! I got all the Peter May books on Kindle, including The Critic. I like the Chinese Detective series as well. An author I have read more than once is Dana Stabenow, whose series about Alaska introduces memorable characters, stunning scenery and Alaskan tribal customs. The first in the series is 'A Cold Day for Murder'.

Reading "People of the Book", Gerakdine Brooks, which has been on the bookshelf, unread, for ages. Really interesting and different.

annodomini I have read Dana Stabenow's Kate Shugak series a couple of times too. Just loved reading about life in a part of the world I know nothing about was so interesting. Her Liam Campbell series set in the same location is great too. Might start one of them again now.

Immortal Sergeant/John Brophy

I also love the Sue Grafton alphabet series and looked forward to each one being published. Does anyone know if there's a new one just released? At the mo, I'm trying to read 'Dear Fatty' by Dawn French, a charity shop purchase, but not really enjoying it. Seems a little disjointed to me.

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Just finished 'The One Plus One' by Jojo Moyes. Really enjoyed it. I'm making my way steadily through her books since getting hooked by 'Me Before You' and 'After You'.

Thought I'd just add - love Shardlake and Giordano Bruno (S J Parris) but seem to have exhausted all those so taking a break from the medieval at the moment and really enjoying the lighter reading.

Do you know about Persephone books?

www.persephonebooks.co.uk

They have a very good website as well as a beautiful shop in London.
There are links to other readers' sites and blogs, so many extra good ideas.

Happy exploring!

Worlass the latest Sue Grafton book is X (that's what it's called) and the next book isn't due out until 2017.

I have just read the Shardlake 'Lamentation', the last but not the latest Rebus (which I hope to get from Father Christmas in the guise of myself), Galbraith's' Career of Evil' and am reading 'A Spool of Blue Thread'. I loved them all. I am sorry to hear that Sansom does not intend to take Shardlake into the reign of Elizabeth as she figures as a character in 'Lamentation' and the ending of the novel seems to prefigure a sequel as we don't know enough about Barak's fortune.

Since I have retired as an English teacher I have had the unspeakable luxury of reading voraciously. Incredible!

Jodi Taylor writing as Isabella Barclay 'A Bachelor Establishment'. Bit like the style of the late Georgette Heyer, but the heroine is a lot more spirited. Owes a lot to the style of the Chronicles of St Mary's, Jodi's other series.

I've just finished the last Terry Pratchett and feel very sad to do so. I have started the The Beekeepers Apprentice which I'm really enjoying. I downloaded some kindle samples of Neil Gaiman as he co wrote bits with Terry P but they weren't very enlightening. Can anyone recommend anything of his? I need easy reads at the moment.

I'm going through a Donna Tartt phase, having enjoyed The Goldfinch, I'm now deep into The Secret History. Her writing is really interesting, and her stories are quite dark, but gripping. Ideal for long winter evenings by the fire.

Abbatoir Blues by Peter Robinson ready for my Murder Book Club group.

Greyduster. Lady of Hay is one of my all time favourite books, you will love it. I am currently reading the latest Diana Gabaldon book 'Written in My Own Heart's Blood'. Have followed Jamie and Claire Fraser since the very first book of the 'Outlander' series.

Stansgran Sounds as though we have similar tastes I'm reading 'Dreaming Spies' the latest in the Mary Russell series by Laurie R King - a friend lent me The Beekeepers Apprentice and I was hooked - I've gradually bought the whole series (mostly second-hand) but this was my bday present from one of my DC, as they've both got interested and read the whole series too

I`ve just started on The Other Child, by Charlotte Link, translated from the original German. It may be OK, but I`m finding it a bit hard to get into at the moment, it`s not really generating my interest.

MargaretX I also use a Kindle as my eyesight is poor and I am able to adjust the print size. Though I do miss the whole experience of reading a book.
I wondered if Gransnet could offer the facility whereby we could enlarge the print of their web pages, as is the case on some sites?

I am reading and enjoying H is for Hawk, by Helen Macdonald and have just finished The Red Notebook, by Antoine Laurain which I loved.

tubbygran - couldn't you just enlarge the text on your computer by clicking on the 'tools' icon which appears on each page under the x in the top right hand corner of your screen? That's what I've just done. Apologies if you already know that!

I'm currently reading a book on my kindle called 'The Dead Duke, His Secret Wife and the Missing Corpse - An Extraordinary Edwardian Case of Deception and Intrigue'. It's by Piu Marie Eatwell. No, I've never heard of her either but her writing is good. The book tells the story of the Druce-Portland affair, a very bizarre legal case of the late Victorian age and it's quite absorbing.

This is a good thread. I have just read through it and downloaded samples of what sound like interesting book to try later. I was particularly interested in the Guernsey books as we lived there for a few years.

Someone mentioned Victoria Hislop's 'The Sunrise' which I have just finished. As usual with her books I found it vaguely disappointing but her research is good so one can learn a lot whilst reading it. I never have any sympathy for her characters, though.

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