What are you reading now?

After The Angels of Lovely Lane, I`m looking forward to getting the next one in the series. I`m now reading In the Cold, Dark Ground, another Logan McRae story by Stuart Macbride.

Didn't think I would but am enjoying "The Miniaturist" by Jessie Burton. I will enjoy it even more now that the Dutch elections have rejected extremism. Lovely country and people. Magical evocation of 17th Century Holland by Burton.

Having spent an enjoyable week reading to my DGS ('I'm 3 and a half now Nonna') and finding that 'Tigger' is great the first four times....... I have a stack of 15 books by my bed to choose from but none take my fancy so am going to try again 'A Discovery of Witches' by Deborah Harkness. I began reading it sometime ago but got sidetracked- here's hoping I get further this time!

I`ve just finished a lovely story, The Gingerbread Girl, by Sheila Newberry, set in the years from 1936 until, I think, 1953.
I`m now reading The Angels of Lovely Lane, about a group of girls starting their nursing training at a hospital in Liverpool in the 1950s. It`s by Nadine Dorries, and is the first in a series. I`ve read a few of her books, and enjoyed every one, and this one is no exception.

I have just finished 'Ashes of London' set during the Great Fire. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and would highly recommend it.

Victoria Hislop's book of short stories: The Last Dance.
Thoroughly enjoyable contrasting stories making me long to be in Greece!

Aw, bless, nice to be missed, even though I`m still here!

Oh that's good, I'm pleased she hasn't disappeared.

Terribull..... haha, yes, it was a long time since I read that book and callgirl used to be numberplease

Yes Margaret Forster "Mother can you hear me?" almost right Roses

Changing the subject numberplease was a prolific poster on this thread, but doesn't seem to be around anymore, hope she is ok, maybe she's just changed her user name.

Did Margaret Forster write Can You Hear Me, Mother? Or was that somebody else?
It was very good anyway.
callgirl I go out of my way to avoid gruesome!

B B Bevan only just seen your post. I think it was hidden lives by Margaret forster
Tells the story of her mum and grandma and how circumscribed their lives were. Well written and a reminder of how far we women have come. Still a way to go of course!

The Cinderella Murder was enjoyable, but not really gruesome enough to satisfy me! I`m looking forward to starting my next book, Love You Dead, another in the Roy Grace series by Peter James.

I read All The Light We Cannot See ( Anthony Doerr) last Summer, ( and think I put a review on here) but it's worth us all saying again, what a wonderful writer he is.
Also enjoyed A Man Called Ove ( Frederik Bachman) last year ( and again wirth a re-mention.)
Just read a book by Anna Hope called The Ballroom, which was very good, well written and quite moving.I was given this book as a present, which is good as I would never have picked it up, it has a very ill-conceived cover of a long haired girl in a pink flowing dress which makes it look Mills and Boon like ( and it is nothing like that.)
The story of various people in a mental asylum in Yorkshire in Edwardian times.Called Sharston in the book, but to those who know Yorkshire, really is Menston( closed now.)
Well worth reading.Fiction, but very well researched by the author.

Songs of Love and War was a lovely story. I`m now reading The Cinderella Murder, by Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke. I`ve read books by both these authors, but never a collaboration, will see how it goes.

I've nearly finished The Humans by Matt Haig. It's unusual and I have enjoyed it. Sort of Science Fiction.

No One`s Girl was lovely. I`m now reading Songs of Love and War, by Santa Montefiore. I`ve read a few of her books and liked them, this one is no exception. It`s set in Ireland, starting in 1910, now up to 1921, it`s centred around the problems of British rule in Ireland, and the beginnings of the IRA and the struggle for home rule, and the problems of an Anglo Irish family.

Just finished Ann Cleeves latest "Cold Earth" and have now started "The Ashes of London" set against a backdrop of the Great Fire of London 1666, have read a few of Andrew Taylor's books now and know he does historical fiction really well.

I also read "All the light we cannot see" Starbird, yes I agree it was very good.

I have just finished 'All the light we cannot see' by Anthony Doerr. It is simply beautiful, I loved it.

It's Jonathan Rigby.

Just finished A Murderous Affair by Jonathan Rugby. It's an Elizabethan murder mystery, and very good too, well I enjoyed it anyway. I've started reading Raising Steam by the late Terry Pratchett. I love his books and am catching up on the ones I've missed. My favourite book of his is Feet of Clay.

I finished My Sister`s secret, it was OK, but not as good as the other book of hers I read. I`ve just started No One`s Girl, by Rosie Goodwin, liking it so far.

Inspired by the new TV drama I am reading Len Deighton's SS-GB and really enjoying it. There should be a bit of exciting action to look out for on the Piccadilly line soon if they are sticking to the book!

Rudyard Kipling's "Jungle Book". Why? Because I won it in a GN competition and, one night when I couldn't find anything else to read to GS, we started to read it. Now, every time he comes, although he brings Harry Potter, Phillip Pullman and others, we read a bit more of The Jungle Book, with its arcane language full of thees, thous and arts, because he asks for it. As he doesn't come to stay that often these days, I am reading it myself, but marking his page for next time!

The Lake House by Kate Morton.

This is one of those novels which flits between the present and the past.

So far it is most enjoyable and very well written.

Cant wait to find out who done it!!!!