What are you reading now 2

I finished Reservoir 13, but won`t be looking for anything else by this author. Reading reviews, it seems he writes in this style all the time, so not my cup of tea. I`m just about to start A Killer`s Mind, by Mike Omer, it sounds a bit grisly from the synopsis.

Good to hear you are enjoying the "The Heart's Invisible Furies" Greyduster, without a doubt my outstanding read this year, I loved it.

At the moment I'm reading two books simultaneously, one I'm not too mad, about, passed to me by my son who thought it was wonderful, but then he loves reading anything about the Soviet Union having studied it as part of his degree a while ago. The book, critically acclaimed, "A Gentleman in Moscow" I did start reading it exclusively, but it wasn't grabbing me and still isn't, but I read a couple of chapters a day, I'll finish it eventually, but it's a bit of penance. The other book I'm reading with far more enthusiasm "The Clockmaker's Daughter" Kate Morton's new one, I love all her books and this is the best one I've read to date. It's so good I don't want to finish it.

Following a recommendation in this thread, I am currently reading “The Heart’s Invisible Furies” by John Boyne. Sad, funny and absolutely unputdownable.

Has anyone read the books by Denzil Meyrick that are set in Kintyre? They are detective novels, place names are changed, but recognisable if you know the area. I`ve just finished books 4 and 5, The Rat Stone Serenade, and Well of the Winds. I like them a lot.
I`m now reading Reservoir 13, by Jon MacGregor, but not too sure about it yet, his style of writing isn`t really to my taste, but will persevere.

I`ve just read 2 books by Ed James, The Hope that Kills, and Worth Killing For. They`re the first 2 of a series featuring DI Fenchurch, and were so enjoyable that I`ll be looking out for the follow up books.

I've just read The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge and was amazed to find out that this is classified as a young adult's novel. It's a great read and gives real insight into the lives of Victorian girls and women. The story has a fantastical element to it but it is well written and the suspense is carried right the way through. The story of 14 year old Faith, her scientific ambitions and her investigations grips you until the very end. If you like historical fiction with a mystery built in I really recommend it. (even if you aren't a young adult!)

The Dark Angel by Ellie Griffiths. This is the first book of hers I've read. I ran out of books on holiday, we've just come back, and there was a sort of library in the hotel where holidaymakers deposited books, so I left 3 of mine and came back with this one. I'm enjoying it. I'm going to have to get her earlier Dr Ruth Galloways, to catch up on the personal relationship aspect and how they've unfolded thus far. Prior to that I've read a couple of very good thrillers which I would certainly recommend "Snap" by Belinda Bauer and "Our House" by Louise Candlish. Both very tense and twisty.

I enjoy crime fiction but definitely not gory, edge of your seat stuff nor, at the other end of the spectrum the cozy cake baking ones.

I’ve just finished (alas) Faith Martin’s Hilary Green series and also enjoyed her new Ryder and Loveday series. Another author I enjoy is Peter Robinson and his Alan Banks series though a few of those in the middle of the series did get a little gruesome for my tastes.

I find fantasticfiction.com very useful for its listings in order of an author’s books.

And I really don’t like those novels which start present day and then go back 40 or more years and keep switching to and fro. Enjoyed by many, just not for me.

I've just finished reading "The Body on the Shore" by Nick Louth and couldn't put it down. I don't usually warm to "cop thrillers" but the action in this one varied from leafy Surrey suburbs, the Norfolk coast and all the way to Albania. I realised how very little I know about Albanian culture and lifestyle - fascinating. Very good twists. I notice it is currently £1.99 on Amazon Kindle.

I am on the verge of giving up on The Graveyard of the Hespirades by Lindsey Davis. A Roman whodunnit. I like the two main characters but three quarters of the way through and it is still dragging along in a gossipy parochial way, and I am losing the will.... I now want something to come and sock me in the eye with a “wow, I didn’t see that coming”, but it isn’t happening.

"The Descent of Man" by Grayson Perry, about how men need to revise their assumptions about masculinity. A very able writer who shouldn't be just dismissed as a cissy because of his liking for female clothing. (and his gender is definitely masculine, BTW, despite being put off the traditional male image in childhood by a violent stepfather.)

Ouch.I meant of course non-history.

I usually read history, none fiction.
For a change I am re-reading Bill Brysons "A short history of everything"

granfromafar...I loved that too. It was given to me by a friend after we'd seen the painting here in Edinburgh at the National Gallery. As you say, a great read.

Am loving The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. Quite long (860 pages,) but a great read. Will look out for more by this author.

Revisiting Muriel Spark, having been inspired to do so after several very interesting events at this year's Edinburgh Book Festival and the publication of all 22 of her novels to mark the 100th anniversary of her birth.
Have just finished 'Memento Mori', described by David Lodge as 'her first masterpiece'.
It opens with a telephone call and the words, 'Remember you must die'.

I am reading the fourth of a series by Marsali Taylor set in Shetland. If you liked Ellie Griffiths' Ruth Galloway stories, or Peter May's Hebridean books, or Ann Cleeves' Shetland series, or if you like to sail, you will like this.

Last time I read books on psychology. Now I'm reading Toxic parents to build relationships with my mother.

Just finished ‘The Dry’ mentioned by SueDonim. First book for ages I haven’t been able to put down. Immersing myself in Australia at the moment as have just finished watching ‘Secret City’ on Netflix and now onto ‘The Code’ on same channel. Wish I could afford to go there!

Have belatedly got round to Kate Atkinson's semi-detective fiction, starting at the end I now realise with One Good Turn. Love the writing and characters, but plot is a series of mini plots all contributing to the main one, so hard to keep up with when only reading in bed at night. Are the others in the series the same does anyone know?
Thought Conclave fantastic except for the very end. On to Munich, new in pb this summer.
Also off to try Any Human Heart wh I hadn't come across and wh had rave reviews when this thread first started.
Some excellent recommendations on here;

I enjoyed it Greyduster but not as much at ken Follett’s I’m going to have a look at your recommendations of war of the roses

morethan I thought Pompeii was a cracking book!

I am working my way through Conn Iggulden’s “Wars of the Roses” series. My neighbour lent me the first two and I didn’t expect to like them but I am now on book four - the last one. They fairly rattle along and you get very involved with the characters. If I have a grumble, the genealogy can get a bit confusing.

I’ve not long finished Ken Follett’s world without end it’s the second kingsbridge novel and I’ve really enjoyed it. I’m looking forward to the last column of fire but they are epic novels that take an age to read. They start off slow then move at an ever faster speed drawing me in. Towards the end I am reluctant to do any necessary housework in my eagerness to find out what happens next. The first in the series is essentials about building a cathedral, the one I’ve just finished is about the Black Death. Sounds dire but they are fascinating and un put downable.

I’m reading The Empty Nesters by Nina Bell, I’m persevering