What are you reading now 2

Have just finished Trespass by Rose Tremain, and really enjoyed it.This is the first book by Tremain that I have actually liked!
It’s set in France (the Cervanne) and so well written and poignant that I could hardly put it down, and finished it in two days.

Thanks for the tip, Terribull, I'll look out for that on TV!

I am reading Bill Bryson’s “The Road to Little Dribbling” which I picked up for 50p on our library’s second hand shelf. What a hilarious, informative, fascinating look at our country. Can’t put it down!

I have just finished reading The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
It is quite unlike any other book I have ever read and had me gripped from the beginning.It is a mystery revolving around two sets of identical twins of different generations and their relationship with each other.

I'm reading The Minuatrist, set in late 17th century Amsterdam, it's very good, I gather it's been filmed for television and will be on next month so I'm glad to read the book before I see the drama.

Read quite a few of his. The only one I didn't really like was that fairly recent one about a photographer. Maybe I just didn't get it!

I have only read two other of his books, apart from Any Human Heart - Restless and Ordinary Thunderstorms. Both were outstanding. I don't know why I haven't simply worked my way through his entire back catalogue. I would start now, but for the 40+ unread books on my Kindle and a shelf or two of print books languishing upstairs.

I'm reading Wm Boyd's A Good Man in Africa. I've lived in the part of the world he writes about and although this novel is set in earlier times, I'm smiling wryly at the things he writes about.

I dont think I've read any his books before so that's another author for me to follow.

Glad to hear so many of us have read Any Human Heart,
and it makes me wonder why Wialliam Boyd who has written so many first class novels has not been awarded the Man Booker prize.
I started with his books with Brazzeville Beach about research into the behaviour of apes and even then, decades ago, he wote that the apes themselves were aggressive and what a shock it was to the research community. Now it is universally accepted.
Research has come a long way since then but it remained typical for William Boyd to write really well and interestingly on so many subjects

Well I've inhaled the next two books in the 'Old Filth' trilogy. All so good. I'm quite bereft now they're finished although the ending is very satisfactory.
I'm now on another Jane Gardam book: Crusoe's Daughter. Its completely different and has an almost Dickensian feel. Apparently it was Jane Gardam's favourite of all her books. What a wonderful writer she is.

Oh and yes, Any Human Heart! Read that some years ago, it was just brilliant!

I've just finished reading Three Daughters of Eve by Elif Shafak. An unusual and engrossing story set in Istanbul (present time) and Oxford University (past). Can recommend it. Now I'm 12% (Kindle!) into Kashmir Shawl by Rosie Thomas, which I'm finding rather slow - not sure whether I'll stick with it...

I`ve just finished reading The Dry, by Jane Harper, set in Australia, I enjoyed it a lot, agree with Terribull that it would make into a film very well.
I`m now reading Last Seen Alive, by Claire Douglas, too soon to give an opinion, not read very far yet.

Another fan here of Any Human Heart. Brilliant.

Jane10 same for me with Old Filth. I loved it! I haven't read the other two yet, must get round to that.

I'm reading A House Full of Daughters by Juliet Nicolson. She is a granddaughter of Vita Sackville-West and the book is a memoir/biography of five generations of women of her family. It's not wonderful work of literature but if you have an interest in the Sackville-West/Nicolson clan, it's very interesting.

I completely agree with MargaretX re 'Any Human Heart'. Fabulous writing!

'Old Filth' by Jane Gardam is absolutely wonderful. I'm loving this book so much that I'm trying to read it really slowly so I can put off finishing it. It's not dirty - filth in this context means - failed in London try Hong-Kong! It's the life story of a Raj child who grows up to be a lawyer and judge. Beautifully written. A real gem. Did you pick up that I quite liked it?!

I have just fishing the The Whistler nice books having great knowledge. I love this book so much may be helpful in future.

Thanks, MargaretX for the recommendation - Queen Mary and the House of Windsor. I'll get hold of that.
I like Penelope Lively but haven't kept up with her later books. I'll look for those as well.
Does anyone like legal/courtroom thrillers and have any to recommend?
I have read a few John Grishams and love the Father Anselm books by William Brodrick and Shardlake books by C.J.Sansom. Any more like those?

I enjoyed The Bone Field, am now reading The Bomb Girls Secrets, by Daisy Styles, set in the 1940s. OK so far.

Goodness me, you need a strong stomach to read The North Water! I'm not sure I'd recommend it to anyone, to be perfectly honest. Still, it's done and I can move onto something more soothing.

I've read it too J52, not an easy read but glad I read it.

Just finished The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. It’s brilliant, very gripping and won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2017.
It’s about a girl escaping slavery in the American South with twists and turns in every chapter.

LUPIN if you like reading about the Edwardian time try Queen Mary and the House of Windsor. by Anne Edwards. Its not as good as William Boyd's Any Human Heart which is one of the best books I have ever read and I've read it twice already.
The Duchess of Devonshire's book is amusing and interesting and those of her sisters as well, it is amazing how well they write considering they had no regular education.
One of the sisters was a close friend of Hitler and he broke her heart but looked after her when War started.
I've just read'Passing On by Penelope Lively. I find it hard somehow to read very modern fiction nowadays so keep on with my old favourites Margarte Drabble and Margaret Forster and David Lodge.

Working my way through the latest from Ken Follet. Column of Fire takes the trilogy which started with Pillars of the Earth to 1558. Another huge read and l’m not sure I’all get through it before I need to take it back to the library. This one wanders far from Kingsbridge, but the ebbs and floes of events in Europe keeps one page turning and reading late in the night! Will need to buy it for my kindle