What are you reading now 2

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 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.

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'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!)

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

I’m currently reading The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters and Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf. I’m thoroughly enjoying both. Last night I finished The Corset by Laura Purcell. If you like Historical Fiction then I would recommend this.

A Killer`s Mind was great, ideal for those who like their reading to be a bit grisly

I expected she covered two beautiful scenarios which most writers don't. One was when Agastya was about to get married to Amaya. Most writers covers the change which only girls go through, right from changing her house to settling in the new family but most of them don't even talk about the Boy's part.
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I was reading Jodi Picoult's latest novel, but have given up. It has had rave reviews, and in the past I have enjoyed her books, but simply couldn't get into this one at all, hence the 'was'. I don't care what happens to the characters, and have had trouble keeping up with them as the story jumps about. So to the big charity book sale we support annually, it will go come next Spring.
What do you do if you're not getting on with a book? I usually put them back on the shelf to try again, but I just know this one isn't for me.

If it hasn’t ‘grabbed’ me by the end of the first chapter then I give it away. Life’s to short to struggle with somthing that doesn’t interest me and with too many books to count waiting upstairs why waste my time on one I’m not enjoying.

I'm not really being grabbed by my book "Seven deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle". I'm itching to get my hands on "Lethal White" which husband reckons he will finish tonight, so this current one will join a previous half finished book "A Gentleman in Moscow". I'll probably go back to them though.

Just found this thread. I love reading and am always on the lookout for new books. I like Ellie Griffiths, and the ones set in Shetland (author? - my memory!). Loved John Boyne’s “The hearts invisible furies”.
Just started “Olive Kitteridge” by Elizabeth Strout - looks promising.
I enjoyed The Miniaturist, but wasn’t so taken with The Essex Serpent.
Anyway, I shall pop in and will enjoy seeing your recommendations!

My next read will be Madeline Miller’s ‘Circe’. I read her ‘Song of Achilles’ and enjoyed her writing style. I finished John Boyne’s ‘The Heart’s Invisible Furies’. One of the best books I have read in a long time.

If you like your reading a bit gruesome, I`ve just finished The Teacher, by Katerina Diamond, and it`s very gory in places, but I enjoyed it, but then I love a bit of gore!
I`ve just read the first few pages of the November book club book, Bitter, by Francesca Jakobi, but too soon to remark on it.

Lisagran it’s Anne Cleeves who writes the Shetland series - I like those too. I’ve just finished Heads You Win by Jeffrey Archer, a brilliant story and quite a pacy read. I’ve just picked up an advance review copy of a book called ‘She lies in Wait’ will post on here when I’ve read it.

Oh thanks, Sarahmob - Anne Cleeves, of course! I like her style of writing.

Bitter started off as "I`m not too bothered about this book," but in the end I enjoyed what is not my usual type of read.
I`ve just finished a bit more lighthearted read, Elsewhere, by Ken McCoy. Set in Leeds in 1946, 3 children are setting fireworks off on Mischief night near a factory, which burns down, killing a dozen women working in there, amongst them is the mum of 2 of them. Afraid that they caused it and their mum`s death, they run away, and have quite an adventure.

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou.
Stunning writing.
Heartbreaking story.
Humour in the face of terrible racial prejudice.
A must read for everyone – to ensure that this kind of attitude and the evil of the rotten society portrayed in the novel never takes hold again.

I'm not so keen on fiction. I like social history.
I'm slowly reading Roughing It by Mark Twain about his travels to the Wild West.
And Tyneside in WW2 by Craig Armstrong.

ps and Gransnet .

I’m reading The Secret Child by Kerry Fisher. It’s the first one of hers I’ve read and will definitely be reading more.