What are you reading now 2

Our Noble Selves - Kate Atkinson. Quite unusual, set against the 1951 Festival of Britain, I have a way to go with it yet, she captures the mood of the time, post war austerity. Am enjoying it but I don't think it'll be up there with a couple of my favourites by her which I've loved.

“Amber Fury” by Natalie Haynes. Very different to her usual output dealing with the Greek Myths but there is a thread of Ancient Greek drama underpinning the modern setting. The story is very nuanced in the way it unfolds. After reading just about everything else she has written I really didn’t think I would like this, but I couldn’t put it down.

I have not long downloaded on my Kindle Agrippa by Robert Harris, It's very good. Robert Harris has written so many good books on many different themes,

Reported

I saw one more thing relating to this on another blog. Youve obviously spent time on this. Congratulations! <a href="https://www.thejacketspot.com/product/spider-man-brand-new-day-peter-parker-deli-fresh-delicious-t-shirt/">Spider-Man Brand New Day Peter Parker Deli Fresh & Delicious T-Shirt</a>

Reported

Message deleted by Gransnet. Here's a link to our Talk guidelines.

I read None of This is True recently, Allira, I enjoyed it as well.

This is an old thread!

None of This is True by Lisa Jewell.

Psychological, rather creepy but thoroughly enjoyable - keeps you gripped!

Stop Them Dead, by Peter James, the latest (I think) of the Roy Grace stories. Not read much yet, but these books are usually good.

I have downloaded ‘Joan’ by Joan Hannigton, her true story, currently being televised.

‘Sorrow and Bliss’ by Meg Mason. It is an insight into someone struggling with depression throughout their life, and is funny and sad in equal measure.

Message deleted by Gransnet. Here's a link to our Talk guidelines.

I'm a newbie on here so hope I can join in.
Just 60 pages into Kazuo Ishiguro' s Never let me go. I'm struggling to see why it had such rave reviews, but maybe I need to keep going. Anyone a big fan who can convince me to finish it?

Sorry, I forgot I;d already posted! Can somebody remove one of them please.

I've been languishing with flu (I'm better now) and took to my bed with The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, which I've read a couple of times before. It's one of those books that you really need to read a couple of times to get much out of it beyond the basic underlying mystery. Sherlock Holmes in the 14th century is to oversimplify but it was certainly a big part of Eco's intention. Dan Brown for grown-ups perhaps, with a heavy dash of Jorge Luis Borges, whose fascination with labyrinths is all over it. Not an easy ready, though it gets a lot easier in between the interludes about medieval theology.

Umberto Eco was first and foremost a distinguished literary theorist and The Name of the Rose is a lecture in semiotics cunningly disguised as a detective story to make the medicine go down more easily.

And yes, it made a terrific film with Sean Connery

I've just finished The Road to Nab End by William Woodruff, a fascinating social history.

I have nearly finished Never by Ken Follett, over 800 pages in hardback but one of the best books I have read lately.

If you like political thrillers with a touch of the 'this could possibly happen' scenarios then I recommend this book.

I'm reading The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco.

It's one of those books that I come back to every few years, hoping to pick up something new. I'll probably keep opn reading it every few years until I drop, but I doubt if I'll ever know everything there is to know about it. Doesn't stop me enjoying it though.

I’ve just finished reading Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton. Not usually into thrillers but so many people raved about it that I thought I would give it a go. What an amazing book. The story of a siege at a school in Somerset but much more than this. Themes of love, courage, prejudice, dedication and much more. All interspersed with Macbeth! I wept at the ending.

Message deleted by Gransnet for breaking our forum guidelines. Replies may also be deleted.

Message deleted by Gransnet. Here's a link to our Talk guidelines.

Message deleted by Gransnet. Here's a link to our Talk guidelines.

I've just started And the Mountains Echoed, by Khaled Hosseini, writer of The Kite Runer and A Thousand Splendid Suns, which I have also read. I've also seen the film of The Kite Runner.