What books are you reading and why?

Definitely not this one - which is actually a thing! A friend sent it to me the other night. Scarily good reviews though. I am equally horrified and intrigued!

Have discovered Elizabeth Noble and have enjoyed her recent book Family Holiday.She writes about relationships if that’s what you like. Feel sad when I finish the book as I’ve got to know the characters.During the first Lockdown I reread Maeve Binchy books which I’d had on my bookshelf for 30 plus years.Echoes and Light a Penny Candle.

I'm on a Kobo and using Overdrive for free access to library books. Highly recommend.

Just read Blue Moon - Lee Child - Jack Reacher. Good.

Started Edna O'Brien's The Little Red Chairs - thought I should try something by her. It's about the aftermath of the Srebrenica 'cleansing' etc - far too strong stuff for me. Feel sick even telling you I started it. Tribal, racist, sadistic events. Makes you feel we should all carry knives. Enough of that.

Now Jeanette Winterson's Oranges are not the Only Fruit. Fabulous. You can really 'hear' the characters.

I am reading Breath by James Nestor. I have mild breathing problems and am finding his breathing techniques very helpful. I also listen to books from the Essex County Library BorrowBox. I live alone and I love to have the sound of a human voice reading to me whilst I am cooking, cleaning, knitting etc. I have just listened to all the Peter James, Roy Grace books and Cried through Villa of Secrets by Patricia Wilson.

I’m reading The Inheritance by Jenny Eclair, it’s very light but I can’t put it down. I’ve read such a lot on my Kindle over the summer and have just swapped Kindles with my DD since we have much the same taste in books. I loved American Dirt and think she is in the middle of it and also gripped by it. Still feel rather guilty if I pick up my book during the day though!

I’m reading Voices of The Mayflower by Richard Holledge. It’s a fascinating account, from the coming together of all the adventurers, to their settling in America.
I’m on Goodreads and it was a recommendation on there. Goodreads also helps me keep track of what I’ve read.
Can’t wait to start the new Ken Follett that is got for my birthday.

Hi moggycuddler I love Lisa jewell books I have got into them this year try the house we grew up in and 31 dream st. C l Taylor is great as well Angela masons is another one I've started reading def need books on this crazy world xx

I have just finished ‘Between the Stops’ by Sandi Toksvig, which is a good read. It’s a sort of memoir, based on the journey between her home and BBC Broadcasting House on the No12 bus. There are musings about London and her life, along the way.
I recommend it.

I am also reading ‘Too Much and Not Enough’ by Mary Trump, but that is taking some time ... as I am only reading short bursts at a time ... for obvious reasons.

My next book is ‘The Beekeeper of Aleppo’. But I fitted ‘A Song for the Dark Times’ by Ian Rankin in between, because I love Rebus.

I'm listening to The Wild Silence by Raynor Winn and loving it. I listened to her first book, The Salt Path, and told my friend that I was bereft when I finished it, and she sent me The Wild Silence. Highly recommend both books.

The boy,the mole,the fox and the horse. Not a novel as such beautiful illustrations, tactile and a little story running through. My daughter bought it for me and it's so uplifting. You can open any page and feel better.

I’ve just finished The Foundling by Stacey Halls and really enjoyed it. A glimpse into the life of an unwed woman who has a baby. I read it via the Libby app. I’ve also just read Away with the Penguins by Hazel Prior which is a real feel good book and a nice gentle read.

hicaz46 Troubled blood is on my Christmas list, can’t wait, loved all the previous ones and the TV series.

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman. Originally because I like him on TV. I’m enjoying the book immensely. Great characters and well written.

I am just taking books off my own shelves so recently read Mary Stewart "Madam will you talk" and now back to Georgette Heyer. Anything light appeals at the moment.

I am reading “The Secrets we Kept” by Lara Prescott. Set in the Cold War era and split between Washington and Russia. I simply liked the look of it in my big high street book store. I’m about halfway through and it’s a decent read so far.

I finished “The Confession “ by Jessie Burton a few days ago. I read it because I enjoyed her previous books. It was okay, but not a patch on The Miniaturist.

My current 'downstairs book' for daytime is Britain AD by Francis Pryor, about the dark ages and myths about King Arthur. I'm reading it because I've just got round to it. Bought by me in some 2nd hand bookshop because it looked interesting and readable, which it is.

My 'upstairs book' i.e. bedtime is a detective story from the British Library crime club - 1930s body-in-the-library stuff. I'm downstairs at the moment and can't remember author or title.?

I am reading a book about Ida de Tosney and Roger Bigod. For some reason I can't get enough of historical novels, they are just so interesting.

Currently rereading Sharon K Penmanship Welsh trilogy.
Well researched well written history novels.
Read them more than once over the years!
Also a year at the Chateau by dick and angel strawbridge.. love the programme too!

Like Reaps, I'm reading a lot of Agatha Christie at the moment. Our local library had a display of Christie boks and so (while the library was open) I've wallowed in these as "comfort reading". I found that there were some of her books which I'd never read (Christie was a prolific writer) plus others which I'd forgotten. Before lockdown I borrowed another six Christies, and there's always my Kindle. For me these books are a real pleasure to retreat into, during the current lockdown.

Just watched the Sara Cox show Cover to Cover (mentioned above) and I was scribbling down all the titles discussed! Great way to learn about books! I'm currently reading Peter Robinson's Before the Poison. And I can also recommend a lovely Mancunian author, Patricia Dixon and her latest book, Resistance, about a courageous woman in France in WW II.

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I have discovered Lisa Jewell, don't usually like fiction. I'm currently reading One hit Wonder but would highly recommend Invisible girl, a sort of thriller but seen from the view point of a number of characters

I love Lisa Jewell! Have you read any by C.L. Taylor? I just finished Strangers, which I thoroughly enjoyed and I think you might like too. I'll be reading more of hers.

I read mostly thrillers but like lots of other genre. I love Emma Hornby as she is a local author and her attention to detail is excellent. I have recently read a couple of Trisha Ashley books - The Twelve Days of Christmas; A Winters Tale and just finished The garden of forgotten wishes and enjoyed them all. One book I have read which I found was like walking in thick mud but persevered was Love after Love after seeing it on Cover to Cover but I can’t say I liked it. I have also read the Sanest Man in the room by Don Black (biography) and loved it.

I have read that inishowan it is very good at moment I am reading mainly light hearted books .

another thread I love

me? oh gosh, seem to have lost my concentration, I just could NOT list the books I have started, the books I have kept to re read, cos I loved them,, just cannot settle at all.

always been one with my "nose stuck in a book" so wish I could get back there..

love this thread! yes, I repeat myself.. hope I can look up some of them and get through to the end.

I’m reading ‘One More Thing’ by BJ Novak, a collection of short stories that were workshopped in theatres and comedy clubs. Quirky but interesting.
My book group used to spend half of each meeting deciding on the next book, so now one member recommends 3-4 on which the others vote. I was tasked with finding humorous books in these difficult times - hence the odd choice. Skype meeting tomorrow!