What are you reading right now?

Have just read The Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid - very gruesome but a good holiday read, so long as you have company and the lights are on..........

I've just finished The Night of the M'raj by Zoe Ferraris as recommended here by someone to whom I'm indebted. I liked the local colour and characters, though the plot ended rather weakly. I'm going to read the sequel soon.

annodomini, I read a Zoe Ferraris book, City of Veils, it was good, I have a slight deja vu feeling about a conversation we had about the author, but I haven't read The Night of the M'raj, so maybe it was someone else who recommended that.

I loved the Zoe Ferraris books. I think I've read three and wish she would write another.I've just read a book by Wendy Jones about an undertaker in Wales which was recommended on here. I liked it but felt there were some loose ends. Possibly to make way for a sequel. I've also read a book by Ruth Ozeki about a diary found in the sea after the tsunami. It is quite complicated and sad about a young Japanese girl mainly growing up in California who then returns to Tokyo with her parents and is horribly bullied at school. I found it harrowing. Light reading was a murder by Ruth Rendell the Saint Zita club set in a London Square. None of the characters had a redeeming feature. I'm going for a hamish Macbeth and a George Gently next. Cosy comfort reading.

The Deep Dark Sleep was good, but I had to keep reminding myself it was set in the mid 50s, I kept thinking why don`t they do such and such, then remembering that back then they couldn`t! Am just about to start Never Tell, by Alafair Burke.

Just realised we have two very similar threads running at the same time - I thought I was getting very confused....

Have heard for many years about a book called The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. I have always meant to give it a go. I was telling my lovely nephew a couple of weeks ago and a few days later he turned up on my doorstep with a copy which he had bought for me. I am trying, but am really struggling to get through it. Not at all what I thought. Will persevere!

It does sound like a really good read, doesn't it . That's how I was with Mothers Milk. Wanted to read it for years then couldn't get beyond the first few pages. But you'll have to read it because of it being a gift. I hope it isn't too long....

I`m just getting into The Death Sculptor, by Chris Carter. It`s a bit grisly, but it`s good. Someone is killing people, but dismembering them whilst they`re still alive, and creating sculptures with the parts........nice!

Tegan I'm hoping not to let it beat me !

Still revelling in The Death Sculptor.

The Death Sculptor was brilliant! If you like your books a bit gory, that is. I`m now reading The Armada Legacy, by Scott Mariani.

I've just started Apple Tree Alley by Louise Doughty and am hooked... A real page turner...anyone else reading/read it?

Oops, that should be Apple Tree Yard, not Alley...didn't sound right!

Half way through Peter James' new book, "Dead Man's Time" his last one was a disappointment, but he's bounced back with this one it's very good, usual fast pace, great for anyone who likes crime and knows Brighton well!

Just started 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' - gripping from the start. It was recommended to me by friends whose book clubs have been reviewing it.

When, I read A Thousand Splendid Suns a couple of years ago, only bought it because it was on special offer at Waterstones, but am I glad I did! I loved it, also loved The Kite Runner, by the same author. I read somewhere that Khalid Hosseini has another book out, must find out the title.

I love his books too numberplease. I think the latest one is called And The Mountains Echoed.

The Bookseller of Kabul by A Seierstad is good too. It is non-fiction

Thanks for the tips, Gorki. I'll be reading those books, too.

.....and you, too, number!

Handed A Thousand Splendid Sun's to one of my husband's granddaughter's when she narrowly missed the predicted A grade in her maths A level and exclaimed, her life was ruined, I told her to read this book to find out what it's really like to be a teenage girl and have your life ruined! A wonderful book, I haven't read the Kite Runner but hear it is also wonderful. Did read The Bookseller of Kabul a while back and enjoyed that as well.

Thank you for the info Gorki.

I'm reading A Thousand Splendid Sun's at the moment; it's a good book to read whilst travelling as the chapters are quite short. I loved The Kite Runner.

Bags has kindly given me - 'Elizabeth and Her Garden' by Elizabeth von Arnim. It is utterly delightful.