What are you reading right now?

I decided to read books that have been on the shelves unread for years. I'm gripped by "Europe & a Wider World, 1415-1715" by JH Parry, 1962. It must have been on the University reading list. If only I'd read before I did my degree!

I`ve just started The Cleaner of Chartres, my Gransnet prize, will see how it goes, but reviews are quite good.

I'm reading Inferno by Dan Brown and I'm ejoying it!

Is that in paperback Janthea? I`m waiting for it to go paperback.

I'm reading Hatter's Castle by AJ Cronin - about 35 years since I first read it so it comes up completely new. I've decided to read through a lot of these authors that get little attention these days. As well as Cronin I'm homing in on Somerset Maugham, Howard Spring and Hugh Walpole. Great stuff!

I'm into The Invisible Woman - Claire Tomalin's exhaustive account of the life of Charles Dickens's little chum, Nelly Ternan. A great deal of fascinating back ground about the life of actors and actresses of the time.

And the Mountains Echoed is only available on Kindle, wonder why?

According to Amazon, number, it's available in both hardback (£9.99) and paperback (£7.41). I've got it on my wish list and will probably get it before I go on holiday.

Anno, I was looking on Amazon and they were only offering it on Kindle, but I`ll look again.

And you`re correct! But when I looked on there last night, it was definitely only offered on Kindle. I will order it soon, not right now, I put an order in for 11 books last night, that`ll do for a while.

I am reading A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash.Has anyone else read it ? it is beautifully written and very thought-provoking. The story tells of two brothers, one of whom has autism, and the dangers of an extreme fundamentalist church in America.

Just started The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood, which I was given a while back and has been languishing on my book shelf waiting to be read. Promising start, I've heard great things about this book. I have only read one of Margaret Atwood's books before "Cat's Eye" which I thought was very good.

Gorki, I`m now reading The Bookseller of Kabul. It`s very interesting, I love all the background on Afghan life, but am not finding Sultan and his family very likeable, not so far, anyway.

Numberplease You are quite right :Sultan is not a likeable chap at all.Apparently ,although his name had been changed , it was obvious to all who he was and he successfully sued the author for defamation of character , family and country. She appealed against the verdict and the appeal was upheld. His attitude to women leaves a lot to be desired .I am glad you are finding the book interesting.

I am just starting to read the book by Peter May that somebody on another thread recommended as it is set in the Outer Hebrides.
It is called The Chessmen.

Have you read the first 2 books in the Peter May trilogy Gorki? The Chessmen is the third in the series. The Black House was first, then Lewis Man, they`re all very good.

Re-reading 'The Great Gatsby' after seeing the film. I read it years ago but never appreciated the beauty of the language before. The film was OK but nothing compared to the book, I have a picture of Gatsby which is an mixture of Robert Redford and Leonardo Di Caprio!!!!! But Carey Mulligan is a perfect Daisy Buchanan.

Oh No! My bus was due and I picked up the wrong book in haste. They had Lewis Man on the shelf but not the other one. Thanks numberplease I will look out for The Black House.

I have just started the latest volume of David Kynaston's epic history of modern Britain. This one is Modernity Britain, 360 odd pages on 1957-59.

Gosh, you are all so clever! In bed at night I'm enjoying a lovely slushy romance, "Marriage and Other Games" by Veronica Henry... from the local library.
But on my Kindle I'm reading "The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed out of a Window and Disappeared", - by some Swedish person, I think, whose name
I can't remember.` It's fascinating.

Henetha , I agree they are all so clever here .

I`ve finished The Bookseller of Kabul. A good book, but I thought it was a rather indecisive ending. Have just started Delusion in Death, by J.D Robb. It`s set in 2060. A bar full of people suddenly goes mad, and they all start killing each other.

London in the 18 Century, a Great and Monstrous Thing by Jerry White.

Mamie, it's 679 pages, but that does include refs!

It's the third in a series; he started with the 20 C then the 19 C and this is the finale. For anyone who is interested in London, especially its oddities; villains, thief takers, lawyers, shopkeepers, the fashionable and the poor, this book describes them all. And it brilliantly shows how divided society and the city were, geographically, politically and socially. It still is, of course, but the comparison is fascinating.

Sounds good. I really should read some history. What do you think of Michael
Wood's approach, mice?

Currently re-reading Elizabeth von Arnim's books.

Ive been in love with Michael Wood ever since I first saw him on the television! He's a very sound historian too.