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CharlotteOldie Wed 14-Mar-12 15:33:00

Always fascinating to know what people are reading and what they are making of it. I am deep in the Herries Chronicles by Hugh Walpole. A wonderful sweeping panoramic look at English history through the prism of a family from the Lakes. Highly recommended

TerriBull Tue 09-Sept-14 14:45:47

Just started The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith.

numberplease Mon 08-Sept-14 16:14:59

The first few chapters were a bit slow going Jingl, but it`s picking up a bit now, although it hasn`t got me as riveted as some books that I`ve read. Each to their own though, we can`t all like the same things all the time.

jinglbellsfrocks Sun 07-Sept-14 18:23:09

That sounds interesting numberplease. Will have a look at that on Amazon. Was in Berlin for a little hol a few weeks back.

numberplease Sun 07-Sept-14 18:17:58

I`ve just made a start on If the Dead Rise Not, by Philip Kerr. Not sure how it`s going to turn out, it`s a thriller of sorts, set in Berlin between 1934 to 1936, during Hitlers rise to power, and the start of the purging of the Jews.

jinglbellsfrocks Sun 07-Sept-14 17:08:54

I have just finished Winter in Madrid, one of C. J. Sansome's "other" books. I really enjoyed. I did n't know a thing about the Spanish Civil war.

Ian42 Sun 07-Sept-14 17:03:30

I'm reading the David Jason Autobiography.

numberplease Thu 04-Sept-14 15:53:53

I think I should have written "veer", not verge.

numberplease Thu 04-Sept-14 15:52:29

I`ve just finished Police, by Jo Nesbo, the latest Harry Hole Thriller, it was very good. I`m now reading Path of Needles, by Alison Littlewood, she writes rather strange thrillers, which tend to verge slightly towards the supernatural. I read another of her books a while ago, which I really enjoyed, A Cold Season.

Atqui Thu 04-Sept-14 10:21:19

I'm reading Life after Life , Kate Atkinson. It's very strange. No point in cheating and reading the end as there doesn't seem to be one!

hildajenniJ Thu 04-Sept-14 10:04:27

I was reading Life of Pi until my e-reader ceased to function I must try to find it in a book shop, or the library.

Ian42 Thu 04-Sept-14 09:40:21

I'm reading, Typhoon, by Charles Cumming.

MaggieP Wed 27-Aug-14 21:23:44

Finally getting into the Gransnet book 'The Deaths'. Better late than never and it improves as I read on!

numberplease Wed 27-Aug-14 21:18:35

I`ve just finished a very sad/happy, thought provoking book, by Susan Lewis, called Never Say Goodbye, it looks at cancer, and how it affects the sufferers and their families, a really good book. I`ve never read Susan Lewis before, must try more of her books. I`m now reading Mad About You, by Sinead Moriarty, not my usual sort of read, but it was half price in Smiths, so thought I`d give it a go.

Ian42 Wed 27-Aug-14 20:30:23

I'm reading, Chaplin & Company, by Mave Fellowes. It is a brilliant read I would recommend it. It is her debut novel. Go on give it a try.

numberplease Sun 10-Aug-14 14:01:18

I`ve seen the film a few times, never read the book, but oh, those haunting brown eyes on Omar Sharif!

TriciaF Sun 10-Aug-14 13:47:27

I'm re-reading Dr. Zhivago, by Boris Pasternak.
Enjoying it more this time - the names of the characters are confusing, and there are so many threads to the story.
I went back to it because of the current fighting in Russia and the Ukraine.
The book is partly a social history of the Russian people between 1905 and WW2 - helps to understand where they come from.

numberplease Sun 10-Aug-14 01:03:47

I`m now reading Gransnet book of the month Spare Brides, by Adele Parks. Interesting to read how the other half live/lived, but not managed to form a liking of any of the main characters as yet.

Ian42 Sat 09-Aug-14 17:37:22

I'm reading, Refusal, by Felix Francis.

numberplease Fri 01-Aug-14 09:17:46

I`ve just started on The Final Scream, by Lisa Jackson, but only a few pages in, so too soon to give an opinion.

Ian42 Thu 31-Jul-14 20:25:31

I'm reading, The Winter King, by Bernard Cornwell.

numberplease Thu 31-Jul-14 00:16:07

Sparkygran, I think you`ll love the Lewis trilogy. I`ve read the first two of another series he`s written, called the Enzo series, about a half Scottish, half Italian, detective living in rural France, but must admit to not liking them anywhere near as much as the Lewis books.

Purpledaffodil Wed 30-Jul-14 22:25:26

Just finished The fault in our Stars by John Green, about a young girl with cancer. Sounds grim but a riveting read. For a man, he gets into the head of a teenaged girl very well.

sparkygran Wed 30-Jul-14 18:38:41

New author to me Peter May just started the Lewis trilogy. So far so good

numberplease Wed 30-Jul-14 16:48:00

Am still enjoying Whiskey Beach, not reading as much this week, due to young grandson duty.

sparkygran Wed 30-Jul-14 12:13:48

anno and number how nice to meet you both I too like the Alphabet series by Sue Grafton and looking forward to her next one. Read Wasted and enjoyed it.