What are you reading at the moment?

I've taken to reading books on WW2 for some reason. Very interesting and horrific in some parts but it keeps my brain going. Its the bravery especially of the women who fought in the war that I find overwhelming

‘The Great Alone’ by Kristin Hannah, a brilliant book.

I've just finished The Mephisto Club by Tess Gerritsen.

Now I'm on X The Unknown by Shaun Hutson.

Having, against my better judgement, plodded on to the end of Ann Cleeves’ ‘A Bird in the Hand’ which was an unbelievably silly story centred around a community of bird watchers, I have moved on to her new Jimmy Perez book ‘The Killing Stones’. A much better read. Set in Orkney instead of Shetland.

Grandson asked whether I read ‘romantasy’ and I thought I should explore the genre. So the excellent World of Books provided pristine copies of ‘The Midnight Market’ by Joanne Harris and ‘The Court of Thorns and Roses’ by Sarah J Maas. I’ve read the first few pages of each and they look promising.

Just joined our local library and taken out Alexi Sayle’s autobiography.
Will give it a whirl.

Just finished reading ‘The Other Half of Augusta Hope’ by Joanna Glen. I found it very sad, but I liked the ending.
Has anyone else read it?

I am reading 'The Prisoner' by Sally Carson. It is a novel, published in 1936, about a Bavarian family in Nazi Germany.

I had read her first book 'The Crooked Cross', published in 1934, which is about the same family.

watermeadow

The Old Curiosity Shop, not my favourite Dickens but it’s a long time since I last read it. I’ve got bad eye strain and can only read a little at a time as the print is very small.
When I have nothing to read I usually go back to the good old classics but they all have small print.

‘Small print’ and fat, heavy books, inc. hardbacks, are the reasons I love my Kindle!
TBH there are some fat classics I’d never have read if I couldn’t have read them on my Kindle. Some more recent books, too. I’d never have read ‘A Suitable Boy’ if not for my Kindle.

I do a lot of my reading in bed, so anything heavy (in the weight sense) is a non starter.

watermeadow

The Old Curiosity Shop, not my favourite Dickens but it’s a long time since I last read it. I’ve got bad eye strain and can only read a little at a time as the print is very small.
When I have nothing to read I usually go back to the good old classics but they all have small print.

If you read it on a kindle, you could enlarge the print.

I’m not mad on kindles myself, but I agree the print is often too small when reading a classic and this could solve the problem for you as it did for a friend.

The Old Curiosity Shop, not my favourite Dickens but it’s a long time since I last read it. I’ve got bad eye strain and can only read a little at a time as the print is very small.
When I have nothing to read I usually go back to the good old classics but they all have small print.

The Midnight Train by Matt Haig, enjoying it.

Here One Moment - Liane Moriarty. I’d never heard of her, although “Big Little Lies” has been televised and unwatched by me. Enjoying it very much.
I love Patrick Gale and have read most of his books.

I'm rereading The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. The gilded age and the 1893 Chicago World's Fair is the era and also tells the tale of the most evil serial killer. It's chilling but informative!

I’m currently reading The facts of Life by Patrick Gale.
And I loved The Names . I didn’t want it to end .

Sasta

ViceVersa

I've just started the next in the Slough House series (the books which the TV series Slow Horses is based on).

A brilliant series VisaVersa. Are the books as good, and are they following the theme of what was in the TV series or an are they new stories? Thank you!

Yes, they pretty much do. I really like the books.

I’m currently reading an Anne Cleeves book “A Bird in the Hand”. I have enjoyed just about everything she wrote, but can’t believe that this is the same writer who was responsible for ‘Vera’ and ‘Shetland’. It plods appallingly and none of the characters are likeable. I have also downloaded the first in a series of Jimmy Perez novels by her - based not in Shetland but Orkney.

ViceVersa

I've just started the next in the Slough House series (the books which the TV series Slow Horses is based on).

A brilliant series VisaVersa. Are the books as good, and are they following the theme of what was in the TV series or an are they new stories? Thank you!

calla15

monk08

Will be starting Married lies by Chris Collett no5 in the DI Mariner series read no4 yesterday.

Loved this series, shame there has been nothing since 2022 when we got No 9 in the series.

No 5 & 6 in the series just arrived so that's me sorted for the next few days, out this evening so will start them tomorrow.

The Ancient Near East by Amelie Kuhrt

A Jolly Cooper book Mount!
Used to read her earlier books back in the 1970s when commuting to work.

James OBrien: "How they Broke Britain" www.google.com/search?sca_esv=4521476c5740f22a&rlz=1C5CHFA_enGB790GB790&q=How+They+Broke+Britain:+The+Instant+Sunday+Times+Bestseller&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgFuLUz9U3SDI2LClT4tVP1zc0LC7OyzYvzzDRkspOttJPys_P1k8sLcnIL7ICsYsV8vNyKhexWnvklyuEZKRWKjgV5WenAsnMksTMPCuQmIJnXnFJYl6JQnBpXkpipUJIZm5qsYJTanFJcWpOTmoRAHhILDl2AAAA&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjT__689dmUAxU4REEAHR2uANIQ9OUBegQIHxAD&biw=1440&bih=770&dpr=2 Would recommend...

The Belle Fields and sequel Ashes of Roses by Lora Adams. Very descriptive of life above and below stairs in a "Big House" at the turn of the 19th/20th century. Plenty of twists and turns and not the ending I expected (or wished). Two very enjoyable reads.

Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie. Not an easy read, but worth it. Lots of history and sometimes very funny.

I love CJ Samson's books, grannybuy.
Spec1alk, Remarkable Creatures -what an interesting read, and an insight into the lives if women at the time.