What are you reading at the moment?

I read pretty much anything and everything by Anthony Horowitz, but am just in the middle of The House of Silk, a Sherlock Holmes mystery. It is amazing that the estate holders of both Arthur Conan Doyle (in 2011) and Ian Fleming (2014) have entrusted this man to write new Sherlock and new Bond novels. He doesn't disappoint.

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See. I have read 50 pages so far and I really like it. Well written. Good reviews.

Theo of Golden by Allen Levi.

Terrible With Raisins
by Lynne McVernon
A woman turning fifty before she’s ready to 😆

Just readOutback by Patricia Wolf. I was hoping it would be like Jane Harper’s The Dry. It was okay but i won’t rush to read another one. I am about to start book club choice, Violeta by Isabel Allende.

Grandmama

I have recently read Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (I laughed and cried!); Happy all the Time by Laurie Colwin and The Bulgari Connection by Fay Weldon. I couldn't put any of them down.

My all time favourite book is All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville West. Read several times now.

Really enjoyed Lessons in Chemistry!

The Pearl Button Girl by Annie Murray

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.

Baking Cakes In Kigali by Gaile Parkin.

I spotted it in a charity shop and got it because it looked interesting (and I bake cakes). It's a nice relaxing book, nothing too deep.

Grandmama I hated Lessons in Chemistry, but love anything by Vita Sackville West, I think she’s very underrated.

Oreo

The Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer, just as zany and funny as you would expect.

Just finished this, and really enjoyed it.

X Marks the Spot by Michael Scott The story of Archaology in 8 Extraordinary Discoveries
And
The Clifftop Murders by Rachel McLeon
And
The Bone Chests by Cat Jarman

I couldn’t possibly just read 1 book at a time

Bournville by Jonathan Coe. Just finished, what a clever, enjoyable and moving novel. Covers a family's ups and downs from the 1940s to 2020 with the Cadbury factory in Bournville as a reference point. Really well written. Recommended!

The Wind Knows My Name by Isobel Allende. Wonderful depiction of the various characters. I've just got to where she is focussing on the Tangerine Twit's idea of separating immigrant children from their mothers. She's a massively talented writer, not onerous to read either.

The Power of Anxiety by Sian Williams

I’m reading/re reading K A Atkinson. Jackson Brodie. I was so pleased to find one lurking in my bookshelf that I hadn’t read before.

Dominion by C J Sanssom

"The Shack" by William Paul Young

Twopence, I read The Shack some years ago. It was so moving. I hope you enjoy it.

A very thought provoking and rather difficult read.

Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier. About Mary Anning and her discovery of fossils at Lyme Regis. Really enjoying this book.

This thread is really bad for my budget!!!

Just enjoyed ‘Vianne’ by Joanne Harris, prequel to her ‘Chocolat’ which I may now re-read.

Before that I couldn’t put down ‘The Other Bennet Sister’ by Janice Hadlow - source of the recent tv series about Mary, the belittled middle sister in ‘Pride and Prejudice’.

The hot weather has pretty much defeated me when I'm not dozing on antihistamines
I'm dipping in and out of some old Botany books on wild flowers .
I'm interested in herbalism .

The Blue Hour by Lisa Jewell. Good.
Recommend The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon.