What are you reading right now?

Identical was different, but quite good, more of a legal fact finding mission, but a crime is solved as well. Now reading Blood of Others, by Rick Mofina. I`ve started buying used books from Amazon, there`s still £2.80 postage to pay, but most of the books are only 1p, so still a saving.

I'm reading The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman, by Denis Theriault. Very challenging to read, can be life changing.

I`m now reading Blind Alley, by Danielle Ramsay, a police thriller, about the search for a serial rapist, very good so far.

I am best part through Calling me home by Julie Kibler, I cant put it down.

Its based on her Grandmothers life but is a fictionalised story set in the late 1930's in Kentucky and modern day, showing racial discrimination then and now.

Oh I have just finished Calling me home, really enjoyed it but now disappointed that its come to the end.

Just finished Alan Johnson's second autobiography - enjoyed both but the first has the edge I think

Have just taken delivery of the new C J Sansom book, Lamentation, the latest in the Shardlake series thanks Amazon but you know I just love the look and smell of a new book that I`ve decided to just look at it for a while and postpone the joy of reading it till later. Is that a bit strange??

Just finished 'The Legacy of Elizabeth Pringle' by Kirsty Wark. It was fabulous. If you know and love Lamlash on the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde you'll just love the descriptions of the village and Island.

Blind Alley was very good. Am now reading Don`t Let Me Go, by Susan Lewis, about three quarters of the way through it, and it`s been a really good read.

Don`t Let Me Go was a lovely book, full of human interest. I`ve just finished The Last Refuge, by Craig Robertson, OK, but not as good as other books of his. I`m now reading, and enjoying despite reading a bad review, Want You Dead, by Peter James. It`s a Roy Grace story, I like those ones.

I am reading about Daikijin oni[1] mask is generally composed of a white face with two horns on its temples it has golden eyes and a huge nose. Its mask is also composed of a wide-open mouth that shows two of its golden fangs. This mask is used during a ceremony or a festival to protect against evil spirits.

[1] kabukimask.com/category/oni-masks/

'The Shell Seekers' by Rosmund Pilchur. A lovely story about an elderly lady whose father was a famous painter. It is also about her children who want her to sell paintings so they can have some of the money. The descriptions of her life, present and past, her cottage, and her personality are beautiful. I have several of this authors books and each one give you the feel good factor.

"Wild Fire" Anne Cleeves "Shetland series" featuring Jimmy Perez as always reliably good. Also dipping in and out of a few history books to while away the time.

I’ve just finished “where the Crawdads sing”. Beautifully written.

travelsafar - I used to read a lot of Rosamunde Pilcher back in the late 80s - early 90s. When the kids were young I found them an easy read and a bit of escapism. She based herself for some time in Dornoch up here in the north of Scotland. I think at least two of her books were made into TV films.

jacq10 you are right, i have seen The ShellSeekers and Coming Home. Joanna Lumley was in that one and i adored both of them. Pure escapism.

I hope the OP has finished her book by now - she started this thread eight years ago!

Hilary Bailey's Black Diamonds: The Rise and Fall of an English Dynasty

Sorry ,Wrong Bailey.Should be Catherine.

I`ve just finished Down the Darkest Road, by Tami Hoag, very good, great story. Am just about to start Hidden Killers, by Lynda la Plante.

The Myth of Race by Robert Sussman

Unsolved, by James Patterson and David Ellis, was a brilliant read.

Difficult Women by Helen Lewis.
A ‘lockdown’ present from my partner...