What book are you reading atm??

Sephiroth_dude · 03-03-2020 07:07PM

The guest cat by TAKASHI HIRAIDE

Simpsonsfan17 · 03-03-2020 07:20PM

Shallow Graves by Jeffrey Deaver.

nigeldaniel · 04-03-2020 12:29PM

I have just finished A Horseman riding by. I am surprised that a few films have not been made from it. One TV series and that was that. It might be set in the ol days 1900s but, there is a fair bit relevant to nowadays too. Quite a bit better than the constant remakes off Emma and co.

04-03-2020 07:18PM

nigeldaniel wrote: »

I have just finished A Horseman riding by. I am surprised that a few films have not been made from it. One TV series and that was that. It might be set in the ol days 1900s but, there is a fair bit relevant to nowadays too. Quite a bit better than the constant remakes off Emma and co.

If you like sprawling epics Hawaii by James Michener is brilliant in fact all of James Michener's books are very good.

04-03-2020 08:52PM

mariaalice wrote: »

If you like sprawling epics Hawaii by James Michener is brilliant in fact all of James Michener's books are very good.

Loved Alaska, and The Covenant. Haven't read his other books yet. Thanks for the reminder.

Tauriel · 07-03-2020 06:41PM

Last To Die by Tess Gerritsen. This is book 10 of 12 in the Rizzoli & Isles series. Quite an enjoyable read.

TheRepentent · 07-03-2020 08:15PM

Started The Stand by Stephen King .

I don't particularly like his writing style but willing to give this one ago (had previously attempted it many years ago).

appledrop · 07-03-2020 09:32PM

Just bought 'The Mirror & Light' by Hillary Mantel.

Cant wait to start it. It's a whopper 800+ pages!

voldejoie · 07-03-2020 11:15PM

appledrop wrote: »

Just bought 'The Mirror & Light' by Hillary Mantel.

Cant wait to start it. It's a whopper 800+ pages!

Currently re-reading Wolf Hall, and planning to re-read Bring Up The Bodies, to prepare

Getting rave reviews so far, hope you enjoy!

gutenberg · 08-03-2020 10:49PM

appledrop wrote: »

Just bought 'The Mirror & Light' by Hillary Mantel.

Cant wait to start it. It's a whopper 800+ pages!

voldejoie wrote: »

Currently re-reading Wolf Hall, and planning to re-read Bring Up The Bodies, to prepare Getting rave reviews so far, hope you enjoy!

I also got this at the weekend! And I'm also planning to re-read both Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies

09-03-2020 04:26PM

Just got stuck into The Empire of ashes" by Anthony Ryan. Third book in the series. Started reading it yesterday and already 3/4 way through it. Just brilliant fantasy.

Carry · 11-03-2020 02:12PM

Last night I started Salt to the Sea, by Ruta Sepetys. And I was hooked from the first page (it turned out to be a long reading night...).

In general it's about refugees during the last weeks of WWII from East Prussia and Lithuania, and about the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff in the Baltic Sea, the greatest disaster in maritime history with about 9000 people dead.

The protagonists are four very different people, wonderfully characterized, each one with their own (national) story. The prose is beautiful, vivid and tender, without over-dramatising.
It's one of the best books I came across recently.

The author is a Lithuanian-American. I certainly will check out her other books.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25614492-salt-to-the-sea

neris · 11-03-2020 02:16PM

Finding it very hard to get my head into reading since New Year and Ive a stack of books to get through. Just started Boys Will Be Boys : The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty

Foweva Awone · 11-03-2020 10:08PM

The Bookish Life Of Nina Hill, by Abbi Waxman. I'm enjoying it. If you liked Eleanor Oliphant, you'll probably like this.

Tauriel · 11-03-2020 11:15PM

Currently making my way through Stephen Fry's Heroes, the follow up to Mythos, and I'm loving it. I would recommend it if you have even a passing interest in Greek mythology.

the purple tin · 12-03-2020 10:27AM

TheRepentent wrote: »

Started The Stand by Stephen King .

I don't particularly like his writing style but willing to give this one ago (had previously attempted it many years ago).

Sales have gone way up since the virus started.

TheRepentent · 12-03-2020 06:15PM

the purple tin wrote: »

Sales have gone way up since the virus started.

I actually had it for years on my kindle but yeah the coronavirus made me go back to it. My opinion that stephen king bores the tits off me hasn't changed but I'll stick at it

buried · 12-03-2020 06:31PM

TheRepentent wrote: »

I actually had it for years on my kindle but yeah the coronavirus made me go back to it. My opinion that stephen king bores the tits off me hasn't changed but I'll stick at it

Ever read 'Journal of the Plague Year' by Daniel Defoe? If you haven't you should definitely get it.

DenMan · 12-03-2020 06:32PM

Dyslexia Unravelled by Rita Treacy

EmmetSpiceland · 12-03-2020 06:41PM

TheRepentent wrote: »

I actually had it for years on my kindle but yeah the coronavirus made me go back to it. My opinion that stephen king bores the tits off me hasn't changed but I'll stick at it

You should probably try a Bill Bryson book or maybe one of those dreadful ones with “Auschwitz” in the title.

12-03-2020 08:01PM

Survivors by Terry Nation,close enough content to what’s going on in the world now and very thought provoking!

bladespin · 15-03-2020 02:11PM

zorro2566 wrote: »

Survivors by Terry Nation,close enough content to what’s going on in the world now and very thought provoking!

After it happened by Devon Ford, great book for those with a more apocalyptic outlook.

Tauriel · 17-03-2020 04:49PM

I have just finished Die Again by Tess Gerritsen, the penultimate book in the Rizzoli & Isles series.

appledrop · 17-03-2020 06:50PM

I'm enjoying 'The Mirror & the Light' 100 pages in only 800 to go.

Give the current situation I'm sure I'll have it all finished in a few days!

Joe_ Public · 17-03-2020 07:15PM

appledrop wrote: »

I'm enjoying 'The Mirror & the Light' 100 pages in only 800 to go.

Give the current situation I'm sure I'll have it all finished in a few days!

About the same and already dreading getting to the end of it because it is that good. Still have 3 or 4 Mantel novels left to read so will be able to wean myself off on those. Astonishing talent i think.

appledrop · 17-03-2020 07:25PM

Joe_ Public wrote: »

About the same and already dreading getting to the end of it because it is that good. Still have 3 or 4 Mantel novels left to read so will be able to wean myself off on those. Astonishing talent i think.

I'll race you to the end!

It is a great read. I'm remember when I bought it thinking when will I have the time to get through this? Ha ha I was so wrong.

Manach · 17-03-2020 07:29PM

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing.
Re-reading this for the excellent sections on how the crew survived months of social isolation on limited rations during the time they were trapped on the ice-flow.

Tauriel · 17-03-2020 07:33PM

Manach wrote: »

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing.
Re-reading this for the excellent sections on how the crew survived months of social isolation on limited rations during the time they were trapped on the ice-flow.

I have that on my self to read at some point in the not so distant future.

Joe_ Public · 17-03-2020 07:33PM

appledrop wrote: »

I'll race you to the end!

It is a great read. I'm remember when I bought it thinking when will I have the time to get through this? Ha ha I was so wrong.

I'm already in a race - got the book through my online library account and it tells me I'm just 12% through and expiring in 8 days. So i need to get a move on!

Also got Graham Swifts Here We Are & Max Hastings Chastise (on the dambusters) on the go too. Both are excellent.

JustAThought · 17-03-2020 07:35PM

Raided Oxfams shelves the day it kicked off. Am now reading Sebastian Faulks ENGELBY and it is un-put-down-able. I can’t wait to find out where it goes - up reading all night. Just can’t read and cut steak!

What book are you reading atm??

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