What book are you reading atm??

Shallow Graves by Jeffrey Deaver.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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 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 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.

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!