What are you reading at the moment? (Part 4)

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  • Beautiful_HarvBeautiful_Harv Posts: 9,144
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    angiebroch wrote: »
    Last night I finished reading Shut Your Eyes Tight by John Verdon and it was absolutely brilliant. There's a twist at the end which I didn't see coming...genius!!! I'm now going to look for Think of A Number, the 1st Dave Gurney book.

    And on a different note...today I started Lady of The Rivers byPhilippa Gregory, an author who I really love.

    Nothing like a bit of variety!

    Might look out for that as i quite liked the first one. :)
  • GiraffeGirlGiraffeGirl Posts: 13,619
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    Currently reading Gone Girl - let's see what the hype is all about.
  • GirlfromEireannGirlfromEireann Posts: 4,117
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    I'm trying to read the 6 shortlisted book for the 'Booker Prize', so I am currently halfway through 'The Lighthouse' by Alison Moore.

    It is a short enough book and seems simplistic, but it has, in my view many hidden depths. I am enjoying it which is much, much more than I can say for one of the other short-listed books - 'Umbrella' by Will Self which I abandoned last week, 176 pages in due to the fact I couldn't make head nor tail of.

    I'll almost never abandon a book, but had to with that one has I had to force myself to read even a paragraph each night in bed - so many good books to read, which waste time on one that you don't find enjoyable

    Going away for a few days so next is up is 'Next of Kin' by John Boyne, who wrote 'THe Boy in the Striped Pyjama's'.
  • Beautiful_HarvBeautiful_Harv Posts: 9,144
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    Currently reading Gone Girl - let's see what the hype is all about.

    Just finished this. Let us know what you think
  • InsideSoapInsideSoap Posts: 5,981
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    so many good books to read, which waste time on one that you don't find enjoyable

    I now follow that motto. I used to be unable to not finish a book despite how bad it was but now I just abandon a bad book and move on. :D
  • GirlfromEireannGirlfromEireann Posts: 4,117
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    InsideSoap wrote: »
    I now follow that motto. I used to be unable to not finish a book despite how bad it was but now I just abandon a bad book and move on. :D

    I do most of my reading in bed at night and now if I know if a book isn't for me, if I want to watch telly and not read it. I have to be drawn into a book - eager to know what happens next move on.
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    Just started The little coffee shop of Kabul,it has started well so I hope It keeps me interested,i have given up on that many lately I need something I can finish.
  • 19Nick6819Nick68 Posts: 1,792
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    80 pages in on Sanctus by Simon Toyne.
  • Purple.Purple. Posts: 4,591
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    The Chosen One by Sam Bourne. It is much better than I thought it might be.
  • dymafidymafi Posts: 775
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    Finished Jonathan Swift's "Gullivers Travels" .on my list of classics to read .... I can see why its so highly regarded and a trailblazer for novels/books in the adventure/traveller genre. Seen by many as a children's book .. Can't see many kids these days joining Gulliver on his travels.
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    Finished the latest Harry Hole "Phantom" by Jo Nesbo. To enjoy the Harry Hole novels, one must read them in sequence. The full force of "Phantom" will only be appreciated by doing that.
  • Beautiful_HarvBeautiful_Harv Posts: 9,144
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    Casey Kelleher- Rise and Fall
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    Sue_C wrote: »
    I've finished The Expats by Chris Pavone and have written about it on the other thread. I'm never sure whether to write an opinion on one, or the other, or both threads.

    I'm about to start 600 Hours of Edward by Craig Lancaster. Edward is 39 years old, lives alone and has Asperger's Syndrome.

    I am in the middle of this and I'm really enjoying it. It's gently funny and makes a lovely change from the many formulaic crime novels I read.

    It reminds me a little bit of 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night', which I also enjoyed.

    Coincidentally I also just finished 'Expats' too - it was OK but I wasn't overly impressed. By the time all the layers of confusion finally unravelled, I didn't really care what the ending was.
  • ShappyShappy Posts: 14,531
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    Just started Long Walk to Freedom.
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    Well Jasper Fforde didnt let me down and Unravelling was a great addition to the YA genre.

    Now I'm reading

    Print Book: Trick of the Dark - Val Mcdermid
    Kindle: Hushabye by Celina Grace.

    Enjoying both!
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    Just finished The 100 year old man who climbed out of the window. Really enjoyed it.

    Now onto Memories of Ice - Steven Erikson
  • GiraffeGirlGiraffeGirl Posts: 13,619
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    Just finished this. Let us know what you think

    I enjoyed it, probably one of the most enjoyable books I've read this year. I'm not sure it's the most amazing book I've ever read but I would seek out more by the author :)
  • Terrence ChantTerrence Chant Posts: 1,331,426
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    Sit Down And Cheer - Martin Kelner
  • ReddybookReddybook Posts: 281
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    The Cinderella Moment - Gemma Fox
    A case of mistaken identity in multitudes, bungling private detectives, a chance meeting with a handsome man on a train, leads to all sorts of trouble.
    I found this, a bit of giggle, despite that I didn't think I'd like it, but definetly a story to cheer you up.
    Takes place in and around Brighton.
  • dymafidymafi Posts: 775
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    Read Thomas Love Peacock's "Nightmare Abbey" in one sitting. Really enjoyed it. A pioneering satire of gothic/romantic novels of the early 19th century .. slightly mocking Byron and Shelley etc
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    Finished John Lanchester's "Capital" .. Don't be put off by the title .. yes the credit-crunch is a central theme but several enjoyable intertwined tales of people residing and working in the fictional leafy Pepys Road in London - and who is behind the mysterious We Want What You've Got campaign ?
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    Just finished The Shadow Prince - a story about Richard of York/Perkin Warbeck. I found it rather boring to be honest

    I'm just about to start The Queens Promise by Lyn Andrews - a story about Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII :)
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    I am currently reading The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte. I started to read it after watching the Sheila Hancock programme about the Bronte's. I thought it would be a bit of a hard read but I have been pleasantly surprised and I am totally hooked.
  • dymafidymafi Posts: 775
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    Finished Jack London's Call of the Wild ... works on several levels ..3 out of 5
  • Pea1Pea1 Posts: 383
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    I really enjoyed Sheila Hancock's programme about the Brontes.
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