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

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  • GortGort Posts: 7,460
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    The Martian by Andy Weir.

    Really enjoying this one, at least so far (about halfway through). Engaging, funny and inventive protagonist. It does help, seeing he's trapped on Mars all alone.
  • goldberry1goldberry1 Posts: 2,699
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    I'm half way through 'The Help' by Kathryn Stockett and I can't put it down - it's about the lives of black and white women in the early 1960s in Mississippi, race relations etc. It reminds me a bit of The Color Purple and made me want to
    read 'To Kill A Mocking Bird Again' - probably a women's book mainly - not sure - anyway can highly recommend it.
  • Beautiful_HarvBeautiful_Harv Posts: 9,144
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    Jane Fallon- The Ugly Sister
  • SULLASULLA Posts: 149,789
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    Winston Churchill's history of WW2.


    7 volumes.

    I am just over half way though volume 4 which covers 1942.

    Fascinating stuff. Inludes all his letters to and from characters like FDR and Stalin.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 376
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    Still reading Siege by Simon Kernick, also The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Penman.
  • d0lphind0lphin Posts: 25,321
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    Just started Rupture by Simon Lelic. I think it was recommended here by someone. I think I'm going to enjoy it :)
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 263
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    'Inferno' by Dan Brown
  • DolphinusDolphinus Posts: 245
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    David Nicholls - The Understudy
  • DoohDahDoohDah Posts: 257
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    I'm reading Elijah's Mermaid by Essie Fox.
  • jojo2008jojo2008 Posts: 4,910
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    The Affair- Lee Child
  • dymafidymafi Posts: 775
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    Finished J M Cotzee's Disgrace .. More can be learnt about the racial politics of South Africa by reading this novel than you can by watching the ongoing daily news pantomime surrounding Mandela's health. Brilliant
  • dymafidymafi Posts: 775
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    Kristina Ohlsson's Unwanted. Well plotted debut from another Swedish crime writer. Will be buying the folllow up SIlenced. Well rounded characters.
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    Finished reading The Biteback Dictionary of Humorous Political Quotations by Fred Metcalf. Ok collection .. Too much US influence for me.
  • daznov11daznov11 Posts: 4,025
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    Currently reading "Before I Go To Sleep" by S. J. Watson. Not very far into it but already hooked!
  • Anika HansonAnika Hanson Posts: 15,629
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    Ashes of midnight- Lara Adrian
  • SanguiniusSanguinius Posts: 1,723
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    Nearly finished The Wolf's Hour by Robert McCammon.
  • dymafidymafi Posts: 775
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    Finished Steak Diana Ross; Diary of a Football Nobody. Nostalgic look back at the life of the pro football player in the mid 70s including gallons of Watneys and Vauxhall Victors galore. This is the diary kept byd David McKay, Notts County's overweight midfielder of the period, now a respected contributor for Backpass, the best footy magh on the market.
  • mabbus-cattus1mabbus-cattus1 Posts: 5,777
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    Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay.

    Having just finished watching the first seven seasons of the tv show I was interested to see how the books compare. I've been told the first series is the only one the follows the book so am looking forward to reading more.
  • Sue_CSue_C Posts: 1,457
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    I've just started a new audiobook, Case Histories by Kate Atkinson. My first by this author, good so far.
  • welshsarahwelshsarah Posts: 5,082
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    Michael Jackson: The Magic and the Madness J. Randy Taraborrelli

    totaly amazing
  • TH14TH14 Posts: 11,719
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    The Last Temptation- Val McDermid
  • Beautiful_HarvBeautiful_Harv Posts: 9,144
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    Mel Sherratt- Behind a closed door
  • guernseysnailguernseysnail Posts: 18,922
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    peter James....Dead Man's Time...

    20 pages in and I'm hooked!
  • Daisy BennybootsDaisy Bennyboots Posts: 18,375
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    Early 20th century family literature at the moment...finished The Railway Children, The Secret Garden and just started Tarka the Otter.

    Didn't realise The Secret Garden's main theme was Christian science until I read about it.
  • Will_BennettsWill_Bennetts Posts: 3,054
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    Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay.

    Having just finished watching the first seven seasons of the tv show I was interested to see how the books compare. I've been told the first series is the only one the follows the book so am looking forward to reading more.
    So basically the plot only follows the first season?. I was worried that it would contain spoilers for every season I've only seen season 1.
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