Yes, I listed it as one of my top 14 books (it was supposed to be top 10 books but found that impossible!). Well done for trying it anyway even if you find it isn't really for you

An excellent read, I don't think I've ever heard a bad review of this one.

A film version will be out next year with Dominic cooper and Thandi Newton so I expect it to be everywhere then.

Of Mice and Men, really enjoying it so far.

I'm struggling through Gunmetal Magic by IIona Andrews. It's a shame because I love her Kate Daniels series, but this one I've just found tedious.

I'm currently reading Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

I really enjoyed this book,how are you finding it?

Kiss the Girls by James Patterson. Can't believe it's taken me so long to read these!

I'm really enjoying it as well, I'm currently about a third of the way through.

'A Storm of Swords - Part 1' by GRR Martin - Just started re-reading this. Working my way through A Song of Ice & Fire again in the hope the next one will be out at some point in my lifetime!

Broken by Karin Slaughter.

It's Not A Rehearsal, The Autobiography ---- Amanda Barrie

Back from holiday - used the kindle a bit!

Read Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming (which I didn't enjoy as much as Casino Royale) and One Night Only by Sue Welfare (really enjoyed this and has a good twist).

Am now reading B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton.

Just finished No Time For Goodbye by Linwood Barclay - it was quite a decent thriller. Starting Me Before You now in time for my holiday, it gets such a lot of hype about how 'feel-good' it is, I'm hoping at the very least it's funny

Bloodline by Mark Billingham

I need cheering up so I've started reading Bill Bryson's 'Neither Here Nor There ' again.

Eliza Graham- The History Room

Finished reading Restoration Lady by Sue Allan last night. Really enjoyed it, especially as it has many local connections. Hoping to read the first two in the trilogy soon, Mayflower Maid and Jamestown Woman.

Have just started reading Living in Hope, also by Sue Allan. She's a fabulous author and I had the pleasure of meeting her at a talk she gave last year about Lady Rose Hickman, the subject of her book Tudor Rose.

That's a tough read but good - I strongly recommend the sequel


Oooh thank you - I didn't know. The book still haunts me - keep thinking about it


I've still not got round to reading this so thank you for the nudge!

I've just finished reading Girl with the Pearl Earring by Tracey Chavalier. It is slow-paced and languid yet events move forwards almost without you noticing. She captures the atmosphere and cultural norms very well. I've not seen the film.

Catching Fire, about a third way through it, was weary because people keep on saying it's not as good as the first book. Obviously unlike when I read the first book I just Picture Jennifer Lawrence, Woody, Donald Sutherland and EB, as the characters, oddly enough, not the same with Katniss' love interests.

Have just bought the whole series. I read Fractured, then bought Broken, not realising there was a whole series! Have read the blurb for Fallen, and can't wait to read it! I'm really tempted to read that, then start them in order.

The Tremor of Forgery by Patricia Highsmith

Nothing's really happened yet but I'm enjoying it.

11.22.63 by Stephen King. Been a few years since I even attempted a King novel as Lissey's Story defeated me. Really enjoying this one though, got about 100 pages left to go.

I loved it, glad you're enjoying it.

I've jumped on the bandwagon and I'm about halfway through 'the Night Circus'. Not really enjoying it as such but I've read worse.

I've finished 11.22.63 now and I did enjoy it would like to try some other King at some point (I've read Carrie and The Shining before)

I've just finished listening to Neverwhere, written and read by Neil Gaiman. I much prefer to listen to audiobooks rather than read at the moment despite a having a pile of paperbooks and numerous books on my Kindle to get through.

I thought that the idea of "London Below" was original and I enjoyed all the London references. I also thought that the theme of the real-life invisibility of homeless people in London was good. The story itself was a bit predictable but enjoyable all the same. The one thing that jarred with me was Gaiman's constant references to sidewalks and elevators instead of pavements and lifts. We're talking about London and you're British for goodness sake! All in all I enjoyed Neverwhere more than American Gods and as much as Stardust.

My next listen is The Poison Tree by Erin Kelly. I chose this on the spur of the moment so I hope it's good.

I've downloaded The Golden Hour by William Nicholson to my Kindle, mainly because it keeps popping up at me whenever I go on the Amazon website, and it was cheap because it's in their Reading Marathon promotion. I'm a bit put off by the Simon Bates title but the first couple of chapters seem quite good and it's different to anything else I've read lately - the traumas of being middle class and living in leafy Middle England!