Do you like Phillipa Gregory who writes really popular royal /historical fiction?

Thank you -Im certainly intrigued enough to consider ordering it at my local library. 👍

I've not really been reading that much of late but I've recently picked up my kindle again.

Just started Crimson Shore by Preston and Child. Really enjoying it so far.

The Silent Sister - Diane Chamberlain.

I adore her Hilda. I'm up to date on her latest though so I'm glad I discovered weir. I love Elizabeth Chadwick too

Ratpack Confidential by Shawn Levy

Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr et al

Gardens of Water - Alan Drew - this was recommended on here earlier in the year and I've only just got round to it. I need to get my timing right so I can start a new book on Christmas Day!

House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz

To Kill A Mockingbird.

Beautifully written. Had a bit of a lull around a third of the way through but the trial is a page turner!

The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan, so far bloody brilliant!

Higgins, Taylor & Me - Jim Meadowcroft with John Hennessey

Awe your quite a sophisticated soul aren't you Sorcha? -Just like me! 😘😁

I do recommend you try getting your rocks off to a bit of tartan noir -Some great authors about like Caro Ramsay, James Oswald, Lin Anderson and Alex Gray. 👍

I've just finished "The house at Cold Hill" by Peter James..very good!!

This sounds perfect for Christmas:

The Dulwich Horror & Others - David Hambling


The area is where I used to live in London so it will have extra piquancy for me!

The Potato Eater: The raw true story of Padric, a gay hustler from the Bronx who spent 1941-1965 in and out of 20 prisons Kindle Edition
by Alison Leslie Gold (Author)

Sounds my sort of thing too.

I've heard great things about this author who I've not yet tried but he's heavily promoted by many shops including ASDA, Which Smith and Waterstones.

I was given this for Christmas last year and loved it. I was lucky enough to get the hardback copy which is very prettily presented and seemed to suit the story, somehow. I think i posted on it here at the time, very good read IMO, about an era and country of which I knew very little beforehand

A little sub section here!

Ive bought my Mum Tania Carvers latest thriller and Workhouse Girl by Maggie Hope- a writer of womens fiction Josephine Cox/Audrey Howard " style"

Maggie Ford or Hope!Cant remember and its now wrapped!

One of my friend recommend one book "One hundred years of solitude", I am planning to read it.

We could have had a new thread! I'll start one after Christmas for what books you got for Christmas!

Anyway, in answer to your question, the only book I have bought as a present is for my OH and it's Mud, Sweat and Tears by Bear Grylls - he only reads one book a year on holiday so he'll no doubt save it till August!

No-one in my family reads much except for me and my older son but he's getting all 3 Robert Galbraith books off my sister (I'll be borrowing the third one ) so I didn't get him any this year.

Cheek by Jowl: talks & essays on how & why fantasy matters ~ Ursula K. Le Guin

'The Man in the Picture' - Susan Hill. I like ghost stories at this time of year.

I bought some books for my cousin and his wife

A local history one by Robert Simper about boats and River Cottage Veg by Hugh Fernley wotsit.

I got Paul O Gradys biography for my Dad and Steve Coogans biography for my brother.

I'm currently reading Catching Fire - Susanne Collins