What are you reading now?

I love to read autobiographies but having said that I am some what disappointed with the book I am reading at the moment ,Its RONNIE BARKERS biography .I thought it would tell more about his childhood ,its all about what plays ,films and who he as worked with over the years ,it is some what boring wouldn't recommend it .

I have just finished reading 'Fools of Fortune' by William Trevor. He is one of Ireland's best writers and I love anything written by him, but just a warning. It isn't a bundle of laughs!

I am also working my way through the Poldark novels. Currently on book 5. I love books that follow people through time and change and I'm totally hooked by these.

The Soldier's Wife by Joanna Trollope.

Quite good, but not as good as I thought it was going to be.
Rather snobby in parts which I found unpleasant - I don't believe that some 'other ranks' have sheets hanging at their windows in quarters rather than curtains .
But OK enough for me to want to finish it just to see what happens.

I think Margaret means the copy she has is a 'real' book!

I've been picking up books at Sainsburys, only £3.99, and some of them have been quite good. Have just finished a book called "The Bones of You" I think it's on the latest Richard and Judy list, quite good with a twist, the title almost put me off because I read a book a few years ago, called "The Lovely Bones" which heads up my list of worst books I have ever read. I have just started another "Little Black Lies" set in the Falkland Islands, unusual, 10 years or so after the conflict. Fairly promising start. My husband is reading Peter May's latest, "Coffin Road" which he tells me I'll like so I will start that next.

Richard Madeley's Some Day I'll Find You, surprisingly good. I've just bought the follow up too.

I am reading a quartet of books unlike anything I`ve read before, but enjoying them a lot. They`re set in medieval times, and each book is by a selection of authors, calling themselves The Medieval Murderers. I`ve read Sword of Shame and King Arthur`s Bones, now I`ve just started The Sacred Stone. Each book is in separate parts, starting with a Prologue, then 5 Acts, then an Epilogue, which is usually set in the present day. Different, but I like them.

Reading " Among the Olive Groves" by Chrissie Parker for the second time, in anticipation of my next trip to Zakynthos.

I've just finished " The Road to Little Dribbling" by Bill Bryson. I was a wee bit disappointed, as it was much more " fact - filled" than " Tales from a Small Island", so I missed the people stories.

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid is still one of my favourites.

TerriBull my eye was caught by your mention of Margaret Atwood. I've read a few if hers in the past but two stick in my mind. The Handmaids Tale, a terrifying story of a distopian future and a short story about a bottle of Evening in Paris perfume that did the rounds at Christmas being regifted over and over until everyone got it at least twice. I lent this one to a work friend years ago and never got it back. When I bought a new copy some time later this story was missing! Disappointed.

Currently reading Gone Girl and The Islamist but only just started that one so too early to give a review.

"The Angel Tree" by Lucinda Riley -a bit chick littie!

I'm hafway through that Anya and am finding it a bit disappointing, having read a couple of Jenny Eclair's books previously which I really enjoyed.

As you say, tastes differ, but I can't relate to any of the characters...

Just finished reading Jenny Eclair's 'Moving'

I'm always cagey about recommending good reads, because everyone's taste are do different, but this was one of the best I've read in a while and it's also in Richard and Judy's Spring 2016 book list.

Oops! Brain really gone awol! Of course it was Victoria Hislop! I am a bit worried about my memory. Perhaps I should be reading up on tricks to remember authors names!

GrannyGee, Victoria Hislop, not Kate Atkinson. I loved it.

Has anyone read 'Daisy McIntosh' by Roger Panton, or any of R. Panton's books?

I've read them all Anno- and enjoyed all of them in their own way and learnt so much. The Return was interesting although the story was a bit toooo 'coincidental'. Having visited Granada and seen the gipsy quarters from the hill near the Alhambra, it was really interesting to read about gipsies and flamenco during the Civil War.

Had a KOBO for Christmas, and DD downloaded a few Vince Flynn books. Not sure if I am going to stick with him yet. This morning found Diana Athill's book "Alive Alive Oh" for 99p, and I am enjoying that at the moment.
Sorry to hear that Sue Grafton's latest is not too good, as I have all of her books up to 'V', and loved them.

It's Victoria Hislop's best book in my opinion, Grannygee! Better than her latest one, the Sunrise, set in Cyprus.

The Thread by Kate Atkinson Really enjoyed it. Part of history I knew nothing about. Switches between olden days in Thessaloniki to second world war and multi cultural issues, particularly the way the holocaust affected the jews in Greece. Follows the story of a young girl who is separated from her mother whilst narrating the history of that time too

Still reading The Tenderness of Wolves, not been well so haven`t read as much as usual.

I am halfway through According to Yes by Dawn French. Not what I expected but very good so far.

I enjoyed that one granjura. Cyprus is beautiful and you should go. We went on an organised trip into Famagusta and walked on the beach.

After You by JoJo Moyes.

Just finished Victoria Hislop 'the Sunrise' about the history of partition in Cyprus in 1974 and the demise of the great resort of Famagusta- still a ghost town today. Victoria is very good at spinning a really good tale, and yet teaching you a lot about well-researched history. Totally put me off ever going to Cyprus (never been).

Just finished this! It was so funny, I kept laughing out loud and irritating my DH. Lovely book and can definitely recommend.