What are you reading at the moment?

I’m currently reading The facts of Life by Patrick Gale.
And I loved The Names . I didn’t want it to end .

Sasta

ViceVersa

I've just started the next in the Slough House series (the books which the TV series Slow Horses is based on).

A brilliant series VisaVersa. Are the books as good, and are they following the theme of what was in the TV series or an are they new stories? Thank you!

Yes, they pretty much do. I really like the books.

I’m currently reading an Anne Cleeves book “A Bird in the Hand”. I have enjoyed just about everything she wrote, but can’t believe that this is the same writer who was responsible for ‘Vera’ and ‘Shetland’. It plods appallingly and none of the characters are likeable. I have also downloaded the first in a series of Jimmy Perez novels by her - based not in Shetland but Orkney.

ViceVersa

I've just started the next in the Slough House series (the books which the TV series Slow Horses is based on).

A brilliant series VisaVersa. Are the books as good, and are they following the theme of what was in the TV series or an are they new stories? Thank you!

calla15

monk08

Will be starting Married lies by Chris Collett no5 in the DI Mariner series read no4 yesterday.

Loved this series, shame there has been nothing since 2022 when we got No 9 in the series.

No 5 & 6 in the series just arrived so that's me sorted for the next few days, out this evening so will start them tomorrow.

The Ancient Near East by Amelie Kuhrt

A Jolly Cooper book Mount!
Used to read her earlier books back in the 1970s when commuting to work.

James OBrien: "How they Broke Britain" www.google.com/search?sca_esv=4521476c5740f22a&rlz=1C5CHFA_enGB790GB790&q=How+They+Broke+Britain:+The+Instant+Sunday+Times+Bestseller&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgFuLUz9U3SDI2LClT4tVP1zc0LC7OyzYvzzDRkspOttJPys_P1k8sLcnIL7ICsYsV8vNyKhexWnvklyuEZKRWKjgV5WenAsnMksTMPCuQmIJnXnFJYl6JQnBpXkpipUJIZm5qsYJTanFJcWpOTmoRAHhILDl2AAAA&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjT__689dmUAxU4REEAHR2uANIQ9OUBegQIHxAD&biw=1440&bih=770&dpr=2 Would recommend...

The Belle Fields and sequel Ashes of Roses by Lora Adams. Very descriptive of life above and below stairs in a "Big House" at the turn of the 19th/20th century. Plenty of twists and turns and not the ending I expected (or wished). Two very enjoyable reads.

Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie. Not an easy read, but worth it. Lots of history and sometimes very funny.

I love CJ Samson's books, grannybuy.
Spec1alk, Remarkable Creatures -what an interesting read, and an insight into the lives if women at the time.

Beautiful Family by Jennifer Trevelyan . It is set in New Zealand, easy to read and a good story.

Juliepat

Whitewavemark2
Have you tried Abe Books? Online second hand book shop.

Oh no I haven’t heard of them. I do try charity shops etc but I get addled looking at all the titles.

Thanks for that and for world of books elrel

I shall peruse forthwith😊

I find Abe Books and World of Books both very useful, books cheap, in good condition and quick delivery.

Whitewavemark2
Have you tried Abe Books? Online second hand book shop.

The Blue Hour by Lisa Jewell. Good.
Recommend The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon.

The hot weather has pretty much defeated me when I'm not dozing on antihistamines
I'm dipping in and out of some old Botany books on wild flowers .
I'm interested in herbalism .

Just enjoyed ‘Vianne’ by Joanne Harris, prequel to her ‘Chocolat’ which I may now re-read.

Before that I couldn’t put down ‘The Other Bennet Sister’ by Janice Hadlow - source of the recent tv series about Mary, the belittled middle sister in ‘Pride and Prejudice’.

This thread is really bad for my budget!!!

Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier. About Mary Anning and her discovery of fossils at Lyme Regis. Really enjoying this book.

A very thought provoking and rather difficult read.

Twopence, I read The Shack some years ago. It was so moving. I hope you enjoy it.

"The Shack" by William Paul Young

Dominion by C J Sanssom

I’m reading/re reading K A Atkinson. Jackson Brodie. I was so pleased to find one lurking in my bookshelf that I hadn’t read before.