What are you reading now... II!

[Stuart Wallis]

I didn't think so carrying it all the way back from the library!

You're right though, it's a surprisingly simple read, given that Russian novelists of that era tend to have a reputation for being tough to get your head round.

[SiHart]

I'm reading Picture Perfect by Jodi Picoult. It's not my kind of thing at all, but the reading group will probably like it.

[Andrew Curnow]

I'm on a bit of a roll at the moment - over the past couple of weeks I've finished off Eric Sykes' autobiography, and Elisabeth Sladen's.

I've also just finished the new Sherlock Holmes book, The House of Silk, which was extremely good, both in terms of capturing the style of the originals and also as a book in its own right. The plot is shocking, although I was at least pleased with myself for guessing the truth about halfway through (not to mention picking up on SILC). I hope Anthony Horowitz is contracted to do another one!!

And I've now started on a biography of Dave Allen - maybe I'll finally found out how he lost his finger!!

[SiHart]

The Old House on the Corner by Maureen Lee. It's a bit of a saga.

[Jeff]

The Old House on the Corner by Maureen Lee. It's a bit of a saga.

I'd like to imagine that it's a total rip off Laura Ingall Wilder's classic, The Little House on the Prairie, except set in an old house instead of a little house, and on a corner instead of in a prairie...

[Rob McCow]

I was hoping for an adult version of 'The Village With Three Corners' featuring Billy Blue Hat.

I've got The Slap! by Christos Tsiolkas. That'll teach me.

[Stuart Wallis]

Ah!... The Slap! That'll teach me to pay attention!

[Rob McCow]

Well, the thread is 'What are you reading now... II!' not 'What STD do you have now... II!'

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[Stuart Wallis]

The world was not prepared for the first of those threads!

[Alex]

I've just started The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen. I've had it for years, and when I first started reading it I only got about 8 pages in before giving up on it. But this time I'm loving it, and raced through the first 100 pages in a day.

[SiHart]

I read Magic of the Angels by Jac rayner in 20 minutes yesterday and today I have started Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich

[Rob McCow]

It was hard going, but in the end 'The Slap' was quite satisfying.

What on earth am I going to read next?!

[Jon Masters]

A satisfying trip to a couple of S-H-bookshops has yielded The Conan Chronicles by Robert E Howard, and a collection of new Sherlock Holmes stories called The Game's Afoot.

[Nyder]

Currently reading (and relishing!) “Never The Bride” by Paul Magrs. Really enjoying the adventures of Brenda & Effie as they try to discover the sinister secrets behind The Deadly Boutique. I hadn’t read anything about the book beforehand, so I’m intrigued by Brenda’s “secret” about who she really is. She keeps dropping little hints, so I’m looking forward to seeing how this develops. I now feel like booking into a Whitby B&B and playing bingo at The Christmas Hotel!

[Larry]

just finished reading 11./22/.1963 - by Steven King. it's been a very long time since I read one of his books and I thoroughly enjoyed it .and at 700 + pages in length it'd a typicaly long King book .

[Stuart Wallis]

Elisabeth Sladen's autobiography.

[SiHart]

Loved the Evanovich- always a pleasure. Next up The Islanders by Christopher Priest.

[Jon Masters]

a collection of new Sherlock Holmes stories called The Game's Afoot.

Well, three read so far and three misses - clearly writing a good SH short is not as easy as it might look.....

[Rob McCow]

It's a mystery - how to write well for Sherlock Holmes.

I'm reading Greybeard by Brian Aldiss.

[Paul Clement]

I've just finished Pierre Boule's Planet of the Apes and am now reading John Wyndham's The Chrysalids.

[duncan]

Alan Sugar - The Way I see it.

[Paul Clement]

Chrysalids is now done and I'm reading Raymond Chandler's, The Big Sleep.

[Dirk Gently]

Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone. (Sorcerer's Stone for those over the pond).

[MinaHarker]

The Salmon of Doubt. Such a shame, it was shaping up to be the best Dirk Gently yet.

[SiHart]

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