What are you reading

[Nigel-YZ1]

The Last Kingdom: Bernard Cornwell.
Very detailed as is his style but I'm just not bothered about taking on a long series at the moment. So this one went in the book exchange shelf at the hotel in Cyprus. So I'm digging in the box at home tonight, or will look for something second hand on Amazon.
I got an Alan Alda autobiography for a penny+postage from there last year.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

At work, before starting/on meal-breaks, bought last week
Just got to the Chernobyl chapter



At home, I picked it up yesterday morning, from a box on a ward, & made the requisite donation to Ward funds
I've only read one of his before; Dynamite Kid (his first book)

 

[Steve398]

I'm into John Connolly books, a series involving Charlie Parker. An unusual mix of PI investigations, a couple of gay hitmen, two gorillas named the Fulchi brothers, and a storyline that involves the spectres of his murdered wife and daughter. It sounds weird but runs smoothly, hooking you into reading late into the night until your eyes won't focus!

 

[swee'pea99]

Sebastian Barry, Days Without End. The best book I've read since I can't remember when. Just astonishing writing - down to earth but sublimely poetic, all at the same time.

 

[postman]

James Patterson PRIVATE my son left me 12 of them down to only five now.

 

[Michael45]

Right now: How to find friends and influence people by Dale Carnagie

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Ack-Ack Macaque by Gareth Powell.

Been meaning to read this for ages - finally I have gotten round to it. Good fun book. Trilogy (1200 pages) was a bargain on Amazon Kindle.

 

[Grant Fondo]

On a Grander Scale. Christopher Wren bio. Title appears to refer to the length of the book rather than his architecture. Should be finished by Chrismas 2025 or so

 

[Levo-Lon]

Joy Ellis
Crime on the Fens.
Superb crime book with another 7 in the series.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

Area 51 series by Robert Doherty

Great sci-fi / conspiracy / mystery fiction series that has one story that explains and links every mystery in the world from the pyramids to Easter Island heads to indescipherable languages to the real fate of Atlantis.

Far fetched, yes. Enjoyable roller coaster of an adventure, absolutely. I love these (nine) books!

 

[Tenacious Sloth]

After a few recent disappointing reads, I’ve returned to an old favourite.

Piece of Cake by Derek Robinson

The book follows Hornet Squadron through the Phoney War of 1939 and the Battle of Britain in 1940. I really enjoy the razor sharp wit exhibited by both the characters and the author, combined with enlightening historical accuracy about the obsolete tactics employed by Fighter Command at the time.

Highly recommended. Treat yourself. 10/10

 

[C R]

The Long Cosmos. The final book of the Long Earth series. It is ok, but struggling to keep my interest.

 

[oldwheels]

The Secret Diary of Henrik Groen Aged 84 1/4. Life in a Dutch Care Home. A bit depressing but the critics thought it was very funny. I wonder if they actually read it.

 

[perplexed]

1864

Interesting book about the Danish - Prussian war, which some apparently argue set the early stirrings of WW1 in place. I can't confirm what I think to this premis, I haven't finished it yet. It was used as a basis for a foreign language drama on BBC4 a year or two back. I must confess I'd barely heard of this war until relatively recently.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I have been on a binge of Japanese crime novels. Read some classics by Seicho Matsumoto - A Quiet Place is very good indeed. Currently reading everything by Keigo Higashino. I like his 'Detective Galileo' series but his rather more weighty stand-alone novel, Under the Midnight Sun is excellent.