What are you reading?

[Daisy]

I seem to have lost the art of finding a good read at the moment. Can anybody recommend something they’ve enjoyed recently, please?

[Gemini]

Yes lots.!
When I get to my destination 😊

[Enfys]

I’ve been reading a lot of Peter James recently, having discovered detective/thriller books. Made a huge change for me. But today I have started to reread(for the umpteenth time) The Winthrop Woman by Anya Seton and I think I’ll work my way through her books again. An antidote to all the murders 😀. What genre do you enjoy Daisy?

[Plantaholic]

As you know, I use Audible books. I have just finished Kate Atkinson, Behind the Scene at the Museum and have just started a book by John Boyle.

[Oma]

I have been reading The Clara Andrews series by lacey London
They what I call a light read you know the type you don't have to think about too much
I've read 11 books in the series and enjoyed them , nothing high brow more holiday reading type , but sometimes that's what I like 😊

[Sum1Ls]

I can thoroughly recommend the William Brodrick books. They are detective stories but very different from the usual concept of these. The detective is Father Anselm, a monk who used to be a barrister (Brodrick is the reverse!) but while the stories are a puzzle, the themes are deeply moral with nuances of moral choices explored and dilemmas analysed. The quality of the writing is superb. The Sixth Lamentation is the first one followed by Gardens of the Dead.

Robert Goddard is another fine writer of what are called thrillers, Enigma is a particular favourite set in Bletchley Park - well plotted with good characterisation.

Other writers are Joanne Harris - I can recommend A Different Class. Then there’s Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín (I think that was made into a film) but all his books a excellent. And the superb Salley Vickers. You would particularly enjoy Cousins. And Rachel Hore writes super stories - not great literature but curl up and read by the fireside and lose yourself for a few hours. A bit like Joanna Trollope.

I know you would love Landmarks by Robert Macfarlane which is non fiction, and anything by Mary Beard if you are interested in Ancient Rome.

And I’d better stop there!

[Oma]

I enjoy anything by Mary Beard too , I don't think I have read any Joanna Trollope I will look on my Kindle and see , trouble is sometimes I have read so many books I either forget I have read them or who they were by 😊

[WeeGranny]

I'm always a bit hesitant to suggest reading material as people's likes are very different , but here are a few of my recent reads :
Erin Kelly : He said She said
Claire Mackintosh : I let you go.
Gillian Flynn : Sharp objects.
Jane Harper : The Dry
Force of Nature
Alison Bruce : Cambridge Blue.
Jim Kelly : any of his.

The last two authors are local to this area and so the places are recognisable!

[Plantaholic]

Thanks for those suggestions WG,

[Daisy]

Ladies - thank you all very much! I've got into a rut with reading - everything I choose seems the same, but with the winter looming ahead, I feel motivated to put effort into actually choosing as opposed to just clicking on pretty covers on Kindle. I've also got into a rut of only reading in bed at night when I'm too tired to ponder on thrillers/mysteries or complex plots. But long winter evenings beckon and I rarely find anything to watch on tv.

I'm going to make a list of all your suggestions and work through it. As WeeGranny says, people's tastes are very different, but there's a good variety of interesting sounding reads there. I also think my OH will like some of them - I know he'll love Sum1's suggestion of Enigma.

Any more additions to this lovely list are very welcome.

[Plantaholic]

I have made a note of the suggestions too Daisy.

[Gemini]

I have just finished The Sunday Lunch Club.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0746PJCZ4/ref=oh_aui_d_det1ailpage_o00_?ie=UTF8&psc=

I loved the whole concept of the lunches which permeate this book, something I would love to happen! I loved everything about this book, and I have to read a few books which don't contain murders, once in a while

I was reading and finished on the journey over here . The Other Me

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00LM9S8Y8/ref=oh_aui_d_detailpage_o00_?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Very different to the one I have just finished. Really good, hard to read in places, but worth it.


I love anything by Rachael Abbott, Angela Marsons, Robert Bryndza.

My tastes are varied and I am always reading something.

I will think more about some more recommendations,

[Avo]

I enjoyed the Sunday Lunch Club too! Currently reading Silent Fear by Lance & James Morcan which is really gripping tale set in a University for the deaf.

[Daisy]

It's fantastic to have suggestions about books you've really enjoyed. My trouble is knowing where to start with such a feast of literature.

[Gemini]

The book I have just finished, Our House by Louise Candlish was so good. It really gripped me from the beginning and there were so many unexpected twists and turns it kept me guessing throughout. I got it for 99p on Kindle daily deal, but it is not on offer at the moment.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B072M5S9XH/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1