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Friday reads

    I have just this minute finished Peter May's Entry Island and I'm pleased to report that, as you'd expect, it's a great read. Mr. C. will be glad to hear that he can now have it - he's been hovering eloquently, silently urging me to get to the end and hand it over. More on the book soon.

    Now, what to read next?

    While I browse the shelves, do please tell us what you will be reading this weekend.

31 January 2014 in Books - contemporary fiction, Detective fiction, Miscellaneous |

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Sharon Moreland

Reluctantly, The Alchemist. For a book club. It is reported to be a moral tale and I have no taste for moral tales. Can anyone encourage me? Sharon Moreland

Posted by: Sharon Moreland | 31 January 2014 at 04:39 PM

Cornflower

I read it years ago, Sharon, and can remember almost nothing about it - I may have missed its message!

Posted by: Cornflower | 31 January 2014 at 05:01 PM

Barbara MacLeod

A book lent to me by a friend: A Book of Silence by Sara Maitland. She looks at the many, many types and aspects of silence.

Posted by: Barbara MacLeod | 31 January 2014 at 05:36 PM

Sue

I shall be finishing the first The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie and hoping that The Vanishing Act of Esmé Lennox will arrive soon.

Posted by: Sue | 31 January 2014 at 07:19 PM

Sue

By Maggie O Farrell (I expect you knew that).

Posted by: Sue | 31 January 2014 at 07:20 PM

Claire

Offshore by the wonderful Penelope Fitzgerald.

Posted by: Claire | 31 January 2014 at 08:05 PM

Dark Puss

I assume you have no interest in technical reading! Other than that I will be continuing with the (so far) excellent Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passos.

Posted by: Dark Puss | 31 January 2014 at 08:47 PM

Cornflower

That's one I very much want to read; it sounds fascinating.

Posted by: Cornflower | 31 January 2014 at 10:18 PM

Cornflower

Excellent, Sue.

Posted by: Cornflower | 31 January 2014 at 10:19 PM

Cornflower

You're in good hands there, Claire.

Posted by: Cornflower | 31 January 2014 at 10:19 PM

Cornflower

I've never read him, but I'm glad the book's going well so far.
(By the way, you'll be pleased to hear that I put literature to one side and went to a concert this evening - I'll report tomorrow!)

Posted by: Cornflower | 31 January 2014 at 10:21 PM

Roxane Stoner

"The Dinner" by Herman Koch and still working on "The Luminaries" by Eleonor Catton. Just finished " Subtle Bodies" by Norman Rush and loved it. Happy reading

Posted by: Roxane Stoner | 31 January 2014 at 10:49 PM

Cornflower

The Luminaries is not one to be rushed!
Off to look up Subtle Bodies now.

Posted by: Cornflower | 31 January 2014 at 11:05 PM

Susan in TX

Hmmm. Just finished Portuguese Irregular Verbs by AMS and am pondering what to start February off with. I'm thinking it may be Joanna Trollope's Sense and Sensibility, perhaps along with Oliver Sacks Island of the Colorblind. I've got a few others that I'm eyeing, though...have to go read "flaps" and see which one moves me the most. :) Happy weekend to you!

Posted by: Susan in TX | 31 January 2014 at 11:41 PM

Chiara

Sarah Moss's Cold Earth, I loved Names for the Sea, and hoping this novel will be as enjoyable.

Posted by: Chiara | 01 February 2014 at 04:08 AM

Cornflower

I was at the launch of Portuguese Irregular Verbs some years ago - a hilarious evening!

Posted by: Cornflower | 01 February 2014 at 09:28 AM

Cornflower

I have Cold Earth waiting, and like you, enjoyed Names for the Sea very much - also Night Waking.

Posted by: Cornflower | 01 February 2014 at 09:29 AM

Barbara

The Goldfinch. A long book but I'm whizzing through!

Posted by: Barbara | 01 February 2014 at 10:13 AM

Cornflower

Great! I have it waiting, but not sure I'm in the mood for it just now.

Posted by: Cornflower | 01 February 2014 at 01:45 PM

Dorothy

I have just finished 'Saul and Patsy' by Charles Baxter. This was my third book from my TBR pile. This going to be slow going.....

Posted by: Dorothy | 01 February 2014 at 02:29 PM

Cornflower

Well done, Dorothy, slow and steady wins the race!

Posted by: Cornflower | 01 February 2014 at 03:28 PM

Moira

I'm re-reading Jane Eyre after MANY years. Bristol Old Vic are putting it on as two plays and I thought I'd go back to the text before seeing the shows.

Posted by: Moira | 01 February 2014 at 07:24 PM

Moira

Lovely and inspiring book

Posted by: Moira | 01 February 2014 at 07:25 PM

Chris

On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Ian Fleming, I'm working my way through a pile of James Bond novels found hidden in a cupboard.

Posted by: Chris | 01 February 2014 at 07:51 PM

Margaret Powling

I have just finished Sophia Tobin's The Silversmith's Wife (an exceptionally good first novel) and am now reading Catherine Bailey's The Secret Rooms (non-fiction.

Posted by: Margaret Powling | 01 February 2014 at 08:34 PM

Cornflower

Good idea, Moira.

Posted by: Cornflower | 01 February 2014 at 10:00 PM

Cornflower

My goodness!

Posted by: Cornflower | 01 February 2014 at 10:01 PM

Cornflower

The Secret Rooms is on my wish list - it sounds great.

Posted by: Cornflower | 01 February 2014 at 10:01 PM

EllenB

through an amazing twist of fate I took Peter May's The Black House out of the library today. Your post appears to endorse my decision!

Posted by: EllenB | 02 February 2014 at 05:15 AM

Cornflower

Oh good! Thanks, Ellen.

Posted by: Cornflower | 02 February 2014 at 02:44 PM

LizF

I am about a third of the way through Phil Rickman's The Magus of Hay - the latest Rev. Merrily Watkins book and loving it - I have read all the others with great enjoyment but this is shaping up to be one of the best yet.
However since it is also a bit too creepy for me to read at night (too active an imagination I'm afraid), I am also reading Pat Barker's Regeneration and appreciating it much more than I did when I last attempted it years ago.

Posted by: LizF | 03 February 2014 at 10:13 AM

Cornflower

I like the sound of the Merrily Watkins books, but I hope they are not too scary!

Posted by: Cornflower | 10 February 2014 at 11:03 AM

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