General busy-ness has kept me away from here these past few days, but I wanted to put up a short post before the week is out to find out what everyone is reading just now.
I'm deep in Jane Eyre* at the moment and loving it, and Mr. C. is similarly engrossed in his copy, so I'd recommend it if you haven't read it for some time.
If I can fit in some non-fiction soon I think it will be The Shepherd's Life: A Tale of the Lake District
That's me for now, but please do tell us about your weekend reading if you have a moment.
*our Book Group book this month.
I'm reading The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield and also just started H is for Hawk.
I also got a copy of The Royal We at the library--heir to the British throne marries an American and it has an alternate Royal history (I think Edward VII's first-born doesn't die so there is no George V). The authors run GoFugYourself.com, which is my daily escape reading so I hope it's good.
Posted by: Joanne | 17 April 2015 at 09:58 PM
Yesterday I started Vasili Grossman's 'An Armenian Sketchbook'. Only a few pages in just now but I think it's a good choice.
Posted by: cath | 17 April 2015 at 10:01 PM
Jane Eyre! It's been much too long since my last read. So glad to have the chance to discuss this fabulous book.
Posted by: Lory @ Emerald City Book Review | 17 April 2015 at 10:49 PM
The Farm by Tom Rob Smith. Excellent. Read it in one go over a few hours. A page-turner!
Posted by: Rose | 18 April 2015 at 07:14 AM
Just finished Jane Eyre (which I thought I'd read years ago but probably didn't) and now reading another Alice Hoffman, Blue Diary.
Posted by: Liz | 18 April 2015 at 09:55 AM
Just started The Steady Running of the Hour by Justin Go. So far, so good.
Posted by: Dorothy | 18 April 2015 at 12:40 PM
Bellman Black is absorbing and very well written.but somehow I don't think all will end happily; I can't put it down!
Posted by: Jane from Dorset | 18 April 2015 at 03:20 PM
I am reading Jane Eyre at the moment and the next book on my list is Wide Sargasso Sea.
Posted by: Ursula | 18 April 2015 at 05:04 PM
I have just embarked upon Bleak House - I may be a while!! I re-read Jane Eyre at Christmas and absolutely loved it. I viewed it quite differently aged 50 than in my teens when I first read it. An interesting comparison and a good illustration how life changes you.
Posted by: Anne B-A | 18 April 2015 at 06:04 PM
I'm reading Henrietta Who? Shades of Agatha Christie and very enjoyable.
Posted by: Mystica | 19 April 2015 at 04:12 AM
Just finished Simon Wroe's Chop Chop from the Costa shortlist 2014 - the cover caught my eye in the library - which is a fiction set in a professional kitchen. Despite a promising and amusing first half, the final half was somewhat lacking for my tastes.
Jane Eyre is 70% done and, like Ursula, I have Wide Sargasso Sea lined up - a few sneaky peaks have already got me thinking it could be a vibrant read.
Posted by: Spade & Dagger | 19 April 2015 at 10:00 AM
I picked up the new Donna Leon, Falling in Love, on Friday. I was looking forward to a nice quiet weekend of reading, but chaos reigns! I'll be lucky to finish it by next weekend!
Posted by: Joan Kyler | 19 April 2015 at 01:55 PM
Currently I'm reading Jane Eyre... might not make it to the finish line because I'm at the point where I always just want to stop. Alternating it with Michael Nethercott's The Haunting Ballad -- with Beat poets, Irish balladeers, and a mystery in Greenwich Village in the 1950s. Quite the rollicking contrast!
Posted by: rj | 20 April 2015 at 03:57 AM
I spent most of my (little!) reading time this past weekend reading short stories--I have been reading one story a week from Infinite Riches--a collection of stories by women (published by Virago originally) and it is most excellent! This weekend's story was by Attia Hosain, who is new to me, but now I must investigate her work. And I have also been reading a book by Eshkol Nevo called Homesick which is really good, too! Life has been crazy lately but I hope to get back to my blog reading routine and can't wait to catch up here and see what you have been reading--already I see books I must note down... :) Hope you are well, Cornflower!
Posted by: Danielle | 21 April 2015 at 05:08 AM
Yep I am totally emersed in Jane Eyre and inbetween time carried away by a certain Ross Poldark. I found I just had to re read the book along with the stunning TV adaption just to keep me busy LOL.
Posted by: Alison | 22 April 2015 at 06:08 AM
I loved it, Jane!
Posted by: Cornflower | 22 April 2015 at 08:18 AM
In answer to a few of the comments above, Jane Eyre is much longer than I'd remembered it to be!
Posted by: Cornflower | 22 April 2015 at 08:19 AM
I hope all will be calmer soon, Joan.
Posted by: Cornflower | 22 April 2015 at 08:20 AM
Just started A Thousand Acres, Jane Smiley, only a few chapters in but early signs 'an outstanding read', enjoying it very much. Have My Beautiful Friend on order, The Neapolitan Trilogy, Ferrante.
Posted by: Rose | 05 May 2015 at 10:28 PM