what are you reading at the moment

[eleanor2]

i am reading a book written by a christian who specialises in marraige and the family.rob parsons who runs a charity called care for the family.i am finding it very interesting actualy.i am seeing things written that i say wow that was us.i wished i had read it years ago.one point he makes especially for the family is.yo cant have those special days agian.you cant go back and attend missed concerts or parents evening.chats and stroy times with the children. on marraige dont get into the habit of not communicating with your spouse.many couples forget to sit quietly and have positive conversation.they dont make time for each other.what are you reading at the moment tell us a bit about it.

[Gentian]

I'm reading "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown. I can't put it down, but know it is only a clever manipulation of information he has gleaned.

[dinger]

I am reading a book by Josephine Cox called Born Bad . Have'nt got into it far enough yet to give an opinion but do usually like her books as she bases quite a few of them around Bedfordshire. Has anyone else read it?.x

[Crocus]

Not a whole lot of time to read - I'm quite tired when I go to bed because of visiting sis!

[dragonfly]

I have just started Josephine Cox - Take this Woman. I've not read Born Bad Dinger.

I have just finished reading Congo Kitabu by Jean-Pierre Hallet. It is a true account of his years in the Belgian Congo until they were kicked out in 1960. It was fascinating as I didn't know much about the history of Africa and as we have an RM family in South Africa I wanted to know more about it.

[dinger]

I read Take This Woman before starting this one D F . She has also got another new book out called Divorced And Deadly so am looking forward to reading that .

[Gentian]

i had forgotten about Josephine Cox, must find one. I have finished the Lost Symbol and wouldn't recommend it.

[eleanor2]

gen what didnt you like about lost symbol.....
i have noticed lots of josephine cox books in the charity shops.i have never read one of her books.are they unputdownable ladies.

[dinger]

I have read them all ell and yes find them hard to put down .I have just this minute finished reading Born Bad so look forward to finding another of her's . Another writer I enjoy is Kitty Dean her books are also hard to put down.

[Katelb]

I have just finished 'Daughters of the Moon' by Susan Sallis,I couldn't put it down either it is about twins who are totally different and how their lives intertwine.

[Gentian]

I've just started The Journey by Josephine Cox

[Crocus]

At the moment I'm reading The Rose Revived by Katie Fforde. I quite like her books when I want to relax. x

[dinger]

I am just reading Keep The Home Fires Burning by Anne Baker not a bad read .

[eleanor2]

i have had some books tonight.bought one from a charity shop and d.f has has 2 brill books she has borrowed off mum.the white queen by philippa gregory and a kate moss book.now i just need time to read and hope d.f hurries up and reads these books so i can read them next.

[Pippa]

Howards End is on the Landing by Susan Hill, a year of reading from home. All about reading books you have at home on your shelves that you have never read, lots of reminders of old favourites.

[jazzactivist]

I have loads of books at home that I have read, and haven't read. I probably never need to go to a bookshop or the library ever again, but of course I will as buying books is one of my great pleasures in life! I am currently reading Pontoon by Garrison Keillor. Like his other novels, it is set in the fictional, sleepy, American town of Lake Woebegon and is about a lively elderly woman who dies and leave a set of intriguing instructions for her cremation. Through these her daughter and grandson discover that she led a very different life to even the NTN one that they knew. He writes very beautifully. OH has just finished that Susan Hill book, Pippa.

[Crocus]

We've got a lovely bookshop in town here where you can buy very good 2nd hand books, and if you have a book or two you want to sell, it comes of the price of the books you want to buy. She's planning on expanding her shop as well. She has a very wide range of topics, fiction, literature, history, travel, politics, religion, name it, it's there. It's a small shop, but very well organised so it's a real treat to browse about in there. Sorry, this is off topic, but I like browsing about in her shop. I'm trying to find books by Flora Thompson, but nor the library or this bookshop have anything on here. Will keep on searching though. x

I'm also still busy reading "Talking for Britain" in between other reads as it's not a novel, more 'research', so ongoing and I love it. x

[cindy]

I have just finished Winter in Madrid by CJ Sansom. It is about the Spanish civil war and the part Spain played in WW11. Sounds boring but it was an excellent novel and taught me a lot about Franco etc.

[Gentian]

I picked up "Shutter Island" a free Telegraph offer from Waitrose, so that is my next novel. Almost finished Josephine Cox "The Journey" - it made me cry last night.

[dinger]

I am almost on the last few pages of my Kathleen Dayus Omnibus book containing
"Her People" "All My Days " "Where There's Life" "The Best Of Times" It is a lovely read telling about this ladies life from 1903 living in Birmingham. I have loved this book as I have her others .I have found it hard to put down and every spare minute keep picking it up .

[souter girl]

I loved "Winter in Madrid "and as you say, you learn a lot from it.

[eleanor2]

i have bought a joanne harris book.three quarters of an orange.it is all based in France.i am really into it.it is a lot about french cuisine at the moment.but there is a dark secret slowly unravelling.i bough it from a charity shop.when i opened it on the plane i noticed it is a signed copy.good eh.she is the one who wrote chocolat

[Crocus]

I've just started "My heart is my own" by John Guy - "a biography that reads as thrillingly as a detective story" according to The Sunday Times. It's about the life of Mary, Queen of Scots. It's rather a thick book so will keep me busy quite a while. I've just finished a more relaxed book from Katie Fforde - "The Rose Revived'.

[eleanor2]

wow this joanne harris 5 quarters of an orange is fantastic.real unputdownable.anyone who has an estranged relationship with thier mum might like to read this and have empathy.