What Book are You Reading Now?

[Gill-b]

I recommend any Discworld novel by Sir Terry Pratchett.

@TOMTE - another Pratchett fan.

 

[AntiqueB]

Neil Gaiman is also very good.

 

[casportpony]

I just picked up If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura.

 

[Devyn Nagy]

I just picked up If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura.

Intriguing! I would have a lot less allergies.

 

[thecatumbrella]

Giving this thread CPR because I want book recommendations, please!

For me, I just started The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.

 

[Sally PB]

I'm reading: Spook, by Mary Roach. (I will read ANY book she writes. About anything. They've all been great.)

Recently read: The Names, by Florence Knapp. Excellent. And a debut novel too.

 

[thecatumbrella]

I'm reading: Spook, by Mary Roach. (I will read ANY book she writes. About anything. They've all been great.)

Recently read: The Names, by Florence Knapp. Excellent. And a debut novel too.

I added The Names to my wishlist!

 

[Callender Girl]

Glad to see this thread revived!

After years of promising myself that I would (because I never miss an episode of the current series on PBS), I finally read "All Creatures Great and Small" last week and totally enjoyed it.

I have an eclectic range of reading materials (and, more than 700 books in my home library. Online is great, but I love REAL books).

My favorite modern fiction writers are Minnesotan William Kent Krueger (whose Sheriff Cork O'Connor solves murders mainly in northern Minnesota and incorporates actual places I've visited) and the very British Rosamunde Pilcher (whose novels, set in Cornwall, make me want to travel there).

My favorite classic is Pearl S. Buck's "The Good Earth," which I got an an auction where I snagged a couple of boxes of books that were being sold from a middle school library. I still haven't read them all, but there are books by Austen, Thomas Hardy, Jack London, Cervantes and Twain.

Also, I enjoy reading about British monarchs of the past. "Rival Queens" by Kate Williams, which I read earlier this month, details the relationship between Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots, her cousin, which ended tragically for Mary.

 

[Sally PB]

I added The Names to my wishlist!

It was a "read with Jenna" pick (I think...?) Also on her list was Chain Gang All Stars, which was another debut novel, and also excellent.

I have not liked books that Oprah picked (sorry, just didn't), but Jenna and I seem to have similar tastes in fiction.

 

[Perris]

Also, I enjoy reading about British monarchs of the past.

if you don't already know it, you might enjoy Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel then
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Hall
Set a generation earlier, the monarch involved is Henry VIII.