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I am currently reading anything by Marie Force on my kindle. Just love her writing style and her books are really enjoyable. On the lighter side but I have enough heavy stuff at work!!
Also read the Tea Rose Trilogy recently, great series.

Well, amazing, I have two books on the go, Lewis Man is one, same as you Silverdarling, and Game of Thrones same as you Ferociousfleur. One is upstairs for reading in bed and the other is downstairs for quick dips into during the day. Both excellent. Also spend time on here reading threads, love the 5:2 Lab with all the nerdy stuff!

I'm reading To kill a mockingbird . It's my all time favourite and I read it every couple of years.

I LOVE that book, too! We saw my friend's daughter playing Scout at the Regents Park open air theatre in May - it was brilliant!

I am reading Gervase Phinn's "Little Angels" which as given to me by a pupil at the end of term - very funny!

I'm finally reading Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. It took me a while to get into it and I have no idea where it's going but it is a brilliant book.

Julieathome not sure whether its science fiction but have you read The Passage, Justin Cronin?

Julieathome - this was a great idea for a thread!

Chook - thanks for mentioning the 'L' word (LIBRARY) - they need people to use them at the moment (I should know, as a librarian in a public library in UK) and the best thing is they provide an easy no-cost way of trying a new author out.

Judio - wow, just proves what a small world it is these days, Peter May is being read on the other side of the world ...

Ballerina, we await your next piece of writing with bated breath ...

Silverdarling - I have to say I love going to the library. It brightens my day to come away with a little pile of books and if I don't like a particular read, I know I haven't wasted any money. We need libraries to remain open.

I'm finally reading Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. It took me a while to get into it and I have no idea where it's going but it is a brilliant book.

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Thought Cloud Atlas to be a beautiful creation...after reading it I went back and read all of David Mitchell's corpus. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is particularly fine.

Just finished re-reading The Bell Jar by genius Plath.

I was reading Timeline by Michael Crichton, as I don't remember how it finished. However, as I don't find it particularly well written, I don't think I'm ever going to find out how it finished.
I've got another Lee Child lined up on the tablet, but heard an interview with Richard Madely about his new book, 'Some Day I'll find you'. It's a lightweight read, but ideal for a sunny day in the garden.
After that, I have Pride and Prejudice.
You have reminded of To Kill a Mockingbird, which I last read...oh, maybe quite a few year ago! I'll have to buy that one next.

Something a bit different to everybody else, I love to read science type books.

I'm reading 'The Planet in a Pebble' by Jan Zalasiewicz. Looking at a pebble from a Welsh beach it delves into the it's formation, right back to the 'big bang' and galaxies and stars to the Earth. From the atoms in the pebble to changes in the continents, tiny Silurian fossils etc. So far I've reached the part where the mud was forced deep within the mantle and is now turning into rock.

Is it good? I think it's brilliant, for me it's a can't put down book but not everyone's cup of tea.

I just finished What Have I Done? by Amanda Prowse and really gripping book, I was completely hooked and wish I hadn't read it before I went away!

I have just stated The One You Love by Emma Holden (its not chicklit!) it a suspense mystery but its a bit slow at the moment

I'm also a Stephen Leather fan & reading the 10th Spider Shepherd book True Colours as well as Matilda by Tracy Borman ( on TV this morning speaking about the royal birth) who was the wife of William the Conqueror.

I need to read more. Wish I could make myself dedicate more time to something I used to enjoy as a child. Sorry - this doesnt quite add to the topic!

Another lover of public libraries here. I do some volunteering in our library nearby since I retired from a library career. It is very heavily used. Our libraries have a noble heritage of educating and entertaining us all.

Lets not allow governments everywhere to tell us that libraries, museums, good public education, etc. are luxuries we can't afford--we can't afford not to support them!

Underground Overground - A passenger's history of the tube by Andrew Martin. It's good if you like that sort of thing, not too technical, full of history and particularly interesting if you travel on the tube every day.

The Long Goodbye By Anne Tyler.I like her books,they are a bit quirky-definitely not run of the mill.