What Are You Reading? August 2012

MLE (Emily Cotton) · Post by **MLE (Emily Cotton)** » Tue August 14th, 2012, 7:36 pm

I just got Hawk Quest in the mail. And I have Night Circus on my kindle (book club read for next month). But I still have the last third of Hollick's Forever Queen to go, and it's good. And of course, my excellent research book. Hmm, what to read next?

Madeleine · Post by **Madeleine** » Wed August 15th, 2012, 9:12 am

I'm with you on the whittling down of the tbr piles, Faith. I've decided to try to do mine -very slowly! - and made a start on a very small pile last night. There were more books in the pile than I thought, and to my delight one of them was Rory Clements' "Revenger", which I thought was well hidden in one of the stacks. So that's now right at the top, as I loved "Martyr" and have the next one to read. Now if I could find C J Sansom's "Sovereign", that would be even better!

Vanessa · Post by **Vanessa** » Thu August 16th, 2012, 9:52 am

I'm about to start The Girl on the Stairs by Louise Welsh, a book I've been sent to review.

J.D. Oswald · Post by **J.D. Oswald** » Thu August 16th, 2012, 12:55 pm

Someone lent me The Winter Ghosts by Kate Mosse, but I struggled to get into it, so I've picked up The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt, which I bought ages ago in a fit of Booker enthusiasm. I'm enjoying it so far.

EC2 · Post by **EC2** » Thu August 16th, 2012, 1:04 pm

Gave up on A Discovery of Witches because it was just hanging round and I had become disenchanted and annoyed with the main characters. I'm fascinated though by how controlling men seem to be in the sought after ascendant in fiction at the moment.
Now reading a modern thriller as an antidote. Back of Beyond by C. J. Box. I need to realign my compass before I head back into historical themes.

TiciaRoma · Post by **TiciaRoma** » Fri August 17th, 2012, 2:53 am

The Physician, by Noah Gordon

MLE (Emily Cotton) · Post by **MLE (Emily Cotton)** » Fri August 17th, 2012, 5:03 am

[quote=""TiciaRoma""]The Physician, by Noah Gordon[/quote]
I'm reading that too. What do you think of it so far?

Ludmilla · Post by **Ludmilla** » Fri August 17th, 2012, 2:11 pm

Taking advantage of a past Kindle bargain, and reading Random Harvest by James Hilton. I remember loving Lost Horizon when I read it as a young girl, so not sure why I haven't tried more by him until now.

TiciaRoma · Post by **TiciaRoma** » Fri August 17th, 2012, 7:48 pm

[quote=""MLE""]I'm reading that too. What do you think of it so far?[/quote]

I like the story, I'm about a third of the wat through. I do think there are some unrealistic elements, though, given that it's supposed to take place in the 11th C. The names, for one thing, how educated and literate so many of the non-noble characters are, and Rob J's observations often strike me as achronistic for the times. Nonetheless, it's a very different and interesting story-line.

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Fri August 17th, 2012, 8:44 pm

I'm on the last 200 pages of Omamori by Richard McGill. WWII Japan. 750 pages of big fat, tiny fonted family saga. Love it.