Read any good books lately?

[lurker17260]

I have just finished The Light Between Oceans by M L Stedman.  What a wonderful story.  It had me mesmerised from start to finish.

1926. Tom Sherbourne is a young lighthouse keeper on a remote island off Western Australia. The only inhabitants of Janus Rock, he and his wife Isabel live a quiet life, cocooned from the rest of the world.

Then one April morning a boat washes ashore carrying a dead man and a crying infant - and the path of the couple's lives hits an unthinkable crossroads.

Only years later do they discover the devastating consequences of the decision they made that day - as the baby's real story unfolds ...

[trish7025]

The Book Thief..

[cat_mioux]

I don't usually read fiction but that book sounds really interesting Ms Lurker.

The book I'm reading, ironically, is fiction "Bring Up The Bodies" by Hilary Mantel. I think it won the Man Booker Prize of 2012. Anyway .. you really have to be into Tudor history to get it IMO. The author gives us the story of Anne Boleyn's downfall as orchestrated by Thomas Cromwell from his mind. It's fascinating and she is an amazing author. Some of her sentences send shivers up my spine.

Another book I'm reading is The Time Travellers Guide To Medieval England.

[lurker17260]

I read The Book Thief before this one Trish 🙂

I am pretty eclectic in what I read Ms Mioux. I'll watch out for those. They sound interesting

[the_great_she_elephant]

I've read Bring Up The Bodies, Cat. Thoriughly enjoyed it. There is also another one - either prequel or sequel, can't remember which - called Wolf Hall. and I think there is going to be  third dealing with Cromwell's eventual fall from grace and execution. One thing I found fascinating was the rather different insight into the character of Thomas More - I learnt my Tudor history in a Convent School LOL.

I have recently finished reading Les Carlyon's "Gallipoli" and am currently working my way through his "The Great War".What a brilliant wrriter that man is.  Both books make pretty harrowing reading - I've had one or two bad dreams - but he explains everything so clearly and really makes you understand the how, why and what of the whole sordid business. Along the way ,he also makes some interesting observations  on Keith Murdoch - you can see where Rupert got his character traitsand modus operandi from LOL

[ca04]

I have just read "The one hundred year old man who jumped out the window and ran away".

Fair dinkum that is the name of the book. Most intriguing read.

[lurker17260]

Another recent good 'un was The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton.
"It is 1866, and Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields. On arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of twelve local men, who have met in secret to discuss a series of unsolved crimes. A wealthy man has vanished, a whore has tried to end her life, and an enormous fortune has been discovered in the home of a luckless drunk. Moody is soon drawn into the mystery: a network of fates and fortunes that is as complex and exquisitely patterned as the night sky."

[freshwater-2]

Re-reading Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five.

Also perusing a magnificent book on Navajos blankets.

[cat_mioux]

She-Ele, even though Wolf Hall was written before Bringing Up The Bodies I wanted to read BUTB first because of my fascination for Anne Boleyn. I have Wolf Hall on my 'must read' list though!

I love hearing reading is still a popular passtime! I love books.

No.

I adore books.

[everything*that*i*ever*wanted]

Keep Your Love On by Danny Silk. It is a Christian Book but has tonnes of relevant relationship advice and tools for non-believers and believers alike.