What are you reading in 2017?

[Julie]

Just finished Ivan Doig’s ‘The Bartender’s Tale’ Delightfully entertaining by a longtime favorite author!

[Sara]

Just finishing Synge's 'Playboy of The Western World' and Ian McEwan's 'The Cement Garden.'

[Paul]

About 1/3 into Of Orcas and Men: What Killer Whales Can Teach Us and it is really good so far

[Lisa]

About to start La Belle Sauvage too! Quite a hefty hardback for my commute but too excited about it to mind.

I read another of Pullman's children's books, Clockwork, last week, as my son brought it home. It was great.

[Toyah]

Just finished Alice by Christina Henry, and halfway through Shirley Jackson The Haunting of Hill House

[Toyah]

I finished The Haunting of Hill House and I'm now on Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, with The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists on the side.

[Paul]

Halfway through The Islamic Enlightenment: The Modern Struggle Between Faith and Reason which is quite dense so read The Furthest Station and Zoology as a breather

[Joy]

I’m reading The House of Hidden Mothers, a story of paid surrogacy. I love Meera Syal’s characters -they are complex and feel real. I was so pleased to find this in the library as I didn’t know she’d published a third novel.

[Toyah]

Having just finished Norwegian Wood for my book group next month I was going to move on to the January book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, but I need cheering up so it might have to be a Tom Holt for some light relief!

[Toyah]

I'm currently reading Terry Pratchett's The Light Fantastic, and I'm starting I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings prematurely for my next month's book group read :)

[Paul]

Over the next week or so I am reading some woodland themed books:
A Wood of One's Own
Oak and Ash and Thorn: The Ancient Woodlands and New Forests of Britain
The Man Who Climbs Trees
Thirty Years in Wilderness Wood

[Sam]

I'm reading Carry On. I loved Fangirl by the same author, but Carry On just isn't shaping up. There are some interesting parts, but so much telling instead of showing. I'm fine with some telling. Sometimes it's necessary. But this is extreme. The first few chapters were backstory.

And yet I'm still going to finish it. It is starting to get better now I'm in the middle, and I am a little obsessive about finishing books I start.

[Jan]

Actually, I've just recently started Emma. I'm enjoying it a great deal. I wonder if I just like it so much better than Pride and Prejudice because it actually is better or if I'm just a better reader than I was two or three years ago.

[Paul]

Bit of a Patrick Leigh Fermor week this week, starting with Dashing for the Post: The Letters of Patrick Leigh Fermor and then onto Joan: The Remarkable Life of Joan Leigh Fermor

[Nancy]

Paul wrote: "Bit of a Patrick Leigh Fermor week this week, starting with Dashing for the Post: The Letters of Patrick Leigh Fermor and then onto [book:Joan: The Remarkable Life o..."

All these books sound good....I will investigate them!
Making my list for the next 12 #WorldFromMyArmchair books to read in 2018. What are your top 3 suggestions? #JustAsking

[Nancy]

Paul wrote: "Bit of a Patrick Leigh Fermor week this week, starting with Dashing for the Post: The Letters of Patrick Leigh Fermor and then onto [book:Joan: The Remarkable Life o..."
Investigation completed...I ordered both of these books, thanks!

[Paul]

These were very good Nancy:
Kaleidoscope City: A Year in Varanasi
Revolutionary Ride: On the Road in Search of the Real Iran
The Rule of the Land: Walking Ireland's Border

[Nancy]

Paul wrote: "These were very good Nancy:
Kaleidoscope City: A Year in Varanasi
Revolutionary Ride: On the Road in Search of the Real Iran
[book:The Rule of the Land: Walking Irel..."


Thanks...I will add them to the 2018 list!

[Nancy]

Just started St Joan

by George Bernard Shaw

[Jessica]

Just started reading The Wanderers by Meg Howrey. The read will probably flow into 2018 but I am enjoying the little I've read so far.

[Lisa]

Started The Power yesterday for my new real-life book club's Jan read. So far, so intriguing.