What are you reading in 2015?

[Paul]

Just started Skimming Stones and Other Ways of Being Wild. Ok so far.

[Jackie]

Starting The Color Purple by Alice Walker. I watched the film years ago but have never read the book. Looking forward to it.

[Paul]

Hoping to read The Great Indoors: At home in the modern British house and The Bricklayer this weekend

[Paul]

Now onto What Nature Does for Britain. Juniper is a passionate advocate for all things environments, and the points he is making in this are very well put.

[Sophie]

Just started Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by H.G Bissinger. Loved, loved, loved the TV show and have been wanting to get my teeth into this for ages!

[Paul]

Just starting Reading the World: Confessions of a Literary Explorer & You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes: Photographs from the International Space Station

[Cathy]

Just started Station Eleven. Good so far.

[Paul]

Thought very highly of that one Cathy

[Cathy]

It's a great opening Paul. Quite the page-turner

[Paul]

I can see a late night ahead

[Cathy]

Sadly no. I was sensible and stopped after part one. I can't read till the wee hours anymore...

[Paul]

I can. But suffer the following day

[Jackie]

I'm going to start The Pocket Wife by Susan Crawford today.

[Attia]

Just started The Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke - I'm finding it a great read so far - I loved the Inkheart trilogy and I find she writes in such a simple but fulsome manner!

[Paul]

Half way through Bad Banks: Greed, Incompetence and the Next Global Crisis. Interesting but quite scary as they still have not addressed the problems that were the cause of the 2008 crash and depression

[Paul]

Starting Sextant: A Voyage Guided by the Stars and the Men Who Mapped the World's Oceans tonight

[Jackie]

I've started Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian. I'm enjoying it so far.

[Jo]

Listening to Saints of the Shadow Bible. Gave up on Black-Eyed Susans, so need another read!

[Paul]

Just started The Sisters Brothers

[Paul]

Just started Nothing is True and Everything is Possible: Adventures in Modern Russia. I had heard the BBC abridged version, but wanted to read the complete book. Good so far.

Also half way through Mountains of the Mind now. Hoping to finish it over the weekend

[Jo]

My son went to what will hopefully be his senior school yesterday, and I noticed that the lecture programme includes one by Robert MacFarlane next week! I did think of you Paul, as I know how much you like his books.

[Paul]

Jo wrote: "My son went to what will hopefully be his senior school yesterday, and I noticed that the lecture programme includes one by Robert MacFarlane next week! I did think of you Paul, as I know how much ..."

Can anyone come? :-)

[Paul]

Just starting Sweet Tooth today

[Jo]

Paul wrote: "Jo wrote: "My son went to what will hopefully be his senior school yesterday, and I noticed that the lecture programme includes one by Robert MacFarlane next week! I did think of you Paul, as I kno..."

May be a bit far for you to get to Cambridge!!!

[Joy]

Ive read about 80 pages of Fool's Errand but may give up as nothing has happened yet. I've not read Robin Hobb before and I probably should have started earlier in the series but this was the only one in the library. Anyone read it? Shall I press on?

[Paul]

Jo wrote: "Paul wrote: "Jo wrote: "My son went to what will hopefully be his senior school yesterday, and I noticed that the lecture programme includes one by Robert MacFarlane next week! I did think of you P..."

Probably. Hopefully they will find him inspiring

Joy wrote: "Ive read about 80 pages of Fool's Errand but may give up as nothing has happened yet. I've not read Robin Hobb before and I probably should have started earlier in the series but this ..."

I haven't read a single Robin Hobb book Joy.

[Jennifer]

I'm currently reading The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie. I have just started a new job so am pretty knackered at night but it seems ok so far - not as funny as reviews would have you believe. But I am trying to finish it quickly so I can start Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith - loved the last 2 books! :)

[Joy]

Jennifer wrote: "I'm currently reading The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie. I have just started a new job so am pretty knackered at night but it seems ok so far - not as funny as reviews would..."

I think i might put these two on my Christmas wish list.

[Paul]

Jennifer wrote: "I'm currently reading The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie. I have just started a new job so am pretty knackered at night but it seems ok so far - not as funny as reviews would..."

Hi Jennifer, long time no see; hope you're well. I have a copy of The Gun Seller at home too. Not got around to reading it yet though.

[Jennifer]

Hi Paul, I know it's been a while since I've posted but am still checking good reads pretty much daily!! Am so happy I came across this site! Almost completed my yearly challenge so very happy with that, especially seeing as I have been cross stitching more than reading lately! But with the summer coming soon in Australia I am looking forward to spending hours outside with many good books!!

[Jon]

Started A Fan's Notes by Frederick Exley. It's one of those "cult classics" that you either love or hate. So we'll see which side I end up on

[Paul]

Started Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era a frankly quite frightening book about the perils of AI and 1519: A Journey to the End of Time, travelling among the Mayans, Aztecs and other cultures of the gulf coast of Mexico. It was kindly provided by the publisher for me to read and review

[Jo]

I am reading I Saw a Man which is amazing so far, really something.

I am listening to We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves.

[Jennifer]

Jo wrote: "I am reading I Saw a Man which is amazing so far, really something.

I am listening to We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves."

I loved We are all completely beside ourselves - probably one of the best books I read last year!

[Paul]

Have also started listening to William Boyd's new book Sweet Caress: The Many Lives of Amory Clay. Not bad so far.

[Joy]

Jo wrote: "I am reading I Saw a Man which is amazing so far, really something.

I am listening to We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves."

I read We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves a couple of weeks ago and really liked it.

[Seraphina]

I really enjoyed we are all completely beside ourselves also, a great read

[Jo]

Ooo, glad to hear it has been enjoyed. I am enjoying it so far, have just "found out" about Freya.

[Saffron]

Joy wrote: "Jo wrote: "I am reading I Saw a Man which is amazing so far, really something.

I am listening to We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves."

I read [book:We Are All C..."

It was a very cleverly written, heartbreakingly sad read in many ways. I liked it and it got me thinking about it afterwards too.

[Jo]

About to start The Ties That Bind by Erin Kelly. In a bit of a thriller phase at the moment.

[Jackie]

I'm going to start A History of Loneliness by John Boyne today.

[Bethany]

I'm currently reading Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. It's a hefty tome and going slowly for me, but I do like it! I may have to put it aside to get two October book club reads in before October is over.

[Paul]

Bethany wrote: "I'm currently reading Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. It's a hefty tome and going slowly for me, but I do like it! I may have to put it aside to get two October book club reads in befor..."

Welcome to Book Vipers Bethany. No rush, the discussion threads are up for a while after.

[Bethany]

Thanks Paul! Great to know!

[Paul]

Just started Life of Pi. Not totally sure yet about it.

[Tytti]

I am guessing Pi isn't my kind of a book, or a movie. I just started Animal Farm, let's see if I managed to finish it, too.

[Paul]

I have got three books to read this week:

Wordsmiths & Warriors: The English-Language Tourist's Guide to Britain
The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia
Books, Baguettes and Bedbugs: The Left Bank World of Shakespeare and Co

[Tytti]

I'll be interested in what you will think about the Scandinavia book. Which, despite the name, is actually about the Nordic countries, not just Scandinavia.

Personally I am starting to get bored of the stereotypes and cliches, they get less funny every time I hear them. Often they are just plain wrong, too.

[Paul]

I am sure that you will be my harshest critic Tytti

[Tytti]

Paul wrote: "I am sure that you will be my harshest critic Tytti"

Hah, I might, but I can't really blame you if you get the wrong idea. I'll just blame the author instead. I've already read reviews about the book anyway, I believe most have said that he doesn't really know Finland so he just repeats the cliches. Sweden gets a harsher treatment and Iceland just a few pages.