What are you currently reading?

[QualityBookReviews]

An open discussion on what everyone is currently reading. Make recommendations to others, discuss what is new, hot, bestsellers, anything and everything related to books and the authors.

[Toni Osborne]

I started this morning a debut novel by Dan McNeill " The Judas Apocalypse" a Canadian author I think will do very well. This novel is engrossing and so suspenseful it is hard to put down. I see this as movie with Harrison Ford as the lead actor. Now you can imagine what the story is....an archeologist on the hunt for a lost treasure.... here during WW11 the search is on for a long buried manuscript the key to the lost treasure of the Cathars....

[Joy Calderwood]

Paul Theroux's MY SECRET HISTORY. I've never read any Theroux, and as of page 52 I'm hoping I find somebody to like.

[Geoff Eighinger]

Starting Year of the Dog by Henry Chang, #2 in his trilogy.

[Shirley Wells]

I've just finished The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney, winner of the 2006 Costa (formerly Whitbread) prize and can't recommend this book highly enough. I'm usually put off historical novels, and this is set in Canada in the 1860s, but I couldn't put it down. The writing is superb. Loved it!

[I. J. Parker]

Two book (one audio): Elizabeth George, CARELESS IN RED, and Sarah Waters, FINGERSMITH.

George's book is very slow. I may not make it.

Sarah Waters is new to me and a very pleasant surprise, especially because of the clever way she handles POV change and theme. This book is a very worthwhile read for the working writer.

[Toni Osborne]

I.J, I find Elizabeth George's novel could be very slow at times, they are not all good in my view but for one reason or the other I still continue reading her.

At the moment I am reading " Shadow Song" by Lorina Stephens I am honored to have been chosen to review this book, a Canadian Historical fiction, first of its genre for the author, a story about the Mysteries of Upper Canada’s Backwoods and I love it so far, it is very well researched and written.

[Cliff]

Right now, I'm reading American Tabloid by James Ellroy. For those not used to Ellroy's style, it can be a bit of a struggle. I'm finding it to be a pretty good read so far.

One thing I like is how he mixes historical fiction (JFK, Robert Kennedy, Jimmy Hoffa) with the crime element.

[Keith Rawson]

Cliff, I absolutely love American tabloid, it's one of Ellroy's best. Diffidently follow it up with the Cold six thousand, which I think is even better.

[Jacqui Horwood]

I agree - American Tabloid is one of my favourite crime books. I haven't read Cold Six Thousand yet.

[Keith Rawson]

Currently reading:
Death of Sweet Mister by Daniel Woodrell
1977 by David Peace
High Life by Matthew Stokoe

[Jacqui Horwood]

just finished Janet Evanovitch's Fearless Fourteen. Yes, I know, bubble gum for the brain but it's good for a laugh. I bought Nitsuo Kirino's Grotesque yesterday so that's next on the list. Her book, Out, was a mind spin.

[Sue Dawson]

Well, one notch up from bubble gum, but I just finished Robert B. Parker's ROUGH WEATHER, the newest Spenser novel. I always enjoy his references to literary works, and finally Susan Silvererman served a gourmet meal of her own making for all the gang. It was just a fluke that I read this book in November with Thanksgiving so close.

I have been a "Spenser with an 'S' " fan for years.