What are you reading?

"The Agile Gene" by Matt Ridley. This is the third of his books I've read and I highly recommend all of them.

The Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama.

I really liked this book! 

I really liked 'The Secret River'. Our book group has just discussed 'A Fine Balance' by Rohinton Mistry, which everyone enjoyed (for once!). Long but gripping read about India in the 1970s and how the very poor survive (or fall between the cracks) and how kind and generous people who have nothing are to each other. Moves from tragedy to black comedy between one sentence and the next.

Weird you should mention that!! I finished The Secret River and The Samurai's Garden, and have just started on A Fine Balance!

I like them all, but to me The Secret River is just written so well and movingly that the other two can't come close. It was soooooo beautifully written.

The weird thing is that I was doing all my reading on the train yesterday (long journey back home from Cornwall). I finished The Samurai's Garden, which ended with the main character on a train! I thought ... what a coincidence!! Then I started on A Fine Balance ... which begins on a train! Oooooh, spooky!! 

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain. I've been meaning to read this for years, but never got around to it. I saw it for sale for 2.99 at Waterstones the other day, however, so I finally picked it up. I'm really enjoying it. A very fast, interesting read.

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain. I've been meaning to read this for years, but never got around to it. I saw it for sale for 2.99 at Waterstones the other day, however, so I finally picked it up. I'm really enjoying it. A very fast, interesting read.

LOVE that book!!

LOVE that book!!

Seconded!  If you like it, you should absolutely pick up a copy of A Cook's Tour.  Oh, and his book about Typhoid Mary is pretty good, too.  If you haven't guessed, I'm a bit of an Anthony Bourdain groupie. 

If you haven't guessed, I'm a bit of an Anthony Bourdain groupie. 

He is verrrrrrrrrry appealing!   

He is verrrrrrrrrry appealing!   

Mmmhmm!

Light on Snow, by Anita Shreve I was reading  this book a while back but I misplaced the book, actually Dh put it up he didnt know I was reading it though. so far it has a been a really good book a very easy read which is good for me.

My son knocked me over this morning, by asking if he could read Lord of the Rings.  He's not a reader, so I don't know what prompted this.  I gave him the Hobbit and told him to start there.  He said he wanted to read "a real book".  I'm not getting my hopes up but it's a great step.  I hope he sticks with it.

Thanks for posting those titles FunGirl. I'm quickly becoming a Bourdain groupie myself!

Another Antony Bourdain fan here! I love his TV programmes as well.

I recently read John McEnroe's autobiography. I skipped over a lot of the technical tennis stuff, but it was quite entertaining reading, although he didn't dish much dirt on Tatum.

I'm looking out for something good to read right now. I only got one book for Xmas and that was the Smash Hits annual.

I recently read John McEnroe's autobiography. I skipped over a lot of the technical tennis stuff, but it was quite entertaining reading, although he didn't dish much dirt on Tatum.

I really enjoyed that one - I even like the technical tennis stuff! I actually stood in line to get him to autograph my copy at a Border's in the US! He was charming, by the way. Didn't swear at me once!    I kind of like that he didn't dish too much dirt on Tatum. I've always liked McEnroe and, while it would have made titillating reading, it made me respect him more.

I might have to pick that up next. I love tennis--it's the only sport I follow at all, and I'm on a biography/memoir kick right now. I met John and Patrick McEnroe at a charity event at work once, and they both seemed like really nice people. It definitely makes me respect him more that he didn't dish on Tatum.

I suspect the lawyers wouldn't let him!