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I've just finished this, after choosing based on your recommendation. I very much enjoyed it too - particularly the Aussie colloquialisms, which meant I was reading with a full-on Aussie accent in my head. I've just lined up the next in the series (Silver) to read too and will report back...

It's a lengthy tome, but worth the effort. I'm a quarter of the way through A Column of Fire now and am enjoying that too

That was my last book - I'm now 2/3 of the way through World Without End, which I'd recommend if you're enjoying Pillars of the Earth (BTW the TV mini series from c 10 yrs ago is worth a watch too a decent cast of Matthew Macfadyen, Hayley Atwell :love:, Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell and a young...

Is that the sequel to Zonal Marking? ???

I'm currently taking a break from the shiterature of MJ Arlidge and am a good chunk into Ken Follet's Pillars of the Earth. The added bonus is memories of Hayley Atwell in the TV mini-series :love:

Thanks for the CBTi recommendation. I have the perfect storm of baby (9 months) often waking me when I do manage to get back off to sleep and a pretty uniquely sh|t set of stressful circumstances at work that keeps the cogs whirring when I’m awake. The Mrs is so knackered she wants to be in...

It’s been a little while since I posted on this thread – here’s what I’ve been reading: MW Craven’s Poe & Tilly novels (The Puppet Show, Black Summer, The Curator & Dead Ground), then his Avison Fluke novels (Born in a Burial Gown, Body Breaker & the Short Stories). Definitely my fault...

I agree that it's OTT in places - it could be dialled down here and there (though the repetition underlines the constancy of self-harm for example). My take on the Harold & Julia 'bond' is that having replaced the son that Harold lost, they could never bin off Jude, who had essentially become...

Every now and then I scan through lists of books nominated for awards and choose one at random without reading a review or even the back cover blurb. A Little Life is one of those. I'm about two thirds of the way through and some of it is tough going due to the topics covered (self-harm...

Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bergman. Recommended - it is going some way to restore my faith in humanity.

Update on the William Boyd fad... I very much enjoyed Sweet Caress, then devoured Restless (also good). Just finished Trio, which is set in and around Brighton (the story revolves around the characters involved in the filming of a movie there). A good read anyway, with the added interest of...

Purely thanks to recommendations in this thread (I can't remember which posters, but thanks!), I've been reading William Boyd novels in the last couple of months: Any Human Heart; The New Confessions; An Ice-Cream War; A Good Man in Africa and now Sweet Caress. I was a bit worried about the...

Just started The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet: Wayfarers 1 by Becky Chambers. Space Science Fiction isn't my usual beat, but I'm enjoying it so far

Very interesting and more accessible than it might seem

Plunder of the Commons by Guy Standing. Quite niche, but an eye opener regarding what has happened to the concept of public use of & benefit from our nation’s assets. Not pleasant reading for Thatcherites...