I am reading some Bill Bryson books on UK and European travel. Mainly cos I am reluctant to book a holiday in the current climate. After working the first 40 of my working life in the car industry, I am also an avid reader of car history. Real cars not vehicles propelled by sewing machine motors for an engine. I drive a petrol car and is happy with it.
I finished The Survivors by Jane Harper which I enjoyed very much and have returned to a book I actually started but for various reasons forgot about and have decided to restart from the beginning.
It is Into the Water by Paula Hawkins. She wrote Girl on the Train
which I enjoyed very much. I read a few chapters some time back and because of other things I was doing forgot about it. Now it is time to start from the beginning again, I recall it was quite an interesting beginning.
“the drunken forest”" by Gerald Durrell, my sister in law dug it out of her loft, first published in 1956, anyone living in Jersey will know of this man
I’m on with “The secret of High Eldersham” by Miles Burton from the British Library crime classics series. It was originally published in 1930 and is proving to be a good story. Think along the lines of Inspector Alleyn mysteries, with a bit of occult thrown in to give it a twist or two.
My Christmas present to myself were two books
The Girl in the Spider’s Web
The Girl who Takes an Eye for an Eye
I already have The Girl Who Lived Twice but I stopped reading that when I realised there were earlier volumes.
They are part of the Millennium series originally by the deceased Steig Larsson which I read years ago but these were written by David Lagercrantz.
I hope they are as good as the original series.
I’m currently reading ‘The Understudy’ by David Nicholls and enjoying it very much.
The Daily Mail describes it as ‘Laugh out loud’
The Observer says it’s 'Bitterly funny - delightful.
I’ve got 4 on the go. Currently Home For Christmas by Florence McNicholl, about dogs & a dog rescue & 3 of the Spellsinger series, The Time of the Transference, Son of Spellsinger & Chorus Skating. All 3 by Alan Dean Foster.
How are they going? Worth getting?
Haven’t started them yet.
I’m reading a rather old Tom Clancy novel featuring Jack Ryan jnr. I needed something lightweight for a change.
Currently I am sticking to lightweight, feel good books. Fannie Flagg’s “The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop” is her newest, and I’ve just finished it.
“Fried Green Tomatoes” and “The Whole Town’s Talking” are two of my favorites of hers.
Brits probably won’t relate, but those of us in the states love the down home in the South flavor of her style of writing.
Mort by Terry Pratchett. For the umpteenth time, run out of ‘new’ books.
I love reading but often get stuck on the first two-three pages of a book then starting the next. So I have roughly speaking about 50 books on the go, History, horror, Advance Get rich quick for the gullible, Get fit watching telly - Im big on the ‘help your self books’. Specially if they are free - but will only admit to say 10 because it makes me look a shifty.
However I did complete Megan and Harry by Lady Colin Cambell and I now feel connected to the royals by way of sharing a thorough and ongoing cringe.
I Also finished A Trump expose by his niece which was entertaining.
Just getting into David Jasons “Lessons I Learned”.
Some one gave me it for Christmas but its been years since I got my head stuck in a book.
Got tons of stuff to catch up with on my shelves.
The book so far is what I was expecting rather funny in places, well in all places actually. 
Halfway through the latest ‘Rebus’ novel - A Song For The Dark Times by Ian Rankin. Rebus in retirement still fencing with his criminal counterpart Big Ger Cafferty and aided as always by Siobhan Clarke. Despite his age and COPD, Rebus keeps entertaining us.
Have just finished the very moving “The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri”.
Nuri, a beekeeper, and his wife Afra who has become blind, leave worn torn Syria, and make a perilous journey, hoping to join family in the UK. It is beautifully and lovingly written.
Just finished Terry Pratchett’s The Hogfather.
Currently reading John Marrs ‘When you disappeared’
Strange to come across this post. I too have been leaning towards the “feel good factor” whilst reading. I have just finished rereading “Fried Green Tomatoes” and “Redbird Christmas” - Fannie Flagg is one of my favourites. I have no idea how I found her in the first place though. (Another favourite that I can pick up and read any time is Garrison Keillor)
Literally just finished reading a book to come on here. The Ice Cream Girls by Dorothy Koodman and it was excellent.