Hello Annie. Yes some of his books are long, but well worth it.
Just finished The Affair by Lee Child, a Jack Reacher story.
Hello Mick B. That sounds like a good read. Haven’t heard of them before. Will give it a try.
Going to the library will have a look to see if they are about, thanks Mick.
Just finished The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. See other thread on book reccomendations. An incredible true story.
I am currently reading Dreams from my Father by Barack Obama. Because Obama has been elected to a second term as President of the USA I thought I would try to learn a bit more about him as a person. This is an autobiography in which he writes about his early life - “a young man asking the big questions about identity and belonging and how he at last reconciles his divided inheritenace”. It starts off a bit slow and if anyone reads it persevere through the first pages - you might enjoy it. It is very well written, I believe he has been truthful and it is quite an illuminating read.
I had to renew my library copy of Wilbur Smith’s “A Time to Die” as I misplaced it while packing. Found it again and will be enjoying a good read on the train this afternoon. 
Finished the Hundred Year old man who climbed out of the window and disappeared. Was supposed to be ‘laugh out loud’ funny and I was really looking forward to reading it…very disappointed. Not in the least amusing to me.
I’m now re-reading some Tom Sharpe books, that I got from the library this week, they only had one Wilt book there though…and they were funny.
EMPIRE of the SUMMER MOON.
Have you read Tom Sharpe’s Riotous Assembly Janela - that’s quite funny.
Hellooooo No I have not read it yet but shall try when I have time. I am still reading the Empire of the Summer Moon given to me as a present. Tks for responding …So long
I read this to my mother during his first campaign. She could no longer read as partially blind, and was in her last weeks of life. She so wanted Obama to beat Hilary Clinton in the primaries, but alas did not live to see it. But the book was a good read, and well written. I was a little disappointed that the end seemed a bit abrupt, though.
I have just started ‘Seing a Large Cat’ by Elizabeth Peters it is one of an Amelia Peabody Murder mystery. It was author of the month at the local library so I thought I would give it a try. Anyone else tried reading anything by the author?
I’ve just finished the second book of The Clifton Chronicles by
Jeffrey Archer…found out the third one is only out next March,
Hello Mick B. I took note of a book you mentioned a wee while ago. Bryant & May books by Christopher Fowler. They sounded good. Hadn’t heard of them before. Got one out of library. ‘The Victoria Vanishes’ it’s called. Haven’t started it yet. I will let you know how I get on. Thanks again.
I am just finishing Quintin Jardine’s Blood Red - a Primavera Blackstone murder/mystery. I read it when it first came out but fancied re-reading it.
Enjoying it too…and I can’t remember ‘who did it’ 
I’ve just started re-reading all the James Patterson “Alex Cross” books on my kindle and am up to Cat and Mouse, feels quite wierd as everything is so out of date for “coloured people”… good reading though :o)
I a, a great fan of Patterson having read almost all his books, including some of his teen ones. I was therefore hugely disappointed with Guilty Wives. I just could not take to it. Something about the characters just did not appeal and I felt no empathy with them whatsoever. Usually I find myself reading through the night being unable to put his books down, but this one? well shall we just say that I put it down and have found myself unable to pick it back up again.
Just reserved J.K Rowlings ‘grown up’ book Sudden Vacancy has anyone else read it. It had over 2,000 reviews on Amazon all seem quite good but all for very different reasons. Looking forward to reading it myself.
Hear hear… and follow it up with Indecent Exposure. Those two are my favourite Tom Sharp books (probably closely followed by Blott on the Landscape)