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What book are you reading now?

Kitsune

I decided that I needed a new book to read and managed to find one on my bookshelf that I’d only half read so thought I’d finish it off: Tower, An epic History of the Tower of London by Nigel Jones. I just wondered what everyone else is reading at the moment? What does everyone else like to read?

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  • Great idea for a thread; I love to read and pick up suggestions for new books! 

    Did you enjoy your book on the Tower of London? I used to only read fiction but am trying to get into a wider range of books these days. I don't know if you read the C J Sansom novels set in the 1500s? They are fictional but include historical events and the Tower features quite a bit!

    At the moment I'm reading The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry and There was a Country by Chinua Achebe

  • in reply to PoGoAddict

    Thank you. There weren’t many ‘light’ threads on here last weekend, so I thought I’d start one! 

    The Tower is quite a big book and I usually only have a couple of hours in the evening to read at the moment c/o young children, should improve once my youngest starts school. I’ve just re-read about the execution of William Wallace which was depicted in a bit too much gory detail for my liking, I’m happy with the historical facts, I don’t need to be able to visualise the more macabre bits! Never mind, from memory that’s the worst gory bit in the book so I’ll continue reading. I just find the Tower of London so fascinating for the sheer amount of royal history it contains.

    ill look up the C J Sanson novels as if they’re based on actual historical facts then they are definitely my thing and from within the timescale that I’m interested in. Thank you for the tip.

    what are the Essex serpent and there was a country about? Are you enjoying them?

  • in reply to Kitsune

    I can imagine it's hard finding time for reading having children to look after. Do they like to read? I liked babysitting my cousins when they were younger as it was an excuse to re-read some good children's books!

    I'm not keen on reading things that are too gory either. Hopefully you'll like the CJ Sansom books but some of the later ones talk about executions etc in quite graphic detail - I tend to skim read those bits! They are good though, kind of a mix of historical events and detective story. 15-1600s is such an interesting period of history.

    The Essex Serpent is quite an unusual novel set in the 1890s about a woman trying to find out if a prehistoric creature is still alive. There was a Country is an account of the Nigerian civil war; it's very interesting but quite hard going.

  • in reply to PoGoAddict

    You have a friend who’s a late medieval historian! Wow, that’s amazing!! I would love to have such a friend, what a fantastic source of information. We’ve had English Heritage membership cards for a few years now so I usually visit quite a few castles in the warmer months, good way to occupy children too Slight smile

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  • in reply to PoGoAddict

    You have a friend who’s a late medieval historian! Wow, that’s amazing!! I would love to have such a friend, what a fantastic source of information. We’ve had English Heritage membership cards for a few years now so I usually visit quite a few castles in the warmer months, good way to occupy children too Slight smile

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