[jiwawa]

I'm reading Hilary Mantel's 3rd in the Cromwell saga, The Mirror and the Light. I can only describe her use of language as 'delicious'.

However, I'm finding this one harder as everyone seems to have at least 3 'titles' - Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, mother of Reginald Pole.... so I'm finding it hard to keep track.

 

[jiwawa]

I finally finished the Mirror and the Light - the tension was palpable even tho you knew what was coming. I've now moved on to something very light - The Olive Farm by Carol Drinkwater. She's trying too hard to be clever I think but I'll stick with it for a bit.

 

[jiwawa]

I have now finished The Broker by John Grisham (another cracking Grisham read) and have moved onto the 6th (?) book in the Dune series by Frank Herbert called Chapterhouse Dune. As with the others I find it a hard read.

How can you put yourself through it for a 6th time Graham, if it's a hard read?

 

[jiwawa]

I've finished Ian Rankin's Exit Music - very good. A German woman gave it to me on my travels. I can't imagine me picking the book up in French as an improvement exercise. I'm not bad at picking up the gist of information boards etc but I think I'd find an entire book exhausting.

 

[jiwawa]

What I wish people knew about dementia by Wendy Mitchell. It's her 2nd book on the subject (Someone I used to know being the 1st.)

She developed early onset dementia when she was 58 and her story of how she's coped in that time is inspirational. The beginning of the 2nd book wasn't very well written I thought (she has a co-writer) but nevertheless, the nuggets are there.

As someone who has several friends at different stages of the disease (and who knows, might go that route myself) I find it a hopeful read.

 

[jiwawa]

Absolutely Pat. But with people living longer it will leave many more of us open to it.

 

[jiwawa]

I'm still on The Other Boleyn Girl - a very interesting read. I'd hate to be a woman in those days - even those in the aristocracy had virtually no rights n were just bargaining material in the marriage stakes for the heads of family to improve their lot. In fact they may have had less ability to plan their lives than lower-class women.

 

[jiwawa]

I finally finished The Other Boleyn Girl (good read), also The Girl in Room 14 by Carol Drinkwater (not great). Now trying The Girl who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson - I realise there's, a bit of a thing going on about girls there!

Not sure about this as I've forgotten everything about his 1st in the trilogy but I really don't want to re-read that. I'll see how it goes.

 

[jiwawa]

After weeks of no reading I decided I was never going to get interested in Miss Salander in the 2nd of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo books. So I gave it up n started the 2nd in Jean Auel's trilogy, the Valley of Horses. They're children's books apparently but fascinating.