[Elizabeth Swann]

Going through all our books, past and present, I realised the last time I read a fictional grown up book was before my daughter was being assessed for Autism! Since then, 2008, I have read non-fiction books on Autism, ADHD, and other related topics, and have copious amounts of books I have read to DD. Admittedly I enjoyed the Harry Potter books, and even enjoyed some of her Disney books and Little Golden Books first time around. But the Fairy and Kitten books are quite boring, as are the Dr Seuss books we've read thousands of times.

I used to read Bryce Courtenay, Stephen King and James Patterson. That seems like long ago. I recently bought another James Patterson book, but have been unable to look at it. It's not part of the Alex Cross series, but I think it's more to do with being "read out" and also consumed by the internet.

So what was your last adult fiction book, and when?

[cinnabubble]

I'm reading Reamde by Neal Stephenson. I always have a book on the go and can't go to sleep without reading.

[wish*upon*a*star]

Currently reading We need to talk about Kevin.
My side project is my annual Harry Potter re-read which is taking far longer than normal with a 1 year old

[Wahwah]

Finished Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks yesterday. Today started Serena by Ron Rash (sounds so wrong, like supermarket erotica, but really he's like a Appalachian mountains version of Cormac McCarthy).

I always have an adult non-fiction on the go (as well as a stash in waiting), even if it takes me way longer to finish them than in the pre-kids years.

[Ianthe]

I have read 30 books since the start of the year

I have read:

The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty
The Map Of Time by Felix J Palma
The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
Miles off Course and A Decline in Prophets by Sulari Gentil
Life, Death and Vanilla Slices by Jenny Eclair
Mr Chen's Emporium by Deborah O'Brien
Wedding Fever by Kim someone
Flight Behaviour by Barbara Kingsolver
Under the Ivy a biography of Kate Bush
Victims by Jonathan Kellerman
Marrying Up by Wendy Holden
Personal Shopper, Late Night Shopping, Celebrity Shopper, How Not To Shop and New York Valentine by Carmen Reid
A Grown Up Kind of Pretty by Joshilyn Jackson
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
Coming Home by Rosamund Pilcher
Madonna of the Seven Hills by Jean Plaidy
The Mystery of Mercy Close by Marian Keyes
Oh Dear Silvia by Dawn French
The Twisted Root by Anne Perry
The Lucy Family Alphabet by Judith Lucy
11/22/63 by Stephen King
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

I am currently reading The Distant Hours by Kate Morton.

I have been on a study break, this is much more than I normally read but could easily do 2-3 books a week.

I have always read. I speed read which is rather handy. Even when depressed I would re read books I read as a kid. It brings me joy.

[Elizabeth Swann]

Finished Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks yesterday. Today started Serena by Ron Rash (sounds so wrong, like supermarket erotica, but really he's like a Appalachian mountains version of Cormac McCarthy).

I always have an adult non-fiction on the go (as well as a stash in waiting), even if it takes me way longer to finish them than in the pre-kids years.

I did too until I had a school aged, special needs child and I only just realised!

[Lucretia Borgia]

I have read 30 books since the start of the year

I have read:

The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty
The Map Of Time by Felix J Palma
The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
Miles off Course and A Decline in Prophets by Sulari Gentil
Life, Death and Vanilla Slices by Jenny Eclair
Mr Chen's Emporium by Deborah O'Brien
Wedding Fever by Kim someone
Flight Behaviour by Barbara Kingsolver
Under the Ivy a biography of Kate Bush
Victims by Jonathan Kellerman
Marrying Up by Wendy Holden
Personal Shopper, Late Night Shopping, Celebrity Shopper, How Not To Shop and New York Valentine by Carmen Reid
A Grown Up Kind of Pretty by Joshilyn Jackson
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
Coming Home by Rosamund Pilcher
Madonna of the Seven Hills by Jean Plaidy
The Mystery of Mercy Close by Marian Keyes
Oh Dear Silvia by Dawn French
The Twisted Root by Anne Perry
The Lucy Family Alphabet by Judith Lucy
11/22/63 by Stephen King
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

I am currently reading The Distant Hours by Kate Morton.

I have been on a study break, this is much more than I normally read but could easily do 2-3 books a week.

I have always read. I speed read which is rather handy. Even when depressed I would re read books I read as a kid. It brings me joy.

And you have five kids?! Wow, I'm impressed...

I'm half way through Bring Up the Bodies...and have been since November.....

[Ianthe]

And you have five kids?! Wow, I'm impressed...

Yep. I was very pleased to realise over the holidays that I actually had gaps of time to open a book during daylight hours as they were all occupying themselves. That has been a long time coming!

[Dabri]

I managed to get through Ben Elton's Two Brothers in a couple of days in January - lucky it was a quick read. Not his best book but definitely interesting and compelling.

Apart from that, I got through The Lovely Bones in 2012, and Jodi Picoult's Sing You Home in 2011 - for a grand total of three books since DD was born.

[Elizabeth Swann]

Oh I have read loads. Goosebumps, Paul Jennings,. Can't wait to read other books to her that I will find enjoyable as well. I really love Harry Potter, so does she. We own all books and movies. I'm not keen on some others.