Books You Recently Read

To those looking for less cerebral thrillers that are easy holiday reads, I would recommend Jeffrey Deaver.
In other news, I am staying "old school" with my reading at the moment - reading actual books - and doing an "A to Z" of unread books on my bookshelf. So far:
Life After Life - Kate Atkinson Jumps around between different "lives" of the central character so sometimes tricky to read if you're dipping in and out with gaps in between reads as I do; worth it, though - an interesting premise and a good read
A Man Called Ove - Fredrik Backman Fabulous book
Girl With A Pearl Earring - Tracy Chevalier Not sure if it would be a genre that would suit some on here - not an "action" book - but I enjoyed it and liked the idea of a novel being written around a painting. Haven't seen the film so no idea how it compares.
Exposure - Helen Dunmore. OK but I found her book "The Lie" (set around WW1) much more engrossing and moving
The Horse Whisperer - Nicholas Evans. An easy read but not for me.
Sweet Little Lies - Caz Frear. An easy holiday read - cliche police detective investigating a crime that threatens to blow open secrets from her family, etc etc - but one you will forget within 10 seconds of finishing
The Perfect Husband - Lisa Gardner. No idea how this was on my bookshelf - think it must have been one of my mum's trashy reads that ended up with me. A thriller with a reasonably high body count but not thrilling; don't bother.
The Dry - Jane Harper. Read this one on holiday recently - an easy-read "whodunnit", although I guessed it before the end
For "I", I am about to embark on a selection of Ibsen's plays including "The Doll's House" and "Hedda Gabler"
Before that, though, I am finishing another holiday read - "He Said She Said" by Siobhan Kelly. So far so good - has me hooked.

 

Amsterdam was fantastic. Like here, it was unusually hot but we stayed in the center of the city so it was easy to do things and then get back to our base for some air conditioning. Definitely saw all sides of Amsterdam - from Anne Frank's house and the Rijks museum to the Red Light District and coffee shops; the latter two only as observers, rather than participants, so maybe different from your trip @RookeryDad ?! It's good to know that, just when you think you've seen it all, you can go to Amsterdam and discover you really haven't! We also did an evening canal trip in an open boat which was a great way to see more of the City by night - such a beautiful place.

11 yr old also had a fab time - teachers abandoned the planned itinerary of things like film nights and instead took them all to the beach every night after their concerts which they loved; the obligatory trip to a theme park went down well too.

Only thing that slightly marred the trip for us adults was a cheeky 20 hour delay on the way home; 7.15pm flight delayed by 4 hours and then cancelled as we sat on the runway waiting to go as the crew had gone over their hours, along with the announcement that no BA staff were around to help anyone. Luckily our little group managed to book rooms online at the Schiphol Hilton while waiting to get off the plane - BA getting the bill for that, along with the rather delicious but eye-wateringly expensive g&t I drank in the hotel bar when we finally checked in at 1am! Finally flew back home at 4pm the following day - ironic that the shortest flight I've probably done (only 45 mins in the air) became the longest journey time. Luckily we'd planned to get back a day earlier than the 11 yr old so we still beat her home.

Apologies for slight tangent in book thread - I guess I should recommend "Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank to keep it on topic (which I would, btw).