Last week I finished Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus by Orson Scott Card and now I am reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman. Both are excellent and I highly recommend them!!

Currently re-reading Judas Unchained by Peter F Hamilton, book 2 of the Commonwealth Saga. I know that Nights Dawn Trilogy was awesome, but I think these 2 books are a little better

Joanne Harris (Chocolat etc) "Gentlemen and Players" A real unputdowner, so many sinister undertones. She is brilliant, I think.

Sherlock Holmes, but not by Conan Doyle, this is by a different person, R Kirsh.

I am currently reading Terry Pratchett's 'Wintersmith' and I have also just started Stephen King's 'The Gunslinger', first in his Dark Tower series. Just getting into the latter and not quite sure of it yet! A work colleague assures me it will get better. I love Anne McCaffrey's Pern books, especially 'The White Dragon'. I'm a bit surprised there are not many mentions of David Eddings and 'The Belgariad', which are also particular favourites of mine. I could go on and on - but I won't!!

I have just started reading J.M Calder's "And Hope To Die", in which the mothers of their abducted child are given a choice: Kill yourself and your child will be freed..

Quite graphic in some places, but a gripping book at that

I'm reading John O'Hara's "Appointment In Samarra", Stendhal's "The Red and The Black" and Ovid's "Metamorphoses" at the moment.

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A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian

Played a quiz on "The Hotel New Hampshire" and that got me into rereading it. Now I'm reading "Garp". Also the latest collection of Nick Hornby's book columns - it's a good way to find books I might be interested in.

I finished "And Hope To Die" quite quickly, and have moved onto "Hard Landing" by Stephen Leather.

"Hard Landing" is about a powerful drug baron that begins to kill off witnesses to his crimes, and a detective has to go undercover in a maximum security prison in order to find the killer!

I just finished 'Outlander' by Diane Gabaldon. I read it because of all the talk in the Forums about the series.
I enjoyed it, but thought it went on a little much. There were just too many captures and daring rescues, if you ask me. I have no desire to rush out and buy the next book in the series, although I will likely read it at some point.
It's an 800 page book that would have been fantastic as a 500 page book, IMHO.

Well I've recently been re-reading the Harry Potter books in order to refresh my memory as to what exactly happened, so I'm all geared up for the final book. Currently on Order of the Phoenix.

Hides head in shame, but I am well into Jeffrey Archer's False Impression. My daughter would be cross with me as she wouldn't approve, but he does write a ripping yarn.

I started reading it at about 2am this morning and didn't go to sleep until about 8am. I am now on page 375 and I think I might even finish it now before I get myself some dinner. I normally only read in bed.

I just finished Choke and am starting Haunted. both by Chuck Palahniuk.

He's a sick, sick man, but he's teaching me how to write.

Chuck Palahniuk is one of my favorite authors. I've read all of his novels, but haven't checked out any of his non-fiction. That first story in haunted is almost too disturbing for me, and I read "American Psycho" by Bret Easton Ellis without batting an eye. I'm currently reading "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" by Richard Rhodes. I highly recommend it for anyone interested in advanced sciences, like physics and chemistry, but hasn't been formally educated on the subject. People who have taken courses in those things might feel like there is alot of information in it they already know. I also just finished "Hannibal Rising" by Thomas Harris and was even more disappointed than I thought I'd be. You can tell that Thomas Harris isn't even trying anymore. He's just trying to slap something together to sell to the studios. The book's only a month old and I already saw commercials for the movie.

Well, I've been intrigued by what I'm hearing about Chuck Palahniuk for some time. What would be a good book to start out with?

you really can't go wrong with any of his novels. Lullaby and Fight Club are probably my favorites with Haunted coming right behind those.

I've moved on again, except "Hard Landing" took me a while to get through! I've started "The Best Revenge" by Stephen White.

OK thanks, I'll order a few of those. I'm fairly tough minded, so I think I'll manage.

i heard that the fainting thing was a little blown out of proportion and that some of them may have even been plants for publicity for the book. who knows. the craziest thing is that he says the story guts is something that actually happened to someone he knows.

"A is for Alibi" by Sue Grafton

Well, I've also been reading the "Hershey's Fabulous Desserts" cookbook, but for educational purposes!

I love the first handful of Grafton's books. She sorta loses that humour and appealing personality in some of the later books, but the first few are just great.