What are you reading at the moment??

[Quacker]

Very shallow, Gaz. But not wrong though...!

[Eli]

While I´m waiting that "The White Road" arrives to the libraries I´m reading the letter E of the Kinsey Millhone´s series, written by Susan Grafton.

 

[Anne Gray]

Still haven't finished Koko.  I can't seem to pick it up, nor any other book for that matter.  I'm in some sort of reading funk, but why?  Anyone else go through these phases?

[Jayne]

I've just started reading Mark Billingham's latest novel, Buried.

[jimallcorn]

      Right now, I'm well into the latter half of King's CELL.
      After which, I plan on reading the third in Ken Bruen's Jack Taylor series THE MAGDALEN MARTYRS.

[Gaz]

I have just finished Now You See It by Richard Matheson. It is very contrived but fantastic none the less. A tale with a plethora of twists. Also read Something In The Sea by Yves Bonavero. I would highly recommend you all to try this novel if you haven't already. Can't really tell you much about it without giving away the plot. Its a love story/murder mystery/actioner that takes place on a yacht. Not something I would have picked myself but a friend recommended it and I would definately say that I owe him one!

[jimallcorn]

      Right now, I'm well into the latter half of King's CELL.
      After which, I plan on reading the third in Ken Bruen's Jack Taylor series THE MAGDALEN MARTYRS.

      I quite enjoyed Billingham's debut novel SLEEPYHEAD  &  have had his initial Thorne follow up SCAREDY CAT  in the ever expanding "waiting to be read" section of my bookshelf for about a year now. I'll definitely get to it though. Probably sooner rather than later, as I'm begining to feel the need to "catch up" what with having seen that his sixth entry into the series BURIED is already out in the UK. Though, here in the States they've only just put the third one out so far.
     

[cerrys]

I've just finished with Buried which I found a bit disappointing after the earlier books in the series.  It seemed a bit scrappy in places, like it needed a better editor.  It was my bifday yesterday and I got Necropolis by Catharine Arnold which looks brilliant and has gone straight to the top of the "to read" pile - it's a study of the social and cultural aspects of dealing with the dead in London, from the middle ages to modern times.  The Houses of Parliament were constructed on top of a plague pit would you believe...  I did have a bit of a sneak peek at it last night...
I loved Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See, which made me cry three times over, and would recommend it to everyone.  I've lent it out to two people since I finished it a month ago and they loved it too.  I've now started on The Kite Runner by someone whose name I can't recall, I'm about six chapters in and it's really good, a real insight into a country and its people that we perhaps wouldn't usually get in the West. 
Ooh, and I also got the Hairy Bikers Cookbook for my bifday, which makes me laugh as I just love those guys - men who can cook and who ride motorbikes - sigh - I guess I'll just drift off to dreamland with a smile on my face now...

[JoshSchrank]

Currently I'm trying my hardest to wade through John Gardner's "The Art of Fiction" and also Dick Schaefer's "Sociology Matters."  I'm fearing my gray matter is in danger of atrophy, so I've decided to take a few undergrad courses as adult enrichment classes. 

I just finished "Black Angel" again and gave it to my Grad Assistant; she's from India and is bored out of her mind this summer.  Anyway... anyone have any recommendation on some light reading for her?

[lucy]

Hi Josh, for something light, I would definitely recommend Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum novels and, maybe, Sue Grafton's ABC novels.  Under the category "light but probably not considered to be so by the author" I'd put Linda Fairstein's thrillers.  Hmmm, there must be more because I haven't exactly been taxing myself with my reading of late but I can't think of them now - typical!  I'll go and have a think.

[Killme00]

At the moment i am reading Mr Clarinet but afetr reading what cerry said about Necropolis i am going to try and pick that up this weekend 

[cerrys]

Finished with the Kite Runner.  It's by Khaled Hosseini, and it was ace.  Highly recommended.  Looks like both Thomas and I will have our noses in Necropolis this weekend, we'll have to compare notes on Monday!

[Heidi G]

Must admit I am still on the Jane Austen mystery series (don't shoot me for the light reading, please!) but they're getting better with each one; takes a big longer to figure out who's done it and she's adding some flesh to the characters.

Also celebrating because the little indy bookstore I live in ordered Mr. Connolly's books en masse on my recommendation.     Now I can fill in the gaps in my collection without having to drive clear into "the city" and be forced to go to Borders  .  One should always become buddies with bookstore owners!  It pays off!

[Killme00]

Well done Heidi,

I think you may have missed your calling as a manipulator of men and booksellers en masse

 

[Heidi G]

Hmmm....booksellers I can see, but guys?  How'd I manage that one?  Do tell, especially as Chris the bookstore owner is a woman with the same reading tastes as me!