Well, for me at least, it is a good mix between non-fiction & manga right now. It's the great deluge, Negima! Vol. 1 Omnibus (limited edition) & Higurashi Vol. 1

I'm reading Juggler of Worlds by Larry Niven and Edward Lerner.

I'm re-reading Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, vol 1. - seemed just about right this week to reflect on where we were, and how hard it was to get to where we are now, as we celebrate what we have become.

By, Taylor Branch.

i'm reading the memoirs of casanova

Hi All
I've just been introduced to Lee Child's books. Thrillers (?) starring Jack Reacher - women want him, men want to be him. Hmm. But the books are not as corny as the publicists.

Cindy James

Jeremy Clarkson - Born To Be Riled.

Half  way through.. with some very funny comments!

Just finished Beware of God by Shalom Auslander, now reading his 2nd book, Foreskin's Lament.

Z

Just finishing Blackman (thirteen in the U.K.) by Richard K Morgan...amazing.

Have Claimed by shadow by Karen Chance up on my bedside next

I'm currently reading The Fire - the long awaited sequel to The Eight- by Katherine Neville.  It's O.K., but not nearly as good as The Eight.  Too much telling, not enough showing, IMO.

Sideshow: Nixon, Kissinger and the Destruction of Cambodia - William Shawcross

Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield and Jules Verne's Journey to the center of the earth.  I always read a couple of books at a time!

The River Knows by Amanda Quick.

Quote from: Jemma on January 17, 2009, 07:16:45 PM
Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield and Jules Verne's Journey to the center of the earth.  I always read a couple of books at a time!

I used to read more than one at a time. But my attention span seems to be getting shorter as I get older.

Wait, is that a chicken over there?

Right now I am reading Neuromancer by William Gibson, published in 1984. This is the book that defined the cyberpunk genre and gave us such terms as "the matrix."

Quote from: Lisbeth on January 18, 2009, 06:46:26 PM
Right now I am reading Neuromancer by William Gibson, published in 1984. This is the book that defined the cyberpunk genre and gave us such terms as "the matrix."

That one's in my top 5.

Right now I'm reading Count Zero, also by Gibson, plus an assortment of Hemingway short stories for my American Literature class, and I'm trying to get through Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan.

I just finished the Great Gatsby (for class) and absolutely loved it, which surprised me. I hated it the first time through, back in High School.

If you want a good laugh and a look at colonial life try Gerald Durrels. "My Family and Other Animals". A 13 yr old's look at Greece with a bizzare family.

Availbe on Amazon for NTN
Cindy J

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Hi
Not reading but asking.
Did Dean Kootz release volume three of his Frakenstein series?
Cindy J

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Hi
Not reading but asking.
Did Dean Kootz release volume three of his Frakenstein series?
Cindy J

No.  I'm impatiently awaiting that one, as well.  Along with the last Fire & Ice book by George R.R. Martin, and the 2nd Kingslayer book by Patrick Rothfus. 

just finished The Perks of Being a Wallflower, great book
now im starting on Dead Until Dark, I like it so far

i'm looking at old london maps. i found two short roads with 18 pubs on them, they are linked by a small thoroughfare called pissing alley.

just finished Julia Serano's Whipping Girl.
Julia Serano is my new trans hero (though there wasn't really an old one).