Picked up and started Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams so far.

It's quite... Odd.

After finishing The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown I went into withdrawals.  I started re-reading old books.  Then I went online looking for something readers really liked.  Steig Larsson's trilogy was high on almost all the lists I found.

I bought all three in hardcover for about half what the packaged deal was and I've been racing through them in the last couple of weeks.

The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo was pretty good.  The Girl Who Played With Fire was great but here I was coming to the final pages and the action was still rolling.  I'm asking myself, "How is he going to finish this with only a few pages left?!"  The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest picked up right where the previous one left off.  I'm about half way through with that and still enjoying it as much as the second book.  I have to force myself to do other things or I'd be reading all day.

I did a little web search and found Sweden has already made movies of all three.  Most who have seen them say the first is very good.  The other two were made with a different director to save money, and it shows.

I am a sucker for paranormal romance and have been going through my series...again. I'm currently working throught the Dark Hunter series by Sherrilyin Kenyon.

My library loans Kindle 2's out that are loaded with about 90 best-sellers on them.
I've been trying to figure out if a Kindle is just a pretentious toy or useful.
I've read whole books online on an LCD screen and didn't find it too pleasant.

I went to Project Gutenberg and downloaded some copyright-free books.
I'm reading "Unterm Birnbaum" from Theodor Fontane.
I'm enjoying the book and the Kindle reading experience is pretty pleasant.
It's nice not having to find your place when you pick it up again.

I am sort of juggling books in slow motion.  My girlfriend wanted me to read Harry Potter, so I am on book 5 now.  Before that, I was reading Wealth of Nations, but have not got in very far yet!

Quote from: Sera on February 19, 2011, 08:59:05 AM
My girlfriend wanted me to read Harry Potter...

I'd get a new girlfriend.

My girlfriend has gotten me into the Darkover series.  I am on "Two to Conquer" ( Book three )  and I have "The Hiers of Hammerfell" waiting.

Good stuff.

Quote from: Renate on February 06, 2011, 07:45:18 PM
You slay me, Pica. Robert Burton, eh? I haven't seen that brought up in conversation in a while.
You're a font, er, I mean a fount of knowledge.
Yes, I've read it.

It's like a portal to another world - however I can only read a chunk at a time, I can't sit through it all in one go.

The Second Book of General Ignorance, I'm finding out more things that I know are wrong

Quote from: Princess Rachel on February 20, 2011, 07:55:15 AM
The Second Book of General Ignorance, I'm finding out more things that I know are wrong

Oh, there's a second? Must get it, then, to go with my original and extended copies. Missing a few of the QI books now, actually.

True Grit, by Charles Portis.  Not just one of the best Westerns ever written, a real 'writer's writer' Portis wrote one of the best American novels I've ever read.

currently reading:
Pattern Recognition by William Gibson and
Un'Anima Divisa by Paolo Crepet

I just can't keep to one book. I seem to end up with a couple of them at the same time

I used to be able to read a few books in one go, but I can't keep all the strands separate nowadays.

Hastur Lord - the latest in the Darkover series published last year.

I have read all the others too! They are my among favourite books and MZB is one of my favorite authors.

My other favourite is Kim Harrison.

Quote from: Lairiana on February 20, 2011, 08:32:42 AM
Oh, there's a second? Must get it, then, to go with my original and extended copies. Missing a few of the QI books now, actually.

I got it from The Works for just £3.99

Quote from: Princess Rachel on February 20, 2011, 04:17:05 PM
I got it from The Works for just £3.99

Ah, good ol' Works. It's either really good or really bad, or both. Usually both.

I think I'm going to try Terry Brooks' The Sword of Shannara again tonight. Yippee.

I just finished Strategic Planning and My Iceberg Is Melting...gotta love grad school... 

I've just reread "Making Money" by Pratchett, absolutly love the disc world series. The more serious book I'm reading is "The count of Monte Cristo", I like the dedication to patience and planning in order for him to right all the wrongs done to him.

I tend to have several books on the go, several light hearted and a few more serious, although "Lord of the rings" is always at some stage of been reread.... I just can't help myself 

Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison.  One of my girlfriend's favorite author.

Armor: by john steakley. Great story not a genre i really like but the story makes up for it.