h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I'm also reading 1984 (Orwell).
And Jane Eyre (Bronte).

Have finished reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Not sure if it has made me believe in god, but there is no doubt about Richard Parker!

About a third of the way through "Hitchhiker" but have paused as I have a month to get through Stephen King's "Dreamcatcher" - the film was dreadful and I want to see just how much a hash they made of it

am listening to Lord Of the Rings (full version, proper audio book not radio edition)!

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A History Of The Soviet Union, by, oh, I forget, it's at home. Good though. Those revolutionaries were such minxes.

Bird By Bird - Anne Lamott

~Renee

I have been reading all of Robert Harris' fiction: Archangel, Fatherland, and Enigma - all brilliant. You don't need to know a lot of history, but with Fatheralnd espesially it helps to have an encyclopedia beside you to look up the futures that might have been (President Joseph Kennedy is a beautiful example)

Also Catch 22, which is lovely. Washington Irving has been mysteriously turning up in our school's sign-in book ever since I read it.

And anyone who likes fantasy should be reading the Song of Ice and Fire serise by George RR Martin. vvv good.

Passing go by Libby Purves

I seem to read a lot of contemporary fiction these days.

I'm reading, How the Universe got its spots. Janna Levin's diary arguing that the universe is not infinite, just very big.

Best book on cosomology I can remember reading.

I enjoyed How the Universe Got It's Spots.

Reading "The Mist in the Mirror" by Susan Hill. Spooky

Shakespear's Kings by John Julius Norwich - a look at the Plantagenet kings from Shakespear's plays and how accurate the depictions are.

Tutankhamun and the Valley of the Kings by Otto Neubert - a rather old book on Tutankhamun by one of the team that discovered the tomb.

who wrote How the Universe got its Spots ? Intriguing title.

Janna Levin.

It's written as a series of letters explaining various theories about the universe - black holes, etc. Also includes more mundane things like moving house, boyfriends, etc.

John Le Carre - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

It's very dense but very good.

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon

so far it's fab, which is saying something (I'm reading it hot on the heels of one of my absolutely favourite novels)

At the moment I'm re-reading Tolkien's 'Unfinished Tales'.

Earlier last week, for some inexplicable reason, I read Roget's Thesaurus from cover to cover. Hopefully I've at least improved my vocabulary.

The things we do to stave off boredom, ennui, tedium, the doldrums, listlessness, languor.

Finished "Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger. Started "Mythology 101", can't remember the author, but it's about elves living in a university library basement.

finally read Their Eyes Were Watching God which was a lot more enjoyable than i expected for some reason, seems like everyone was reading it back in high school... best american lit reading so far, definitely.
now i plan to start Oscar Wilde Discovers America, a novel by louis edwards.

'The Bourne Identity' by Robert Ludlum. It's been so long since I've read it I can't tell how much they screwed up the film, so I'm refreshing my memory.

'Primary Colors' by Anonymous. I know this was very popular when it was first published but the subject didn't really interest me too much. Politics still isn't what I would call "riveting reading", but I'm enjoying it much more than I expected I would.

Revisiting my youth with 'Bunnicula' by James and Deborah Howe, for the little one at bedtime

read 'dragonsong' this morning. now half way thru 'dragonsinger' (~UK time btw) both Anne Mcaffreys for those poor souls who dint know

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