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

Finished Orson Scott Card's "Speaker for the Dead" while I was on holiday. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
Now half way through Yann Martel's "Life of Pi", a book centred on a truly unbelievable plot but written so well it becomes credible and gripping.

Finished Sharpe's Trafalgar this week, it was a very good read. It told me a lot about the way old warships fought and were built.

reading "the prophetess", "the overseer", "borgel",another black dead book(Anyone know of any good ones?), a Gaiman, Jail bird, others I can't remember...(I can't choose between them, so i read them alla t once...!)

I've just started The Valley of Horses by Jean M. Auel after reading Clan of the Cave Bear over the weekend.

What I really need is some work to do whilst I'm at work!!!

I'm in the middle of Pompeii, by Robert Harris.
Good going so far - tension is building up nicely, and he's managing to build in his "thriller" plot alongside the volcano bit.

God-Emperor of Dune.

Enjoying it so far

Ahhh the spice!

I didn't realize it had been so long since I'd posted here!

Return of the King so I'll know what's going on when the film comes out.

The fellowship of the ring cause i said i would for like the last 10 years<S.

The Fellowship is lovely, as is Return of the King, but the Two Towers is my favourite.

Currently reading... ah, still the Silmarillion (gosh why do I do this to myself, really it's a pile of poo)

and reading for fun: Enemy of the Gods by Bernard Cornwell, the second in his Arthurian Trilogy.

So... another novel full of sweaty men with swords for me. Pity, elves are thin on the ground!

Now reading Orson Scott Card's "Xenocide", Terry Pratchett's "Night Watch" (out in paperback at last ) and George RR Martin's "Fevre Dream", all left in different rooms to pick up when the mood takes me.
Also reading "The Coast of West Cork" by Peter Somerville-Large to remind me of my holiday and family heritage.

Just finished "Love in the Time of Cholera" and now reading Big Fish - a Novel of Mythic proportions ... kinda wierd and frighteningly easy to read but still with-holding judgement ... only started it this morning, could easily have finished it by tomorrow, especially if the train's delayed again ...

Just finished Drop Dead Gorgous by Katie Agnew, great if you don;t want to strach your brains

Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
Not easy going - got to concentrate sometimes, but well worth it

The Scar - China Mieville

Enjoyed Life of Pi - finished it a couple of weeks ago. Since then have polished off the 5th Potter (ooh, some wonderful plot lines set up for no.6) and have just started a set of Stanislav Lem short stories, but may ditch it in favour of Night Watch, which has been burning a hole in the coffee table since Saturday...

I'm reading 'The Dark Spirit' > Dr. Bob Curran
Interesting stuff about the histories of real people who's live became the stuff of celtic folklore...

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce

Not exactly my first choice of things to read, but I need it for my early 20th century lit lecture.

in the education sphere I'm reading "Modern Historiography: A Short Introduction" by Michael Bentley, my soon-to-be-tutor-with-an-interesting-sense-of-humour-and-intricate-writing-style.

The Forest by Edward Rutherfurd
Sharpe's Company by Bernard Cornwell
The Weaker Vessel by Antonia Fraser (What life was like for women in the 17th century. We have it so easy these days!)