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Hamlet at lunchtime, Fahrenheit 451 at bedtime.

I'm currently halfway through "A Storm of Swords", the third book of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy epic. Totally awesome so far. I recommend it to anyone who is into fantasy/sword and sorcery type stuff.

For anyone who has been following this series, the long-awaited fourth book "A Feast for Crows" is finally due out on October 17th in the UK and November 8th in the US. Allegedly the fifth book "A Dance with Dragons" is also nearing completion.

Much Depends On Dinner, by Margaret Visser (actually, on audio tape so I can weed and "read"). She traces the history of the foods that make up a very simple meal: chicken, rice, corn, salad and ice cream. Very detailed, wide-ranging, fascinating.

I just finished Sorcery and Cecilia (or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot) by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer. It's a charming little regency fantasy, good for anyone who likes Jane Austen.

The novel actually started out as a game. The authors each created a character and they had the characters write letters to each other. The main characters are two cousins: Kate who gets to go to Londen for the season and Cecy who doesn't.

I'm reading the sequel now. (SFBC omnibus edition.)

Aw man .... I made it through about 60% of that book before I lost interest. I thought a lot of it was really interesting, but the middle dragged on for me and ended up putting it aside. Now you're making me want to see if I can finish it...

I am reading the God of Small Things by A. Roy. Good book so far. Got interrupted b/c I read Harry Potter.

I finished Captain Alatriste. If anyone like good ole fashioned macho historical stories of sword play this is for you. Cussing, picking up chicks, and fighting duels in 16th century Spain...i loved it.

And speaking of long books this was a short one. 230 pages? I read it quick. They are making a film of this book (or maybe it is based on another in the series) with Viggo Mortenson playing the spanish Captain Alatriste. great fun this book was!

Just started Seville Communion which is alot like DaVinci code but more realistic...and it came out before. Love it so far. Also by Arturo Revere-Perez!

How to be Idle, by Tom Hodgkinson (like I needed lessons...). Traces some of the history of the work ethic, manipulative propoganda that it has been over the centuries and extols idle & simple living. I skipped the chapters on how great it is to drink and do drugs (like I needed lessons...), which is where Mr. Hodgkinson and I part ways. Otherwise, we advocate the same lifestyle, although I fear he works too much, having put out this book.

I finally finished "The Historian." ughhh! what a chore. Now I'm reading "Olympos", Dan Simmons sequel to "Ilium." What a pleasure!

Alan bought Olympos at the weekend - we're taking turns reading it, it's GREAT!

"Love All The People" - the Letters, Lyrics and Routines of Bill Hicks.

The Late Great Bill Hicks. A sad loss to the world of comedy.

Since it contains a number of stand-up routines etc. there is a tendency for jokes to be repeated throughout the book. In much the same way, I suppose, that you'd get bands playing the same songs in different gigs. That tiny annoyance aside it's a great book. If you like your humour dark and satire biting then you can't beat Bill Hicks.

Why the Catholic Church has not canonised this man yet I do not know! lol!

Just finished "Something else else Rotten" by Jasper Fforde. It is his last Thursday Next Novel.

My next choices to read are the following. Anybody have any comments?

1. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

2. the new Nick Hornby "A Long Way Down"

3. the new Jasper Fforde "The Big Over Easy: A Nursey Crime"

4. "Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules" by David Sedaris -a collection of short stories

Ahh, heck I'll just buy all of them...

I just finished "The Half-Blood Prince" and a rereading of the "Thief of Time" by Terry Pratchett. Not the best of the Discworld books but I had forgotten I had read it the first time. <G>

In the past year, I've tried to expand my reading a bit from the normal Sci-Fi/Fantasy genre and read "The Name of the Rose" and most of "Baudalino" by Umberto Eco. I enjoyed TNotR but Baudalino lost my interest.

I've considered picking up "The Dubliners" by James Joyce but have yet to.

Jamie

So has anyone actually SEEN this book in a store yet?

Jamie

I've been into reading the "classics". Barnes & Noble has a series of classic books. They have notes at the end, along with some reviews from the time the book was written and other material.

I am finishing up the collection of O Henry stories.

Not sure what to read next.

I dont know if this will make me rise in the estimation of my fellow bookworms, but at the moment i am reading "Desperation" by Stephen King. It is a typically weird book full of interesting and weird characters...

I am just a fan of horror and suspense, in general...

Brian

My wife bought me this book when it first came out since I was such a fan of "The Secret History", but what a bore "The Little Friend" turned out to be. I still haven't finished it and I only have a pang of guilt for not having done so since it was a birthday gift.

I finished "The Rule of Four" and I have to say I was let down a bit. I was hoping for more of a "reveal" for the main characters' quest.

Summer is slipping away and I haven't finished a book yet in 2 months! The world of Work starts soon and sadly, I didn't finish a book. Everything I want to read is at least 500 pages! Can anyone recommend anything current out there that is under 300?

"currents of space" by asimov

Song of Ice and Fire fans:

According to Martin\'s Official Web Site A Feast of Crows is do out in the UK on October 17 and in the US on November 8.

Hmm, maybe I should start rereading. It'll probably be out latter through the SFBC, though.

i love the song of fire and ice, but i like the robert jordan series wheel of time better that is my favorite.


right now i am reading Lies My Teacher Told Me.
a must read for every humna being. it's staggering.

i also just got The Rise Of The Creative Class which should be facinating when i get to it.

I'm in the middle of Crucible of War by Fred Anderson. It's weighty, but it's a very well-written history of the French and Indian/Seven Year's War. Very up-to-date. I met the author at a National Council for History Education conference. If you have any weakness for American History, I recommend it.

I've been checking Doonesbury books out of the library. Brilliant stuff.

Go tell it on the Mountain, James Baldwin

Just bought three books from Borders.

Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules - a collection of short stories picked and edited by David Sedaris. All about life,lonliness,love and envy for monkeys.

The Opposite of Fate by Amy Tan - another collection of short stories about her life and journey to become a writer.

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond. History book.

i'm reading volume#1 of the Han Solo trilogy by A.C. Crispin. intitled "the Paradise Snare"
the whole trilgoy tells the story of the adventures of a young Han Solo before Epi#4.

So sorry you didn't enjoy The Historian, Semi. Scott gave me this for Valentine's Day, and he even got a large print edition so that my mother could read it as well. Mom picked it up before me, and she however stopped on page 49 where they (briefly) describe exactly how Vlad Tepes impaled people and stuck the stakes around his grounds as warnings to his enemies and ghastly trophies. I, on the other hand, am loving it!!! Of course, maybe that's because I am mad for any and all things vampire. This book could drag for a lot of people who are not into the details. Someone said they describe what they are eating and drinking on every page. Well, that's part of the inside joke too because it's a lot of the same takes on the cultures of the areas they are traveling through that Stoker and Florescu and Anne Rice and others have also used in their plots. I want more, more. I want to be the next one the letters and clues and such are left for! (But, I'm too damn old and fat to get the job done. So, Dracula is still gonna be safe out there wherever he is presently hanging out) Anyway, now someone please write such a fantastic book about the great werewolves of history!