Thread: What are you reading? What was the last book you enjoyed?

Here's what I read in the last 2 weeks while on vacation.

Illium-Dan Simmons (Sci-fi)
Iron Sunrise-Charles Stross (Sci-fi)
The Wilding-C.S. Friedman (Sci-fi) This is the sequel to In Conquest Born released about 15 yrs ago.
White Death-Clive Cussler & Paul Kemprecos. (Fic)
Furies of Calderon: Book one of the Codex Alera-Jim Butcher (Fan)
Hammered-Elizabeth Bear (Sci-fi)
Scardown-Elizabeth Bear (Sci-fi) Sequel to Hammered
Bio-Rescue-S.L Viehl (Sci-fi)
Radiant-James Alan Gardner (Sci-fi)
The Treasured One: Book Two of The Dreamers-David & Leigh Eddings (Fan)
Wind Riders Oath: David Weber (fan)
The Highwayman-R.A. Salvatore (Fan)
The Thousand Orcs: The Hunters Blade Trilogy Book 1-R.A. Salvatore (Fan)
The Lone Drow: The Hunters Blade Trilogy Book 2-R.A. Salvatore (Fan)
The Icewind Dale Trilogy:Omnibus Ed.-R.A. Salvatore (Fan)

Currently finishing off
The Dark Elf Trilogy:Omnibus Ed.-R.A. Salvatore (Fan)

Damn! The last thing I read was was this msg board----As far as books????
Robots of dawn---or Practice Effect---maybe even Hitchhikers Guide or Jurassic Park---*****, I'm lazy lately!!!!

I'm on to The Andromeda Strain now. it is a helluva page-turner.

The Devil in Massachusettes by Starkey

I teach, so summer gives me time to read a vaguely embarrassing number of books, hurrah!

These were the best of the best:

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon - a quirky "murder mystery" told from the POV of an autistic boy. A really quick read, a unique narrative voice, and an interesting glimpse into the way autism can color your whole world.

Fever Pitch, by Nick Hornby - I've owned this book for years, but only just got around to reading it because I'd heard it was very dry. But don't expect a standard novel and you'll do fine. Hornby uses specific games as jumping-off points for his essays, which makes perfect sense to me, as I mark time by seasons, too (don't you?) An incredibly relatable book for die-hard fans of anything about how silly we must look to the outside world and how deeply we feel every win, every loss, every trade, and every championship...oh, wait, I can't speak to that last one!butters:

Of Sound Mind, by Jean Ferris - technically, a young adult (YA) novel, but I can enjoy those without shame on account of the teaching thing. About a boy whose parents and brother are deaf, so it's dealing with having to walk the line between the hearing/nonhearing worlds, and also your standard coming of age novel...plus some huge obstacles.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince...of course.

and

An Assembly Such As This: Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman: Book 1, by Pamela Aidan - My one very girly pick, so bear with me. Amazon.com kept recommending it *constantly,* so I finally gave in and bought it. Well: this reads like Pride & Prejudice: Behind the Music. Makes my giddy-girly heart swoon. Best thing to happen to Brit-Lit since Colin Firth. (P.S. I've heard the 2nd book in the series blows.) Now, to toughen up for the hockey season!

Great idea to have a book thread--I'll keep looking here for my next picks!

My next batch of reading material

Fantasy
The Knight-Gene Wolfe
The Exiles of Boq'urain: Storms of Destiny-A.C. Crispin
Paths of Darkness Omnibus Ed.-R.A. Salvatore
The Legacy of the Drow Omnibus Ed.-R.A. Salvatore

Sci-Fi
House of Reeds-Thomas Harlan Sequel to Wastelands of Flint.
Fitzpatrick's War-Theodore Judson

Fiction
Lost City-Clive Cussler & Paul Kemprecos $10!? For a ****ing paperback...last time I buy this kind of ****...ridiculous.

I recently finished The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. I can't recommend it highly enough. Easily one of the best novels I have ever read.

Here is my new list:

Tommyland-Tommy Lee

Scar Tissue- Anthony Kiedis

The Dirt- Motley Crue

Memoirs of a Geisha