I finished the incomparable "A Confederacy of Dunces" this summer, and by god it's wonderful. I also have to recommend Ultra by the Luna Brothers to my fellow comic-bookers.

I'm reading a lot of stuff I should've but didn't right now, interspersed with stuff I want to read. So the next month will feature Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man", followed by Stephen Pressfield's "The Afghan Campaign".

Making Money, Terry Pratchett. It stars Moist! I love Moist.

For something current that is as close to the same vein as Invisible Man as I've read yet still manages to have a very unique voice, try The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead. Really impressive stuff.

Cory Doctorow's Overclocked, which is a collection of short stories and all free for download. If you dig those stories, I also recommend Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom and Eastern Standard Tribe. I haven't read the other books yet, but I'm looking forward to them. All Creative Commons licensed and free for downloading in just about every format there is, as well as in print.

A couple weeks ago I finished Rob Bell's Velvet Elvis, and thought it was pretty wonderful -- and absolutely refreshing to read Christian thought that isn't abrasive, nutso, and extremist. I just started Tony Hoagland's Real Sofistikashun, a collection of essays on poetry. I like it a lot so far.

I've got a big ol' stack of books I intend to read soon. I'll post here as I decide which ones to carve up when.

I recently completed Conan the Cimmerian, by Robert Howard, which is a collection of the earliest Conan short stories. It was very enjoyable, if perhaps a touch formulaic towards the end.

I just recently started The Road to Wellville by T.C. Boyle, and am thus far quite pleased.

I have a huge backlog of books that I've been meaning to read, so I put a moratorium on the buying of new books until I finish the ones I have. I find I'm just hitting up the library to get the new books I want irregardless. I read No Country for Old Men a couple of weeks ago (I wanted to read the book before seeing the movie). It was the first time I've actually read a book of McCarthy's, and I enjoyed it quite a bit.

I also just finished The Lies of Locke Lamora and I'd highly recommend it. It's about a con-man/thief operating in a medieval/fantasy setting. It reminded me of Jhereg, the protagonists are quite similiar, but I thought Lynch did a better job developing his characters and had a more intricate storyline that didn't rely on a lot of well-trodden fantasy tropes.

I'm reading Iron Council by China Mieville right now... I really wouldn't recommend this as a first book if you've never read his work. I'm halfway through it and it's only starting to make sense and actually take off. I could also see it being really hard to understand if you hadn't read Perdido Street Station (which was excellent) due to the fact that he neglects to fully describe the species/creatures/social groups that he's established in his universe.

I just started reading this on monday, i'm loving it. I can't help but read the main character's voice as sounding like the Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons.

I'm determined to read the Song of Ice and Fire series this year, but for some reason I'm just having so much trouble getting in to the first book, it's almost like a chore at this point it feels like. Which I don't understand because I've liked what I read so far it's just not gripping me in the slightest.

I've just started the Song of Ice and Fire, Book 2. It's 1000 pages, so it might take me a little while. Nomad, stick with it. You'll be glad you did.

I just went through Small Gods by Pratchett and Neverwhere by Gaiman in the space of two weeks. I think that's got me... I'm not even sure what genre I'd throw them into... Imaginatory mebbe? Whatever, I need something a little more grounded in the real world, despite the fact both kicked much literary ass.

I finished that one a week or so ago. Didn't like it as much as Pattern Recognition, but still a good read. Also just read Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks. Nasty little story, and probably my favourite Banks novel so far.

Going to go back to Oliver Twist and finish it next, methinks.

Finished Monster Island and Perfume. Both were excellent reads. Monster Island was a recommendation from Amazon and Perfume was highly recommended by the ELR Books Podcast a few weeks back.

I'm currently starting to read The True Account by Howard Frank Mosher.It was reccomended to me by my History teacher from last year. He's added some interested books to my pile, like DreamLand by Kevin Baker. It's a fascinating book that takes place in the early 1900s. After that I have, King Lear, and then to finally finish out the Bourne Series so I can compare them to the movies better.