World War Z! My girlfriend lent it to me as I've never read it. Once I am done with that it's the next StarCraft book.

I think I'm going to re-read Watchmen now. And finally finish the book I've been reading all last month. It's good but I haven't felt like reading it outside my very short lunch breaks. If I get the LUA book I want for my birthday, I'll read that too.

Night Watch by Sergey Lukyanenko

Tales of H.P. Lovecraft - selected and edited by Joyce Carol Oates

I just got done with the Gunslinger series again. I started the first book at the beginning of January and finished the seventh 2 weeks ago. I love that story.

Do you ever find yourself reading a story you love, and as you approach an event you know is going to turn out badly you think to yourself "Maybe...just maybe it will turn out differently this time." Totally irrational but I do it all the time.

I was thinking about picking up one of the fantasy reccomendations from the recent thread on the subject.

A forum thread.

The Shakespeare Wars: Clashing Scholars, Public Fiascoes, Palace Coups - Ron Rosenbaum

As a fan, I'm finding this book to be a fascinating read about how Shakespeare has been interpreted, edited and published over the past 400 years. I was never aware that there was such heated deliberation over what he actually wrote vs. what was simply added in by various publishers to "fill in the blanks", or edited out due to cultural trends/prejudices, etc.

The content is a bit thick but Rosenbaum is a kick-ass writer that makes it all very entertaining and user friendly.

All Tomorrow's Zombies

Just finished T.C. Boyle's The Inner Circle, about Alfred Kinsey - both his ground-breaking sex research and his insatiable appetite for virile young men. It's also a keen, beautifully written exploration of the tug-of-war between love and sex. (Especially sex.)

Trying to decide what to read next. On the nightstand: Philip K. Dick's The Man in the High Castle or Boris Akunin's Special Assignments. On the one hand: Awesome Sci-Fi. On the other: Russian crime drama. It's a tough pick.

Pratchett's Making Money

Just finished the third book in Nick Sagan's Idlewood trilogy. With a couple of exceptions, he manages to hit that sweet spot of realistic characters in a fantastic situation that is always entertaining.

Good freakin' luck on that one. Let me know if you get halfway, I'll light a candle in your honor.

Bad News for McEnroe by Bill Scanlon. Before I had 2 back surgeries, I was a very active tennis player, especially in the late 70's and 80's. This is a book about what it was like to be a tennis pro during those glory days. in other words, the life I wanted! Pretty fascinating, but also pretty light reading.

I'm putting a cap in Niall Ferguson's The War of the World, an overview and analysis of conflict and genocide in the first half of the twentieth century. This is to be followed by Frederick Lewis Allen's The Big Change, an account of the same time period with America as the focus.

Any thoughts on the historical validity of these authors' views? I've just been taking the material at face value as I don't think I have the background to recognize bias or agenda.

I'll add it to the stack. It looks to be a hefty book so it may be my spring break reading.

Can't be as bad as the Gormenghast (sp?) trilogy... i think i managed to get several chapters into the first book before i very carefully laid it on my bookshelf for it to look pretty and thick for any guests that might glance its way.

I've not been reading much due to time constraints but i've always had a fascination with hypnotism and so (having been given vouchers for christmas) i bought Derren Brown's Tricks of the mind. It's fairly interesting if nothing else and gives you a decent insight into his character and drives...

I just finished Joe Haldemans' Camouflage, which was pretty good except for a weak ending. I will be reading Neal Asher's Polity Agent as soon as it arrives.