What'cha Reading?

[BerberElla]

Shadow Gate by Kate Elliott

[Firelie]

Kushiel's Avatar by Jacqueline Carey.

[kuranes]

I just finished several "Repairman Jack" novels that I had fallen behind on ( it's a series ) by F. Paul Wilson. I am now reasonably "up to date".
I read two bios of Frank Zappa, one being partly an auto-bio, with a ghost writer involved.
I read "The White Castle" and will soon start "My Name is Red" ( read ) that was recommended to me by a person on INTPC. They are translations from the original Turkish - Orhan Pamuk.
I read a suspense novel called "Devil's Peak" by Deon Meyer, set in Cape Town, South Africa. I like books set in other cultures, although this one wasn't so different from ours.
"The Know It All" by A.J. Jacobs - non-fiction about reading the Encyclopedia Britannica from start to finsih.
Just started:
"Escapement" by Jay Lake
"The Gone Away World" by Nick Hardaway - I think Rhu might enjoy this. Just an instinct.
"Lush Life" - Richard Price. Price is a realist who writes about inner city drama. He has been praised as the best writer of realistic modern dialogue ( meaning English/American, I suppose ) but I think George V. Higgins rivals him for dialogue. There's a lot more to Price than dialogue, though. I read his earlier novels "Clockers" and "The Good Samaritan". He's very adept at setting up realistic situations that show the "human condition" of modern urban life. Never a "quick read" however.
"Clark Gifford's Body" by Kenneth Fearing - recommended for me by the same INTPC member.
"Their Wildest Dreams" by Peter Abrahams - Stephen King's favorite suspense writer

[kyuuei]

The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

Just recently I finished A Gathering of Gargoyles by Merideth Ann Pierce, and DeathNote: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases. I'll leave my comics and manga out of this.

[Sniffles]

Recently I glanced through some parts of Democracy's Discontent: America in Search of a Public Philosophy by Michael J. Sandel. Very interesting take on the prevalent concepts that govern American socio-political consciousness and how they have little if any connection to what were the original governing principles of the American Repbulic.

[Orangey]

"A Grammar of Motives" by Kenneth Burke.

[helen]

The Sickness Unto Death Soren Kierkegaard. For the third time! And I'm loving it.

[ZiL]

Just finished Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann, and I'm well proud because it was 600 pages and I've become nigh on illiterate during the past few years. I just found out they're coming out with a new movie for the book in December in Germany! I hope they'll import it here at some point.

I'm starting Life of Pi.

[colmena]

I'm starting Life of Pi.

Ooh. I liked that. I have a hard time getting into things, but LoP was very warm and welcoming.

[LadyJaye]

I'm reading this month's issue of Scientific American - they have an article about the effects of the moon on the earth that was very interesting.