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Originally Posted by Steven Dedalus

I didn't know you could read, martin!

Only kidding.

I'm reading "The Stand" by Stephen King, cos I'm skint and it was only £3 in the Oxfam Shop in Belfast.
Good times.

Aye, I've progressed nicely...I see your comedy skills still need some honing though

[Larsen B]

I'm am currently reading The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon, and it's quite darned good.

[StewCat]

im reading "Wanderlust: A History of Walking" by Rebecca Solnit

i got that and "A Field Guide to Getting Lost" by the same Author for my xmas

[Kan' Sharuminar]

Originally Posted by Steven Dedalus

Then you have to read "World War Z" which is the follow up.

It's brilliant.

That's just a fictional story about a massive zombie war, right? I may have to get it

[KarmaTsunami]

'highland river' by neil gunn, and i'm loving it so far.

[Addi]

I finshed the Malcolm X autobiography. It was tremendous, go and read it!!

Then I read The Straw Men by Michael Marshall (uses the name Michael Marshall Smith when writing science fiction, i read some of his scifi stuff earlier, possibly mentioned in this thread.)
It's strange reading a normal thriller type book after reading so many long books recently. I was struck with how the story just seemed to fly by. I think i prefer stories that build slowly and really develop the characters, because that way even small things (such as a change in a characters motivation) can seem very big.
When a story doesn't have this then it just feels like a stream of action scenes with the only common factors being that they share the same characters and have a very rough cause/effect relationship.
That said, I did enjoy the book, it was about 500 pages and I finished it in about 4 or 5 days so it was quite good at holding my somewhat shinythingcentric attention. It also retained the new and interesting ideas which had originally led me to enjoy his scifi work, which was something I was worried he would lose in the transition to crime fiction. I think I probably will read the other crime books he has written at some point.

I am now reading 'The Brother Karamazov' by Dostoyevsky. I have high hopes for it.

[Lucky Rathen]

My new years resolution was to read a book a week after not cracking a book in about 6 months.

Easing myself back into it with stuff that's not too challenging. So far I've plowed through

Serial Killers - the 50 worst serial killers in history (can't remember the author)
Beyond Evil - Inside the mind of Ian Huntley - Nathan Yates (it's total turds, don't waste your money on it)
Family Portrait by Graham Masterton (nowhere near as good as his other stuff)
and
My Booky Wook by Russel Brand. It's my girlfriends, I keep in the bathroom to read while 'm taking a dump. I call it my 'shiterature'.

[Acey Trixx]

Originally Posted by Kan' Sharuminar

Currently reading Max Brooks The Zombie Survival Guide. Using it as reference material, and it turns out it's a fantastic read

Originally Posted by Steven Dedalus

Then you have to read "World War Z" which is the follow up.

It's brilliant.

both these books are fantastic reads.

currently reading peace and war omnibus edition by joe haldeman

[KarmaTsunami]

The Weatherhouse by Nan Shepherd

Back into reading for Uni. Really liking this one so far!

[idol_wild]

Will Storr vs The Supernatural by Will Sorr. It's actually a re-read. Because it is intensely funny and chilling.

An interest in ghosts? You should read this.