Just finishing 'Judas Unchained' by Peter Hamilton. Next up is 'The Black Dahlia' by James Ellroy.

Boy do I have a lot of catching-up to do.

Getting towards the end of "The Complete Sherlock Holmes: Volume One" ... a cheap Barnes and Noble edition I picked up and am enjoying.

:lol: You're not alone. I posted this response to Reilly's "Temple" a few months ago: http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=420781&page=3. Now I see multiple recommendations of him in the "Recommend me a good adventure book" thread. Clearly some people like him though. For me, in the right mood I can enjoy mindless action in movies. But the same level of intelligence in books just doesn't work for me. Something stupid happens in a movie, and it just zips by and you're on to the next thing. But it a book, it's staring at you in black and white on the page. I like Crichton, Preston/Child, Rollins, but those guys seem to have a way of surrounding the action with more plausible science/conditions (at least for me).

Just finished Lincoln Child's "Utopia":

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I enjoyed it, especially being a big amusement park fan.

Finished a few things over the holidays, including:

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Next up is probably:

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Though I've got a lot of work to due at the moment, and won't have a lot of reading time in the near future.

Still trying to finish the Historian...I just realized though what is taking me so long. The damn print is so small, guess I need to get glasses :(. Also reading No Excuses by Kyle Maynard

Just started Stephen Hawking's 'God Created The Integers.'

Wish me luck - it's real thick.

Agreed! They read like shitty screenplays nobody would buy but because it's been a book, it will probably become a shitty movie no-one will watch.

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Been reading on this for a while now and need to get it over with. Really enjoying it but its long as hell.

Might but up for some Tom Robbins for a lighter change of pace after this one.

Currently reading...

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^^^ This book is actually made of metal.

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Hard Rain by Barry Eisler

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This is a great book, you may want to read Fountainhead someday too. :)

Just finished:

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins -- My seventh Robbins novel. I continue to marvel at his style.

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Currently reading:

Foop! by Chris Genoa -- So far so good.

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"The Shadow Of The Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
 

Link to the Complete Review website

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I tried to read this early last month, but because of too many reasons I didn't get to read this until this past week. Once I started it was very difficult to put down. What an incredibly wonderful book.

Now that I'm done this I'm moving on to Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Idiot.
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Defintly planning on reading that one sometime soon. I have heard it is pretty different from Atlas Shrugged.

So far I have only read Gitterbug Perfume and Villa Incognito. Robbins is quickly making it to the top of my favorite authors. Any suggestions of which of his I should read next?

"Killing Yourself to Live," Chuck Klosterman.

Pretty funny.

Bateman,
You can't go wrong with Still Life With Woodpecker or Another Roadside Attraction. That said, I'm partial to Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates, but I hesitate to recommend it until you've read a bit more Robbins... Fierce Invalids features a male main character so you may want to snuggle up with a few more of Tom's ladies first.

Just starting...
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The Chronicles of Narnia.

Loved the movie, bought the complete series 1 volume book at the borders next to the theater after the show.

Thanks. I will look for those.

Finished Michael Connelly's The Narrows.

Started Daniel Silva's The Mark of the Assassin.

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I think I know what you mean. Several times throughout the book I thought to myself how I would have written it differently at times.

That said, I did enjoy it. :)