Superdeluxe-
I guess congratulations are in order.

Michael

Finished the 3rd book last week, so I finally get to start the next one as soon as the week calms down. I'm excited!

After a brief detour with Skipping Christmas, I am back with Connelly and Bosch:

Its probably going to take you 9 months to read

Just finished "No Less Than Victory" by Jeff Shaara. Currently on "Counter Attack" by W.E.B. Griffin.

I'm a total knitting fangirl.

The Cabinet of Curiosities - Preston and Child

Finally reading Under the Dome by Stephen King. Only 30 pages in but enjoying it, moving at a good pace.

Working on Shutter Island.

After seeing the film trailer yesterday, I decided to change plans and re-read....

Wow, two Michael Connelly misfires in a row. I've was less than impressed with Echo Park and The Overlook (The Overlook was particularly weak). I might take a break from Bosch now and start the following:



Anyone else read any of Pearlman's other books? They all sound interesting to me.

Finished The Lincoln Lawyer. It picked up in the latter half, but was still only fair.

Just started:

Just finished My Name Escapes Me by Alec Guinness. It's a collection of diary entries from January 1995 through 6 June 1996. A tad snobbish at times (and clearly no love for Star Wars or its fans and their "idiotic, if lucrative, hobby"). Under all that, though, some entertaining anecdotes and a host of book recommendations. Bonus: Guinness crushing on Wallace and Gromit. With a week remaining in 2009, I don't know if I'll start anything else or not right now. Probably.

Finished:
The Lightning Thief (Rick Riordan)

Starting:

Porno - Irvine Welsh

What did you think of it? I'm about halfway through. It was slow going for a while, but is finally starting to pick up steam.

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


Michael

Finished:

The Road (Cormac McCarthy)

Solid book but I didn't enjoy it as much the 2nd time reading it as I did my 1st.

Regarding The Lincoln Lawyer, it sure did start out slowly! It took at least 1/3 of the book before it engaged my attention. Overall, it was a fair book, nothing special.

I'm about 2/3 into The Dark Tide by Andrew Gross now. It moves very swiftly, though there's a bit of soap-opera-feel to the book and the writing is very "simple". (Certain authors have such an impressive way with words I will re-read passages, but not here.)

What I remember about that book is how often the characters said the other character's names. It seemed like every sentence either started or ended with a name. Have you noticed that?

The Shining

Web of the Romulans by M.S. Murdock



Monster, Vol. 1 By Naoki Urasawa


Michael

The Chronicles of Narnia: A Horse and His Boy