ugh. I agree--I can't stand C.J. Cherryh!

Manifold: Time - Stephen Baxter
Free Kindle download, wouldn't have read otherwise. Science Fiction, quite heavy on the science, quite heavier on the super-duper technological advancements we don't have to make the story work. There are apparently two other manifold books that are supposed to cover the same events from different viewpoints or something? Not going to read those.

Puritan Economic Experiments - Gary North

The Last Witchfinder - James Morrow
When I started reading this book, having no idea where the story would lead, I thought that I may end up drawing comparisons between it and Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver, because in the first few pages I was directed into a world that somehow managed to have room for both Witchfinders and Isaac Newton. In short, I was wrong. I should have known that James Morrow would dance on an entirely otherly oriented Cartesian plane, perhaps one that would be described, imprecisely, as "just off center."

Fortunately, I enjoy that kind of thing.

Each turn of the page brought a new adventure for our heroine, and for her compatriots, at least one of whom becomes a well-known Patriot.

Suspend your disbelief and have some fun.

I always wondered what my books were doing behind my back. I don't know whether to be worried or comforted by the information

The Drunkard's Walk - how randomness Rules our Lives : L. Mlodinow (nice counterpoint to "Blink")

bio of Ben Franklin - forget who but was a Pulitzer finalist

My Life in France - Julia Child

Kafka - The Metamophosis
Flambert - Madame Bovary
Augusten Burroughs - Dry

Just finished Paradise Postponed, by John Mortimer. The parallels to Bleak House were enough to get me Googling, and I found that Mortimer indeed used Bleak House as inspiration for it.

harry potter

The Last Witchfinder - James Morrow

And now I have seen trailers for the film. And Claire Abshire has shoulder length hair. Why? In these days of hair extensions? Why? When it's stated in the book that she feels there are there are three of them in the relationship; Claire, Henry and her hair. Why not even bother?

I've been spanked here before for making too much of a deal of original texts (aka beloved books - note the viewpoint.) So I am not going to mention this again.

EXCEPT! EXCEPT! The wedding is outside! How can Henry hide?

No, I mean it.
I didn't go see the Narnia films, Coraline, The Dark Is Rising, The Golden Compass. I won't go see this. So you'll be spared my grumpiness. FTR - this didn't fit in the other thread, not being a children's book - it's just been discussed here recently.

ETA - Welcome colemanmmorgan

The Steep Approach to Garbadale, by Iain Banks.

I haven't read any Banks in ages. Hasn't totally grabbed me yet but I was trying to read it whilst sitting in the Jurors' Lounge at the courts and had to keep half an ear out for the semi-regular announcements.

Am also tentatively approaching the Poldark books.

I'm still reading the same book I started about 8 months ago. Not bad for a person who used to go through one book a week.

I have down time so I am devouring the books. Last night I bought 'I am Legend' and a budget book of poetry at Borders.

I thought the poetry would get my mind muscles working for learning anything.

I was looking for 'From Time To Time' by Jack Finney having just read Timeline by Micheal Crichton but they didn't have it.

( previously, read all of the Diana Gabaldon's books too and what? the 7th volume in the time traveller series is being released september 22nd! :D)

Finished Dry and Metamoprphosis. Still working on Madame Bovary and have picked up America: the Book by Jon Stewart.

I also have about 6 Nicholas Sparks books to read. I finally saw the movie "The Notebook", and I rushed out and bought the first Nicholas Sparks book I could find. I've since collected all of them. I read "Nights in Rodanthe", and lovedthe book so much I went out straightaway and bought the movie, and was horrbily, horribly disappointed. So now I'm afraid to read the Notebook, because I really loved the movie.

There. I said it.

Olive Kitteridge - e. strout

Auspicious Eggs - James Morrow

The Philosopher's Apprentice - James Morrow

Both of these are weird morality tales, but in different ways.

The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman

Delightfully creepy. Not sure about the Newbery Medal-ish-ness of it, though.

ooooooooo- I loved the Graveyard Book! Hope it's made into a movie! :ghost: