It's actually quite cool. This is a second read for me, it's been 9 years since I read it (published 2001), so it's both familiar and unfamiliar at the same time.

is

that depends on what the definition of 'is' is.

Spartan - Valerio Massimo Manfredi.

"Brothers by Blood, Enemies by Fate, Heroes by Death."

Very good.

And apparently, one of the things Gaiman made up for it is now true(According to some reference book).

And what is this thing that is fact now? He doesn't say! or at least not explicitly. I don't have time to search through twitter for a clue. :)

Has anyone figured out what the thing is? I'm hoping that there really is an extra-dimensional portal in that cool-sounding place ...

Just finished A Princess of Mars

Heavy on the action. Not so much for character development. But a good yarn overall.

It should make a good movie if they don't screw it up.

Les Miserables

La Enigma de Paris - Pablo de Santis

Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, by Captain Sir John Kincaid.

I've been meaning to read it for a couple of years (rather than just scanning my library copy for relevant terms in the index). So when I saw it in bookstore at 30% off sale price, I snapped it up.

I 'made' myself start reading it, with the thought that it wold be a valuable thing to do, and would help me 'read into' this period of warfare. What i didn't expect was for it to be such fun!

If you like the adventures of Sharpe by Bernard Cornwell, then you'd love Kincaid's recollections. He enlisted in the 95th (Rifles) in 1808 and fought in the Penninsular War. He was basically a real life Sharpe.

Funny and poignant by turns it reads wonderfully well. Sometimes the archaic language patterns seem to drop away and there is something very real and now about his words

'Night of Thunder' by Stephen Hunter

''Paved With Good Intentions'' By Jared Taylor

What a compelling book even though I don't agree with a lot of his viewpoints.

Little, Big - John Crowley.

Love it, Love it, Love it!

Also - Wise Children - Angela Carter.

Hidden Wives - Claire Avery

Cow orker got it free from goodreads.com as part of the FirstReads promotion. It's about a couple of girls in a polygamist cult. It's not a cute and quirky cult like on Big Love. This is the awful, creepy kind of polygamist cult.