oh and its called "once upon a time in the north" btw. since i cant seem to edit the OP.

If you are into mystical, metaphysical, political scifi, then I highly recommend the Dune series.

Just finished On my way to paradise, its a scifi novel, its was a good story if a bit long. Not sure what to read next got the eye of the Dragon and a bio of Freddie Mercury.

Oh nearly forgot this one!
I would highly recommend Spares by Michael Marshall Smith, I read it a few years ago and couldn't put it down ,the story had stayed with me.

I kinda went off Pullman after the third of His dark Materials. Spares IS fabulous, everyone should read it.

I still haven't got around to reading Dune. Awful, i know. On a similar level is Katherine Kerr and the Deveryy serie(s). I love them so much, they make me cry. It gets to the point where you know each character inside out, and it also has that penny-drop moment when people do something you don't expect.

I would highly recommend the Tales of the Ortori Trilogy, by Laim Hearn. It's set in feudal japan, but you don't need to know anything about japanese culture/language to read it. It's truly beautiful literature, everything is perfect.

If you like psychological science fiction (especially along the lines of modifying your body so your outside "you" matches your inside "you"), then Starfish by Peter Watts is worth its weight in gold. The next one is harder than gold to get hold of though.

Another one about defining personalities and mental "abnormalities" for want of a better word is This Alien Shore by C.S. Friedman. It's a really gripping sci-fi adventure mystery one too

Currently I'm reading Stardust by Neil Gaiman. It's good, but i don't think it's quite as good as the film. I'm reserving judgement mostly.

Right now I'm reading Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day. After that, I'm going to read his When We Were Orphans, which I've heard is even better.

I really want to reread The Deathly Hallows, but I've already packed it up, and I don't know what box it's in.

lol my flatmate has finally given up on trying to get me into le potter. thank crap for that!

point 1) potter sucks. point 2) there is no point 2, i rest my case. i am basically re-reading my childhood. i've been reading books by Roald Dahl, the Narnia Chronicles by C.S. Lewis and have the Hobbit and LOTR trilogy at the starting gate ready to go. as soon as i finish the Narnia books. i am currently on "The Horse and His Boy". this is sorta OT but i couldn't read books for the longest time. it's like my brain couldn't process the material. but lately the fog has been lifted and i can read like i could when i was a kid. only at a higher grade level.

I just got finished reading Cross, by James Patterson *Book 12 out of a series*.
And I'm fixing to start reading his Women's Murder Club series., starting with 1st to Die

Just finished Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Now reading No Country for Old Men

Hmmmm. The last thing I read was this cutesy romance novel about poltergiest and husband killing called Ghost of a Chance. Forget the auther, but it was cute and quick....not much thought to it.
I think I'm going to revisit Robertson Davies. The Depthford Triology is good, if lengthy, but I really like Lyre of Orpheus too.
i really miss having lots of books out here. they're in storage and not having them is going to make me read new things, instead of rereading old faveorties. I'm so having an insane urge to curl up with pride and prejudice for the thousandth time.

Reading Slash's Autobiography at the moment.

The Depthford Triology - Is that dark kids one with the harvest mice, and pendants with symbols on? And they go into the sewers and fight with rats? If that is, I've been trying to find out the auhtor for years so i can read it again!

i have decided to delay my reading of The Hobbit and the LOTR trilogy in favour of reading the Wrinkle in Time series by Madeleine L'Engle... very good books.

I'm currently reading Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy. My beau tells me it's a classic and has been pestering me to read it for several months now. I had never heard of it until he mentioned it. I'm pretty interested in it now, though.

I just started reading The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James.

i picked up a book full of little bits of others. (i cant spell exerpts or however the fark its spelled) it makes me 1 frustrated that i cant read the stories im getting into, 2 happy that i can easily finish the ones im hating and 3 feel like ive read a tonne of books when really ive only read a page or three from a tonne of books lol

tis called "the grown-up's book of books", was printed for world book day a year after the kids book of books was rather sucessful (1999 im told)

Bringing this back from the dead...

I've read the first six Narnia books in the past couple of weeks, and I'm about to start The Last Battle. Yay!

I think when I'm finished that, I'll pick up Ann Marie MacDonald's Fall On Your Knees. I really do love CanLit, and that's one I haven't read yet.

I just finished reading "Cloud Atlas" by David Mitchell (not the comedian) and it was bloody rubbish!
Would not read again. HRMPH.

Never knew it was a series! I'll have to check it out, I remember reading one of them in school.

I am a big Dean Koontz fan, I've read probably 8 or 10 of his books and have yet to be dissapointed. Just finished Mr Murder.

I just finished the Zombie Survival Guide.
http://www.randomhouse.com/crown/zombiesurvivalguide/

and im reading World War Z. another Zombie book

My boyfriend loves those two! He's said I can borrow them ... eventually.

I've just finished The Adonis Complex, which was bloody interesting, despite it's overly American thing of scare mongering. And the fact it repeated itself a fair ol' bit...

I've made it sound , but overall it was pretty good, if you're into that sort of thing.

I am positively itching to read Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg... so if anyone out there wants to buy me a present for no apparent reason.... go right ahead .

ITS ALIVE!!!

currently im reading "science made simple" which is basically a tonne of really easy questions you never really thought about yourself. Such as why does your nose go red when its cold?

The answer? It doesnt, your face goes white and your nose stays the colour it was

Fantasy: Guy Gavriel Kay's "Fionavar Tapestry." It's a trilogy. The author was hired by the Tolkien Foundation to complete Tolkien's unfinished works, if that means anything. His works are genuinely rich tales, although the writing is dense, thick with meaning. His command of language is a thing of beauty, and his stories end up addressing very personal questions with regard to morality. Sheesh. That sounds really bland, but it's not. It's very thought provoking, and the tales are lyrical, carefully crafted.

SciFi: Nancy Kress's "Beggars" trilogy. She's another really neat author whose works are thought provoking. The series is set in the not-to-distant future in a world where fetal genetic enhancements can be purchased. Want your kid to be born with blue eyes? A hyped up IQ? A predisposition towards musical talent? It's all available. And, at the outset of the story, they have just identified the gene responsible for causing sleep...and figured out how to eliminate it. The series is, in part, a story about the children born without the need to sleep. Without giving too much away, think, for a moment, just how many more things you could accomplish and experience if 1/3 of your life wasn't spent asleep? It's an amazing series.

Non-fiction: Joseph Campbell. If you're in the mood for something light, "The Power of Myth" or "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" are good. If you want to delve into a tome full of detail, "The Masks of God," a 4 volume set spanning some 3,500 pages with rich, overwhelming fact is amazing.

Personally, I think it important to devote thought to how one should live a life, to make that life rich and meaningful, worth living. Part of that also means engaging the world in a way so that your existence leaves something behind, an imprint, something which changes the world for the better in a lasting way. I only point that out to give you an idea what stories appeal to me, personally. Each of the aforementioned authors, I think, addresses such issues in their own light. That aside, they're hella good stories.

I just finished Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.

Er- graphic novels count, no?

It was good but not as good as Watchmen, and then I have a whole slew of books that pdbsg gave me for christmas that are in the pipe.

Ok, but nothing's as good as Watchmen. I'm reading (slowly) Why don't penguin's feet freeze? and How to fossilise your hamster. They're answers to the Last Word column in New scientist and various kitchen-based science experiments. Very interesting if you find yourself ever having to teach young kids.
I just finished The Man who mistook his wife for a Hat, by Oliver Sacks, it's about the wierd things your brain can do, like not recognising faces or tonal inflections, or not realising parts of your body belong to you. It's fascinating, a really good read.

If anyone cares to read, I co-authored a chapter in a book?

http://www.eurekah.com/chapter/642

Reading: The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer
Next book: maybe Black Spring by Henry Miller or something by Philip K. Dick or (start rereading) Daniel Martin by John Fowles. I got many books to get through.

I like to read