Ah, isn't he funny? I love David Sedaris!

He's ace. I'm more used to hearing him read, because his delivery's so good (and his voice so WEIRD), so there's a certain amount of "imagine this IN HIS VOICE and WITH HIS TIMING" going on, but... he's just hilarious.

Okay, been on holiday for three weeks so I have got through a lot:

Perdido Street Station by China Mieville - excellent as always, I can't believe I waited so long to read it.

One Day by David Nicholls - also really good - I had been put off reading this by the blurb on the back but I read the whole thing on the flight back and really enjoyed it

Stone's Fall by Iain Pears - a cracking good read although I felt the ending was a bit contrived

For me it's the other way round. Dress Your Family in Corduroy had a free cd with it - David reading his stories live at Carnegie Hall - and yes, his voice is weird and totally not the voice I had imagined when reading him....

I'm reading Game of Thrones Book 2 Clash of Kings - again! I lent book 1 to my son and he hasn't given it back yet. It doesn't matter though because the author puts reminders in of what happened before.

Finished The Sheltering Sky. Really not my cup of tea. More naval-gazing by self obsessed protagonists. Felt like he'd read Tender Is The Night one too many times. The setting was well communicated but it lacked the pathos of Waugh or the wit of Woodhouse. Or any humour at all for that matter. I'm sure it was shocking for it's time but as I found very little engaging about the characters, I really didn't care one way or the other.

Now on to Allotted Time By Robin Shelton. Again, not my usual thing but it was a gift so will show willing.

Into The Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Into-Darkest.../dp/0956251579

I downloaded that yesterday! Haven't started it yet, though. Is it any good, so far? The reviews are gushing.

I've only read a few chapters but it definitely grabs you within a few pages.

The first time I heard him I thought he was a very old woman... Radio 4 love him- they look for any opportunity to play a random half-hour of his stuff (which is how I accidentally first got into him). They've just started a new series of him on Radio 4 Extra, which is brilliant.

Hell Gate - Linda Fairstein

Looks like another one for my list!

Just finished 'Left To Die' by Lisa Jackson.
It started reasonably well and then sort of fell apart. I only finished reading it because I had nothing else to read yesterday night.

I just looked her up now.
She has churned dozens of books out. That explains a lot.

The Redeemer, by Jo Nesbo, and After Julius, by Elizabeth Jane Howard.

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

It's only a movie - Reel life adventures of a film obsessive. by Mark Kermode.

On ch2 but very enjoyable so far, but then I am a cinephile so I am biased.

Just completed 'Game of Thrones' last night! I'm going straight onto the second book today!

Do not read the meeting with Linda Blair in public, I was in hysterics, and sadly sitting in public at the time

Afterwards - Rosemary Lupton - really not sure, interesting premise, with definate nods to other book, but a couple of things are jarring with me.

The Sandman: The Doll's House ~ Neil Gaiman

Peter Robinson- Bad Boy

The Bone House by Brian Freeman.

Virals - Kathy Reichs, a totally different direction from this writer , narrated by a very clever 14 year old neice of Tempe. I am hooked only a quarter of a way to go ater 2 days. Brilliant.

Embassytown by China Mieville. Only fifty pages in, and it's ace. It's ALMOST classic SF, with relativistic space travel and stuff, but it's every bit as weird and inventive as anything else he's written. Possibly more so, given that there have been a RIDICULOUS amount of awesome ideas in the first fifty pages, and there are a few hundred more pages to go.

I am SO gay for China Mieville.

I finished that one a couple of weeks ago,how are you finding it?,I dont think its as good as his Jonathan Stride books,but not a bad read,once you get into it.

'The Stonecutter' by Camilla Lackberg.