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Day Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko. I like the ideas in the story, but I'm not particularly fond of the author's writing style (I dunno, maybe my enjoyment is somewhat marred by Andrew Bromfield's translation of the book?)

Jane Eyre at a rather slow pace, skipping paragraphs, and more or less lost about a couple of main points.

Haha, I read her sister Emily's work at about the same pace and in about the same way.

i can't just ead one book at a time so i'm reading:

the historian by elizabeth kostova (which is about vampiers)
a long way down by nick hornby (about 4 people who all try to comit suicide,really funny)
and also jane eyre by charlotte brontë

The Hebrew Goddess by Raphael Patai. It's about goddess worship as it has appeared in Jewish religion all the way through to the present day. Really excellent analysis, well referenced. I just got to the discussion of the Divine tetrad in kabbalah but I really enjoyed the discussions on Asherah and Astarte. One thing I was interested to see is Patai's analysis of the initial use of the term shechinah in the Talmud as actually a bit removed from the way it's used today.

I can't just read one book at a time, either. I need a break from one, so I read another, and another, and so on. Right now I'm reading 'Too Loud Too Bright Too Fast Too Tight: What to do if you are sensory defensive in an overstimulating world' by Sharon Heller, Ph.D. It's very interesting.

I am also reading 'The Everything Dog Training And Tricks Book' by Gerilyn J. Bielakiewicz. (I guess she had to put the 'J' in there to distinguish her from the other Gerilyn Biel.....) I am hoping some of this dog training wisdom will work on my children as well. Frankly, they're more wild than the dog.

Those are the main 2, but I just ordered about 8 books from Amazon.com, and I'm in book heaven skipping from book to book, subject to subject. Wonderful.

This is such a great thread because I am getting so many ideas about what to read next. I need something to think about that's not my life.

Me too, about reading several books at a time. I have a reading chair in every room. Also, me too, about the Too Loud book. That was a revelation to me - I keep it handy. I'm reading (among others) How to Talk to Your Dog by Jean Craighead George. It's probably a children's book but it's teaching me a lot. Some of the stuff I already knew but I didn't know why (his mom does it). I've got some Feng Shui books because I just moved - I don't if that works, but it definitely makes my apartment nicer looking. Also Cover of Night by Linda Howard - don't know if I like it yet, it seems good though.

Just re-read "Pretending to be Normal" by Liane Holliday Willey.

Now reading "Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid" by Douglas R. Hofstadter, with his "I Am a Strange Loop", "Metamagical Themas" and "Mind's I" waiting.

Also pending: "Letters from a LOST UNCLE" and "A Boy in Darkness" by Mervyn Peake

it was my favorite when i was 18, it made pms-people(of the center where pupils go if they have problems at school, don't remember why i ended up there, cause schoolresults where fine, maybe it was the time i was so depressive) study me with interest, but AS wasn't known back then, otherwise the book would have given it away right away

Recently finished "Look Me In the Eye" by John Elder Robison

Currently reading "The Red Tent" by Anita Diamant.

Lau and Lemon have my interest piqued so I'll have to find "Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid" by Douglas R. Hofstadter next.

The Adolescent by Dostoevsky

and...

The Secret Life of Salvador Dali. (If you enjoy sensory details in books, I recommend this one. )

Currently reading "Sophie's World" by Jostein Gaarder. Quite an interesting read.

Cell by Stephen King

I just read Arthur Hailey's Hotel.

Dubliners by James Joyce (I really like some of the stories and really dislike other ones; it's an odd book.)

I just finished Gladly the Cross-Eyed Bear by Ed McBain; it was far more... graphic than I had expected.

"The ultimate hitchhikers guide" in its original english, all five books in one +one extra story. By Douglas Adams. reading it all through for the eighth time ^^.

"The Stand" in its original english, unabridged with the 600 pages cut from initial printing included. By Stephen King

"20.000 leagues under the sea" unabridged, previously unreleased translation to swedish. By Jules Verne.



that's what I'm currently reading.