Finished reading a collection of two stories written by Lovecraft as a ghostwriter: The Mound and The Horror in the Museum. 3/5.

I was last reading The Phoenix Conspiracy. I always have a few on the go but that is my most recent and im glad to say im really enjoying it.

Nemesis by Issac Asimov

It rocks

"Joyland" by Stephen King. Quite good so far. I wish he'd write more stuff like this and less of the "this is big and bloated because I can" stuff.

Oh cool! I enjoy SK but agree that some serious editing got waylaid by his fame...

I'm currently reading a Lee Child - "A Wanted Man", which is part of the Jack Reacher series. Too bad the casting was so mismatched in the recent movie but the series has been great light reading.

Perez-Reverte is one of my favorite authors. Polanski's film is a faithfulish adaptation of half of the book, but, in "club dumas", the whole "9th gate" story is embedded in a broader investigation around Alexandre Dumas' books, so, it's almost as if Polanski had adapted a subplot of the novel (okay, let's say "the" subplot, not "a" subplot). This makes a very different tone, as the book is much more ironic towards conspiracies, and has a string "Foucault's Pendulum" vibe all the long.

Also, Depp is extraordinarily well cast, he corresponds perfectly to the novel's character's description. However, as always, Seigner is horribly miscast : the Adler girl in the novel is actually very charming.

The Balance of Power (books 4-6 of the Godsland Series) by Brian Rathbone. Nice little generic fantasy. I downloaded the first three books for free from amazon and liked it enough to grab the second one. Its pretty much run on the mill farmer girl (literally) is a chosen one for a prophecy that must rise up and lead the world against the coming darkness. After reading a bunch of really heavy books like Game of Thrones and Malazan the change of pace is nice.

Gonna be picking Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin back up after this one, I read through the first one and have been meaning to get back to the others.

I recently finished The Driver (1922) and I'm now reading The Cinder Buggy (1923) both by Garet Garrett. Interesting books that make the ordinary into good stories.

Even though I did say I would read A Tale of Two Cities, I have progressed very little on it. Instead, I just finished "The Trial" by Franz Kafka. A pretty weird and surreal book that doesn't really explain a lot. It feels very disjointed at times, but I would lie if I said I'm not looking forward to more of his books.

The Daylight War by Peter V. Brett. IMO The Demon Cycle = best fantasy books I've read since The Witcher.

Finished reading The Moon of Skulls, a collection of two stories by Robert E. Howard centered around the puritan swordsman Solomon Kane. 3/5, I prefer Conan anyway :-P

Just finished American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis. A tremendous book! The lack of a definite ending even managed to increase it's theme of endless cycles of boredom and psychosis. A great read :3

Gonna start reading my sister's copy of The Road by Cormac McCarthy. She and everyone else says it's a fantastic book, so I'm excited!