Jingo
At a time when fans have had some bad news about the author of the highly amusing Discworld novels I’m reading another novel with the city watch at the heart and still love the character of Vimes to bits. I’m close to finishing it so I can’t wait to borrow Idoru (William Gibson) which I am told contains a character that is very close match to my own personality/style… or some such.

Saving myself a bit of time for those who want to know more, I prefer to verbally discuss books to writing anything vaguely review like…
Jingo (Discworld Novel)

I’ll link to Idoru too, soon as I find out what character I am supposedly like and have given it a read through I may make it the subject of a rant:
Idoru

Magician
Its something of a classic, I’m actually reading it again… by again I mean for the fifth time. What? Don’t judge me!
I’ve worked my way backwards through Feist in certain respects, it was mainly Talon of the Silverhawk that drew me into the series and even then as the result of hooking another friend. The Conclave of Shadows trilogy and its following work are easily my personal favourites after the core novels surrounding Magician.

Worthy of note in this entry is Gifts by Ursula Le Guin, which is followed by Voices and Powers (Which I am assured are also promising reading). I was moved to tears at one section of Gifts and found it to be deceptively twisting in its direction, something that might not sound like a positive but which is part of its overall genius. I like literature that does not dish up a perfectly happy ending.

If your interest is prickled then head for a search engine near you, I’ll get round to adding links at some point however

Updated:
Gifts (Its a bargain at £4… I actually got mine in PERFECT condition from a second hand bookshop for thirty pence… I was thrilled!)
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Magician (Riftwar Saga) (You probably own this one already)

Making Money
Another Pratchett, I’m half way through and I’ve found it decent enough… I always tend to enjoy his work and this is no exception. There are some very special moments (in the comic sense) in the book so far. I hope the ending is good

Cover, blurb and potentially reviews:
Making Money
(The layers of Irony are worthy of a mild giggle)

You may remember Idoru from Currently Reading #1, this is one from the treasured dominion of William Gibson and supposedly it contains a literary equivalent of my very own persona… This intrigues and concerns my precarious soul!

I am starting it shortly and I’ll be sure to give it a few more words in the next reading entry.

I didn’t get a chance to make an entry but I very rapidly tore my way through Fatherland (by Robert Harris)which was thrust into my hungry clutches by a friend (who happens to live right above me)at a time when I was hungry for another reader… It has that alternate history come dystopia feel that strikes a winning tune for me and it delivers quite a smooth ride, with a fairly satisfying conclusion that leaves you hanging over the edge.

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Now playing on iTunes: The Killers Feat. Lou Reed - Tranquilize

Little has changed since CR#6 as I have had very little time to enjoy Pattern Recognition which I am close to finishing off at last… I am mostly eager to begin devouring a work that I have been needing to read for some time, mostly ever since a tutor referred to me as the Scarlet Pimpernel.

In some respects Pattern Recognition is becoming a firm favourite for me in regards to William Gibson, it just feels very at home in the current social climate.

I’ve recently managed to watch the Earthsea attempt that the Sci-Fi channel made and despite my alarm at the trailer it wasn’t quite as BAD as I thought it would be, I read the Earthsea Quartet at such a young age that I was hazy on enough of the plot to not be irritated by anything I saw before me…

However I know really want to read all four again and I haven’t got my own copy. *sigh*
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Technically Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Player’s Handbook… technically.

I loved Talon of the Silverhawk, I loved King of Foxes… I even liked the third book of the trilogy which was a little inferior to the first two and more of a set-up for the next trilogy. I have finally got round to starting that second trilogy.

Flight of the Nighthawks
I’ve been told a few things about and it and gather that there are one or two continuity errors. I’ll hold off annoyance until I’m done.

I’m also re-reading Sabriel, Abhorsen and Lirael because I finally got them back after a three-year lend to a very dear friend who was in hospital at the time I really, really love how Garth Nix portrays necromancy in the world he has created… it is beautifully done. His other work hasn’t really appealed to me.

I’ve been doing a lot more writing and doodling than reading and yet still I’ve managed to let Urban Muggles slip into a horrible state… Whilst my friends may bitch or take the piss of the numerous things my mind ties itself up with I’ve still put more than a foot forward, so nurgh! :P

Flight of the Nighthawks
Errors between books aside I thoroughly enjoyed it, the first chapter or two alone sold it to me.

Lirael
The biggest of the three Nix books that make up the Old Kingdom Trilogy (if memory serves well) and perhaps the weakest in places, still a good read and I will enjoy moving through it again.

I’d love to have some way to catalogue books/media that I’ve enjoyed…