I'm readin "Side by Side - a season with Collingwood" by Peter Ryan.

Ryan spent the entire 2009 season with the Collingwood football club and this book is a behind the scenes look at the runnings of the club from the preseason to the finals campaighn.

It's pretty enjoyable to read as a Collingwood fan, a good lead up to the pre -season competition starting next week.

A Winter Haunting by Dan Simmons
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Varney the Vampire

Good luck with that one.

Almost finished. About 100 pages to go.

Finished Varney.

Now reading True Evil by Greg Iles.

About 25% of the way into this, and it is great so far.

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Brilliant book. Did you know he had synesthesia?

I'm reading the James Bond series starting with Casino Royale of course. They aren't very long so I could probably knock out the whole series in a week or two, maybe less if I continue to not have a job....

I had no idea, actually. Isn't that an incredibly uncommon condition?
And yes, I am liking this book very much. It's certainly different.

Archelon Ranch by Garret Cook.

Great book, so far. What I'm most impressed with is that I'm on page 10 and there hasn't been a single spelling, punctuation, syntax or usage error. I'm also wondering, given the predominance of chimpanzees & hats, if Mr. Cookhas a fixation with Esphyr Slobodkina.

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My only negative comment so far is that the book is dedicated to about 50,000 people, none of which are me.

Legumeman's editor is really good. Also, that book looks incredibly cool. Also, I'm fairly certain you're Stan Lee, so you are in the dedications. Where's my No Prize?

Currently reading "Help! A Bear is Eating Me!", just finished "Apeshit" and "Super Fetus", good shit.

Take a peek at the introductory page of 'Anansi Boys' by Neil Gaiman. It'll warm your heart.

Agree, Im about forty pages in and it is easily the most original book Ive ever read, good work Doc.

Its currently sharing my attention with Brent Weeks' The Night Angel Trilogy, currently half way through the second book, Shadows Edge. Real quality reading.

All the Presidents Men, by Carl Bernstein, and Bob Woodward

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. (not sure if I spelled that right but I'm not reading it in English)

The Death of Bunny Munro by Nick Cave

Cool. I started that but never got around to finishing it. Love the guy's music, though.

Yeah it is pretty cool. I read a quarter of it last night at work. It is quite grim and nihilistic so far.

I was kind of getting that vibe.

the long hard road out of hell by marilyn manson

On a side note, there is a bookshop by my house that has a large supply of free books. Gonna check it out tomorrow and see what I can find. Found a large supply of Stephen King books last time. Found Letters to the Earth as well. Fun times.

i have been looking forward to readin' that myself. Right now i am starting Demonic Males-Apes and the Origins of Human Violence. Not as powerful as Frans de Waal's work, but pretty decent thus far.
derek

Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence by Dale Peterson and Richard Wrangham. A little dated, but a pretty good read nonetheless. Late.
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Reign Of The Dead Len Barnhart

Finished Bunny Munro

Have also read Already Dead by Charlie Huston

Have just started Benjamin's Parasite by Jeff Strand

Finished Benjamin's Parasite. Great read, recommended.

Now reading Suckers

Flash Fiction Forward, my first encounter with flas fiction and I kinda like it. Highly recommended to any who respects people who read but don't read much themselves.

I've written a lot of flash fiction. When it's not lazy, it can accomplish a lot.

Rereading Boy's Life by Robert McCammon. A wonderful book to say the least.

I quite agree. Weird, fun and extremely clever.

The Book of Basketball, by Bill Simmons

Sam

Blood and Power: Organized Crime in Twentieth-Century America by Stephen Fox. So far so good...
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William L. Shirer's The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, A History of Nazi Germany.

The film is off middling quality and very very long.

Completely agreed - however, Casey Afleck's brilliant performance almost makes it worth a look.

Just finished The Christmas Cookie Killer by Livia J. Washburn

The Beast of Gevaudan. Amazing book.

Also:
The Mourning Star Strain: Plague Of The Dead.