I'm reading "Have a Little Faith" by Mitch Albom. As in "Tuesdays with Morrie," he examines the theme of a meaningful life, through a rabbi nearing death and a minister seeking salvation.

in a strange and fortuitous coincidence, i just finished ORYX AND CRAKE -- un.be.lievable. canNOT wait to find out what happens to the crakers. i've been reading atwood for a decade now, and somehow never got around to O&C until now. nothing better than rediscovering a favorite author, no?

p.s. add my name to the Dresden Files fan club list...

I am (still) reading the book for my book club (as I was doing the last time I commented) - "What Remains" by Carole Radziwill - and so far I'm loving it.

Thanks for the book. I'll come in handy on my 2 hour each way commute from Baltimore to Alexandria. I'll have to post a review when I finish it. As for Dresden Files, Butcher's other series, Codex Alera is pretty good too. It's fantasy with a nice political background but a pretty good series. Also it's wrapping up in Novemeber with the last book of the series (5 books).

Oh, also forgot for those Dresden Files fans, the Felix Castor series by Mike Carey is a nice alternative. Set in London and the main character is an Exorcist so little "magic" but the same noir PI meets the supernatural vibe to it. It's up to book 3 in the US and book 4 or 5 in England (which is available through Amazon though I'm sticking with the US releases at the moment).

Argh! I need this book, so much. I read Orxy and Crake without realizing it was a trilogy and I've been dying to continue the story.

I'm reading "The Only Boy in the World" by Michael Blastland. It's a father's story about an autistic son, but instead of the usual therapy advice, it's more of an exploration of theory of mind in autistics.

Keeping my fingers crossed.

Last week I wrote in a comment to the post about James Patterson that I had downloaded (for free on the Kindle) "The Angel Experiment," the first book in Patterson's Maximum Ride series. It's a SF tale about the adventures (and do they have adventures!) of a group of genetically engineered kids who live together. It's unusual, very different from what I usually read. I'm enjoying it. It's still free on the Kindle by the way.

And speaking of "free," I've also been reading Alexander McCall Smith's new online novel, "The Dog Who Came In From The Cold," the sequel to "Corduroy Mansions" (last year's online novel), which was terrific. Here's the link to Chapter 5 of the new novel. There you can access the links to the 4 previous chapters:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/corduroymansionsbyalexandermcca/

Oh, I would love to win THE YEAR OF THE FLOOD - I haven't read Atwood for ages!

Right now I'm reading a "true crime" book. It's A COLD-BLOODED BUSINESS by Marek Fuchs. It's about the re-opening of a 20-year old murder case (which took place in Olathe, Kansas of IN COLD BLOOD infamy). Fuchs is a journalist, and I'm enjoying his writing/reporting in the book. True crime is not a genre I generally read, and he has made it approachable.

I just downloaded my first e-book: Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections. So far so good, great commentary on family dynamics. I'm enjoying the e-book format too, more than I expected!