Currently reading?

Same thing.

Just started Berlin 1945 by Anthony Beevor. I really enjoyed his Stalingrad, so it should be good.

I'm reading Bill Bryson's 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' . He has the ability to educate, and inform his audience, without making the subject matter tedious, and uninspiring. Really reccommend it so far!

I wanted to see what all the fuss was about so I've started The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. So far it's OK- fairly easy to read and absorbing- but I can't see why it's so popular/ hyped up at the moment.

I'm not particularly far into it, though, so perhaps this will change in time.

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Just finished High Fidelity by Nick Hornby.Hilarious!
Not sure what to read now...

Nick Hornby is my favourite author ever... He has the ability to write simple, accessible prose which actually has a lot of depth to it, and he's both incredibly perceptive and incredibly funny. I honestly can't praise him enough - everything he has ever written is superb, and I would have his babies if I could.

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I'm reading The Time Traveller's Wife, which came out not long ago amid rave reviews.  It is just fantastic - you have to read it if you like books which are really well crafted and rich and make you think.  The author (the unfortunately named Audrey Niffenegger) has set herself a really tough challenge (ie to write a love story involving a guy who is constantly time travelling and to make it believable) but my god she pulls it off.  Every single detail of the story has been imagined and is brought to life perfectly.  I'm about two thirds through it and it's definitely a contender for my favourite book ever.

I've just finished this book... Everyone should read it. Everyone.
I was hoping that the ending was going to do justice to the rest of the novel, and my god it did. As I was reading the last 30 pages or so there were tears streaming down my face... I have never EVER been so emotionally affected by a book before. It is incredibly powerful. The thing about the story is that the time travelling really isn't the main focus - essentially it's a love story, and the purest, most beautiful love story I've ever come across. Everything in the book is so perfectly brought to life, so real, that you can't help but feel a huge bond with the characters and care deeply for them.
I can't really say any more (I'm proving Laura and Amy's theory that some books are too good to describe). It's a modern classic, and I suspect it will have the same status in 100 years time that EM Forster and DH Lawrence books have now. Just go out, find a copy, and READ IT. (Especially you Laura - I think you'll love it.)

Has anyone else read it? And if so do you agree with me or do you think I'm insane for being so emotional?

I'm glad i'm not the only one who didn't get the fuss over the DaVinci Code...I didn't think it was particularly well written.

At the minute i'm reading 'The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy'....It's been fun and light hearted Very inventive and original. And then i'm moving on to 'The Curious Incident of the Dog at Night Time'....Children's books rule and it's great that this one chose to highlight the issue of Aspergers.

Sarah xx