This is from May, but:

A Lion's Tale really is fantastic. I've read it several times over the past year. Even if you don't like wrestling, it's an incredibly fun, well-told story. It's also depressing seeing so many dead people feature so prominently, but hey, wrestling book...

Also, I finally got into Discworld. I read a Tiffany Aching book for a class about teaching young adult literature last spring, and it was about what I expected after all of the (deserved) Pratchett hype, so I eventually got around to buying The Color of Magic recently. I loved it, but now I'm not sure whether I want to read "Mort" or "Guards! Guards!" first.

I am reading David Maraniss' biography of Roberto Clemente. I loved his Vince Lombardi bio and thought I'd give this a try. I'd recommend it to fans of Sports bios.

For the WoT newbs: read with the understanding that there may not be any closure to the series. The author recently passed away.

Oh, then perhaps you've read my work.

Mine was the one that started out with.....

"Dear Penthouse Forum.

I never thought this would happen to me, but......"

Yep, that thread is why I got the book. Thanks.

I just picked up The Scourge of God by S.M. Sterling. It's the third or fourth in the series, but terrific book. More of an alternative history in the beginning, end of last book and this one seem to put a sci fi/fantasy twist on it.

The final book is being written as we type by an author named Brandon Sanderson (almost 2/3 of the way through his first draft).

From his website:As for me, I'm currently rereading King's The Stand and a novel called Host by Stephenie Meyer, which is pretty interesting. It's about a member of an alien species which invades and wipes out humanity, or rather takes over humanity, since they're little worm-like critters that possess human bodies. It's pretty much a character driven novel, as opposed to a space opera or hard sci fi, and so far it's about the struggle of the alien (named Wanderer) personality against the human personality that has somehow stayed alive inside her mind. There's a love interest and the running joke they use to sell it is that it's the first love triangle that only involves two bodies. Anyway, I've enjoyed it so far.

Great, but what I need to know is if Mr. Sanderson wears a monk's robe when he is typing this thing out.

I am reading this book:

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Tra...7264787/?itm=2

Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says about Us)
by Tom Vanderbilt

I enjoyed it, I just wish it would move a little faster.

Loved the "Lost Horizon" reference, and the warrior-monks battle hymn at the muster outside of Castle Todenangst.

Fifth in the series, actually. Dies the Fire, The Protector's War, A Meeting at Corvallis, The Sunrise Lands, The Scourge of God

Eighth, if you count the Island in the Sea of Time trilogy, which follows what happened on Nantucket.

I haven't read a book since my wife game birth to our son 17 months ago. God I miss reading ... Milan Kundera is my fav. author ... read all of his books, good, thought-provoking reads.

Constitutional Law for a Changing America: Institutional Powers and Constraints - Lee Epstein and Thomas G. Walker

Kundera's "Nobody Will Laugh" is one of my favorite short stories. It's so funny, and written in such a dry, biting fashion. Very good writer.

reading the dresden files--the wife tried FOREVER to get me into them, and after resisting for a few years, I relented and actually tried em'. very good read, ftw. and, butcher is a native missourian.

I knew you'd read it when you used the word "ricockulous" in a thread. It really was a fantastic read.

I'm reading Jugs, the Euro edition.