... "The Moomins and the Great Flood". I really needed something relaxing to unwind after a tough week and I had a blast with this one. Can't stop smiling! No idea why I never got around reading this book as a child.

What about you?

I just finished reading 'She's Come Undone" by Wally Lamb. I loved Lamb's book "I Know This Much Is True", but not so much the one I just finished! I had heard so many people talk about how great it was (with the exception of a few), but this is definitely one that I will not be rereading! What does anyone else think that has read this book?

I thought it was okay, but it pales in comparison to I Know This Much is True. I think that his endings are a little too "pat," too contrived and happy. It might be said that he sells out. I've just started reading The Hour I First Believed, which is a fictional account of one couple's experience with Columbine. So far so good.

I just finished The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, book 2 in the The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy's books. Really interesting. Before picking the books up, I thought it was for teenagers only. But I couldn't be more wrong. The books have lots of interesting stuff.

I just finished Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay. Great book. Lovely scenery, interesting characters, well written. I would recommend it.

I just finished reading "The Weird Sisters" by Eleanor Brown....a humorous as well as sad, true family characteristic, tale. A shakespeare lovers delight indeed.

I just finished The Coldest War, David Halmberstam's book about the Korean War. It's an excellent and well-written book, which is good since it's probably the only book I'll ever read on the subject.

I just finished reading Miss Garrote by Victoria Newhope. Wow!
You can read few chapters here www.victorianewhope.com
Very interesting and unusual book about a super agent, their training, secret operations and the like.

I've just finished Possession by A.S.Byatt which was recommended to me by a member here on BT. Very good, very different from what I have been reading recently and I would highly recommend it, especially if you like poetry.

Just put down "The space between us" by Thrity Umrigar. I've got a feeling this one will stay with me for a while... It was a choice of No Obligations Book Club some time ago...
It's basically an Indian version of "A thousand splendid suns" which ought to be a sufficient recommendation, in my humble opinion. A hunting story about what does it mean to be a woman.