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In no particular order: Perdido street station, China Mieville Justice Hall, Laurie R King The windup girl, Paolo Bacigalupi Hullabaloo in the Guava orchard, Kiran Desai People of the book, Geraldine Brooks The Gargoyle, Andrew Davidson Angel of ruin, Kim Wilkins

A letter of Mary, Laurie R King :stars4: Shakespeare's christmas, Charlaine Harris :stars3: I love a cozy mystery and I'm glad someone recommended this author on BAR. Will be reading others.

Anamnesis sent to Scribeswindow - have sent and received. :)

The windup girl, Paolo Bacigalupi :stars4:

I once watched an episode of Oprah where she spoke of being able to read by age three and her mum would get her to read to people who came over as a bit of a 'party trick'. She also talked about her love of books and reading. I think that she created her bookclub for exactly that reason...

The court of the air, Stephen Hunt. Didn't enjoy his style of writing. :stars2:

Enders game, Orson Scott Card. :stars3:

We have a bit of a high-brow Book show here in Melbourne that recently read and talked about Atlas Shrugged. The people on the panel absolutely despised this book. I will admit to not having read either of these - and I'm starting to wonder if I ever shall, even though they have been on my...

So is your Stars Hollow anything like Gilmore Girl's Stars Hollow?

Finished this last night. I really enjoyed it. My copy had a forward by the author where he talked about gifted children. Probably the biggest idea that comes through with this book is the notion of loneliness. Bit like Buffy the Vampire slayer really.......

Hi there I saw you really enjoyed The house on the Strand, I remember that was one of my favourites. As Watermelon was just so-so, does that mean you won't be reading the next one in the series?? :)

The manual of detection, Jedediah Berry. :stars3:

Well I can't quote statistics for you, but I remember a discussion I once had with some colleagues, where apparently most males only read male authors. I'm not sure if this is an unconscious decision, and I'm sure it's a generalisation, but I'm interested to hear what others here may think of...

Sounds good. Were we being newly paired up?

The walking dead? Haven't heard of it. I'll have to look out for it when it hits our shores......

My book collection is fairly eclectic, and I'm finding this a hard question to answer. In the past I have always had great access to books, so then I would only purchase classics or something that really appealed to me. Now I'm buying much more. Usually if I can't find it in the library or if...

I'm too much of a control freak to just randomly choose books this way. When I'm in the library the book has to 'grab' me, then I read the blurb, then the bit about the author, what else they've written (if any), and then I skim the first page..... I spend ages in a library......

The Somnambulist, Jonothan Barnes, :stars4:

I would count H G Wells as steampunk. The Somnambulist was lovely. I loved Barnes Verbosity and I've added new words to my own vocabulary. Brilliant imagination. I highly recommend this book. :stars4:

Well The boneshaker was much more steampunky than the others as I'm slowly making my way through my list. I'm halfway through The Somnambulist, and this has taken me by surprise. I wasn't expecting too much and I've been really enjoying it thus far. No gadgets to speak of, but very Victorian.