Reading round-up

I found Chuck Palahnuik's Lullaby (2002) on the sidewalk a week ago. I read half and then gave up. I don't usually give up on books halfway through but there is so much good stuff to read out there and this book just wasn't it. Long on description, light on credible characters and a rather irritating obsession with some white girl rasta's shaved hoo-ha. Probably why it was on the sidewalk in the first place.

Before picking up Lullaby, I read Shakespeare by Bill Bryson (2007) of Notes from a Small Island fame. A quick and light read. Like a panini in an airport, it won't really fill you up but the grilled veggies are nice if expensive. This was a loaner so cheaper than a panini.

I am onto Amos Oz's To Know a Woman (1991), a pass-on from a friend trying to lighten her library. I am only a few pages into it but at least it is decent if somewhat depressing writing.

And finally, I picked up David Adams Richards's Mercy Among the Children (2000) at the second hand shop (I also picked up a plastic dump-truck). It has won many awards, sometimes a sign of good things.

What are you reading?