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How nice. Someone else reading Shakespeare. It's an autumn ritual of mine. I'm re-reading The Sonnets of Shakespeare: The Cambridge Edition Text (1936) (The Complete Works Of Shakespeare) as edited by William Aldis Wright,and illustrated by Rockwell Kent, who's work I collect.

Also Cosmic Consciousness (A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind) by Richard Maurice Bucke, M.D. and and am finally getting around to Erewhon, by Samuel Butler, again I'm fortunate to be enjoying an edition illustrated by the extraordinary Rockwell Kent, with an intro. by Aldous Huxley.

Just finished reading 'Bright of the Sky' (The Entire and the Rose) by Kay Kenyon. Pretty good, got it as a birthday present. Should get the sequel from Amazon today :).

Rereading 'The Name of the Wind' (The Kingkiller Chronicle, Day 1) by Patrick Rothfuss. Another good read. Sequel isn't out until next year. Wish they would stop making all these -ilogies.

Finally, also ordered 'Zoe's Tale' by John Scalzi. If any of you haven't read 'Old Man's War' and the other followups, I highly recommend them.

A couple weeks ago I finished the 3rd one, "The Last Colony". It was amazingly good! IMHO, there were all a little different and had interesting plot twists in each book.

I'll have to try "Zoe's Tale" at some point.

And I've read all the Iain Banks I can get my hands on. "Matter" was very cool; seemed like that was the first book to reference the Iridian War from "Consider Phlebas (sp?)".

Loved 'The Name of the Wind' and can't wait for the sequel.

Currently reading:

The Mote in God's Eye - Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle

"Alien Sex: 19 Tales by the Masters of Science Fiction and Dark Fantasy." ed. Ellen Datlow (1992)

It's an anthology based on relationships.

The title intrigued and the stories are fascinating.

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"Ender's Game" is one of my favorites....I'm thinking about reading it again.