>>Surely this forum needs a diversion, and maybe even an opportunity to pick up a good tip. Michel was kind enough to create this section for us and we hardly use it. What are you reading these days?
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>>This is posed as a straight question, not an invitation to impress everyone with how refined your tastes are. Personally I read a wide range of authors, from potboilers to writers who are as good as it gets. To prove the point, the book of the moment here is "The October List" by Jeffrey Deaver. Stylistically it is a steaming pot of poo. But I keep reading to see how it turns out.
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>The Debt of Pleasure, by John Lanchester is a little gem. One of the best ever.
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>I just finished my first reading of Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce.
>Wow- could that man handle prose!
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>Next up - An American Life - Ronald Reagan's autobiography.

Good luck with Joyce. Portrait is accessible but even published authors admit they don't get "Ulysses." And that is a walk in the park compared to "Finnegan's Wake". I gave it a try and quit in utter despair.