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The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore. Oh so funny, but oh so inappropriate.

The Stranger by, Albert Camus

"L'etranger" !
i've read it when i was 14 or so (long time ago )
must have been one of the first books that grabbed me
i still remember the story a little, could it be the main character is a somewhat aspie-ish?

The Best Science Short Stories of 2003, edited by Oliver Sacks.

"A Brief History of Modern Psychology" by Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr.
So far it keeps saying how modern psychology started in America. So I'm 1/4 of the way through the book, and it's just started talking about how various Americans studied under teachers in Germany and took ideas back to the states. Strangely, off the top of my head, Freud, Jung and Adler are the only psychologists I could have named.

Sounds interesting, aylissa. I've read a few of Sacks' books recently. I hadn't seen that. I must try to get hold of "Uncle Tungsten".

Actually I didn't have the book in front of me. The title is: The Best American Science Writing 2003
Oliver Sacks is one of my favorite authors.

Neuromancer by William Gibson (Finally)

The Gunslinger by Stephen King. Figured I was getting over my head in the roleplay and decided to learn more. It's not quite like the rest of his writing - the style is distinctly different - but I like it so far.

Currently reading: A biography of Michael Strunge, a Danish 80's "punk poet". And a couple of Strunge's works.

I hope you enjoy it. I did... that and his subsequent books.

Sacred Causes by Michael Burleigh
(Subtitle: The Clash of Religion and Politics, From the Great War to The War on Terror)

Polemics, you will not find it here, also finishing up

Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell

Inflation, interest rates

On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society, By Lt. Col. Dave Grossman

I just finished Congratulations! It's Asperger Syndrome by Jen Birch. I feel like standing up and giving an applause for the author...for being persistent in the pursuit of life and happiness...She seems to be having a great life...Looks like aspies do achieve fulfilling lives in the end...Jerry Newport saying that aspies are social late bloomers and all...It was a sweet memoir, but there were disheartening parts which described some serious mistreatment the author went through... It took me some time to finish the book (about a month) because it was composed of somewhat fragmentalized listing of episodes, which didn't follow chronological order, but in the end did come together...

I've got so many options as to which book I will read next...however regarding AS, I'm thinking I'll start Tony Attwood's The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome.

Ah, how happy I am with my books...

I'm reading The Torment of Others by Val McDermid. It's so good. It's been awhile since there's been a book that I didn't want to put down.

Sometime this weekend I'm going to have to read an entire book for English class, but I don't know which one yet. I picked up The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, but it was so dry that I couldn't get past 100 pages. (I suspect that if it wasn't assigned I might be more open to it.) I think I'll get The Hot Zone, as that seems interesting enough. If not, I'll be reading 10 Little Indians by Agatha Christie. Not that I'm a fan of her style, but her books are usually a fairly quick read.

The Glass Lake by Maeve Binchy. I'm surprised that I like it, I've avoided her books for years, I thought they frivolous. It's not Tolstoy but it's a good read.

Oh, I absolutely LOVED that book!! !! ! I'm a Maeve Binchy fan, in general, but this book was the BEST!! ! Just seeing your post about it made me happy. I'm not much for reading book more than once, but I'll probably read this one again some time.