Lots of Georgette Heyer. She continues to be AWESOME. Couldn’t get into False Colours but enjoyed The Tollgate after reading Charity Girl! Loved The Convenient Marriage (which is very similar to, but somewhat different from, April Lady). Why Shoot a Butler? is ok, but the main character is kind of a jerk.
Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughan (click on book covers for linky!)
In the Stacks: Stories about Libraries and Librarians edited by Michael Cart
My Point… and I do have one by Ellen DeGeneres
Wolf Hunting by Jane Lindskold. I came in at the middle of this series but I like it quite a bit.
the Bernie Rhodenbarr series by Lawrence K. Block
I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett. Tiffany Aching’s deepest and darkest and most enticing book yet.
PG Wodehouse populates my kindle. The juvenalia is awful and was deleted (I already read it once in libraryback and it wasn’t worth it) but there’s still a few gems in his early stuff.
Once again… don’t let me go to the library alone!
Grumpy Rumblings (of the formerly untenured) 
March 23, 2011 at 6:26 am
This is the year when I read all of the free books that I got when I bought my kindle. I appear to have stalled at War and Peace. Very disheartening to read for 1/2 hour and only go up in completion by 1-2%.
Others on the go:
Made to Stick
P.D. James novel
Drive
Naked, Drunk and Writing
In the queue:
Laura Lippman’s backlist (just became acquainted with her this year)
And some publisher contacted me to do a review of Geneen Roth’s new book on money for ze blog. Which should be interesting since I don’t really read financial type books anymore. I still feel kinda like I should review Early Retirement Extreme’s book on early retirement, but it’s kind of got that War and Peace thing going on too.
March 23, 2011 at 6:32 am
I STRONGLY recommend the Mary Roberts Reinhart selections. I’ve been reading a lot of cheesy early 20th/late 19th century romances. And children’s books. And Booth Tarkington. :)
March 23, 2011 at 10:38 am
I read the Early Retirement Extreme book. I feel no compunction to review it.
I also stalled out on War & Peace. Other people tell me it’s good but I just don’t see it. I read about 40% of the way through, which in my edition was over 500 pages, and then I just couldn’t make myself care anymore.
March 23, 2011 at 12:28 pm
And this is from someone who loves Depressing Russian Novels. (Not so #2.)
March 24, 2011 at 10:59 am
I love made to stick!
simple, unexpected, concrete, credible, story…….that’s all I think about when trying to communicate something. dorkyness is seeping out of me now.
Nake Drunk and Writing sounds good….adding to my wish list.
March 23, 2011 at 7:16 am
I’m so far behind what “everyone” is reading. My last book (The Alienist) and my current one (Freakonomics) were published at least 10 years ago. But I’m reading on the cheap and relying on a library system where new books require long waiting lists or buying stuff that’s less than $9 from the ebook stores. (I also have a strong contrary streak and if I think something is immensely popular it must be dreck; it took me quite a while to give The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo series a try and it was riveting!)
I love your book posts! They turn me on to new reads and help me maintain a healthy reading wish list. Thanks!
March 23, 2011 at 8:11 am
Well, considering Georgette Heyer died ages ago…
March 23, 2011 at 10:39 am
OOOOH. The Alienist is *excellent*. Also the sequel, Angel of Darkness. Really good stuff.
March 23, 2011 at 7:30 am
I’m a huge GH fan… love her work.
The Bernie Rhodenbarr books are great too .. if you like those, try Lawrence Block’s Matthew Scudder novels. They’re very different in a lot of ways – grimmer – but the quality of the writing and the stories are fantastic.
If you like GH/history romance kinds of things, check out Jean Plaidy who also wrote under the names Victoria Holt and Philippa Carr. Her Jean Plaidy stuff is all based around various royal dynasties in England and is pretty historically sound, although fictionalized in detail, of course. Her stuff as Philippa Carr is more true fiction set in historical periods in England. She’s prolific under all her names, so if you can find her stuff, it’ll keep you busy for a long time! :)
March 23, 2011 at 8:10 am
I think I’ve read some Victoria Holt…
For light historical romance popcorn, we also like Elizabeth Peters/Barbara Michaels.
March 23, 2011 at 7:31 am
Oh and if you can find it, my all time favorite Heyer Regency is The Unknown Ajax. The two main characters are my favorites of hers.
March 23, 2011 at 8:10 am
Frederica is our current favorite, but we’ve got a lot of books still to go through!
March 23, 2011 at 8:45 am
I am currently reading a book with Edgar Sawtelle in the title, and Half Broke Horses is waiting for me…
March 23, 2011 at 8:18 pm
mmm books
March 23, 2011 at 10:53 am
I just finished reading the Hungry Monkey by Matthew Amster-Burton, and now I am cooking my way through the recipes. I have loved all the ones (3 so far) that I’ve tried.
I’m currently working on Tortall and Other Lands, which is a collection of short stories by Tamora Pierce. Over all it rates a solid – meh.
Next up? The new Tiffany Aching book. And then? Well, I’m currently waiting for all of my favorite authors (Laurie R King, Gail Carriger, and Jacqueline Winspear, to name a few) to publish something new. I will either have to find some new favorite authors or resort to reading journal articles for work.
March 23, 2011 at 12:27 pm
You have excellent taste.
March 23, 2011 at 6:28 pm
I could write a book called “In The Stacks”.
March 23, 2011 at 6:30 pm
Details?
March 23, 2011 at 6:38 pm
hahahahahah
March 24, 2011 at 6:48 am
I’m reading pride and prejudice and zombies. I believe it was based off of one of your book recommendations. Fun.
March 24, 2011 at 7:03 am
That’s a fun one!
April 2, 2011 at 9:38 am
Thanks for commenting on my blog! Clearly I have a lot to learn from you. How do you find the time to read so much? I’m up on a deadline, but have Franklin & Eleanor By: Hazel Rowley and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay By: Michael Chabon on my shelf right now.
Always love to get new recommendations, so looking forward to reading your blog. :)
April 2, 2011 at 9:39 am
There’s two of us… the one without the kid reads a lot more novels.