Currently Reading and February TBR(?)
I am currently reading three books, and hope to read at least seven this month. I'venot been reading much, though, and generally suck at sticking to TBR's (I tend to see a shiny, get distracted, and run off chasing flutterbies and pretty new books), so don't expect to see all of these books come my monthly wrap-up.
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Swag - Elmore Leonard - Currently Reading
A couple of low-level scumbags start committing armed robberies in pursuit of the good life in 1970's Detroit. Fun thus far, but not one of Leonard's best. I've been told the ending's a pip, though. I'm about a hundred pages in, and it is picking up.
2. 
The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov,Diana Burgin,Katherine Tiernan O'Connor - Currently Reading
One of my occasional stabs at reading a classic, in this case Early Russian Magical Realism. So, the Devil comes to Stalinist Moscow to see what Hell is really like. There's also a giant talking cat named Behemoth. Not a quick read, only fifty pages in, but delightfully bonkers.
3. 
The Wolf's Hour - Robert R. McCammon - Currently Reading
Or, The Bourne Lycanthropy. A WW2 set spy thriller with a werewolf in the lead. Not as campy as it sounds, but doesn't seem to take itself too seriously, either. This is the second McCammon for me, after Boy's Life, which I didn't like as much as I wanted to. Still, the first hundred pages of this have been nifty, so...
4. 
The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead - Max Brooks - To-Read
Have read bits and pieces (heh), and it seems fast, fun, and funny. Cool.
5. 
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War - Max Brooks - To-Read
Seems like a natural next step, yeah?
6. 
The Song of Roland - Anonymous,Dorothy L. Sayers - To-Read
Because, deep down, I want to be the guy who reads classics for pleasure, even if that means reading epic poetry. Besides, wouldn't it be funny if I, a life-long mystery fan, read Sayers's translation of this before any of the Lord Peter Wimsey novels? I thought so, anyway.
7. TBD
Look, I have hundreds of books, as well as access to book stores. I'll think of something.
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