I've finished The Gunslinger from The Dark Tower series from Stephen King. So far I'm not very impressed. There are moments in the book that I enjoyed, but other passages were very tedious. I've found it even harder to focus than on Gardens of the Moon. But I never judge a series on one book, because I might have stopped after GotM and missed an epic series... so I go on the journey towards the dark tower.

* The Iliad * by Homer

I had already read it when I was young but I wanted to refresh my memory so I took a shortened version. After many centuries, the story is always compelling as it's part of the manhood: war, blood, fate and honor.

Exposure by Kathy and Brendan Reichs. Book 4 of the YA Virals series. The series goes from abysmal to entertaining, this is on the stronger side. Still not great literature but fun.

J D ROBB

The "In Death" series, books 1 - 20 :D

* Which bread do we want? * by Marie Astier

As France is the country of bread, it's only natural there is a book about its production. Of course, nowadays the traditional bread has been more and more industrialized and this book tries to draw a portrait of the current market, focusing on the whole chain (farmers => windmills => bakers) and the inherent struggles (comibining quality, the most biological products and a sustainable economy). Very interesting, it's written like a long article in a lively style. Recommended.

https://www.amazon.fr/Quel-pain-voulons-nous-Marie-Astier/dp/2021331121/

I got Harry Potter Half Blood Prince, but haven't finished it yet or started, as I hardly read books :(

The Last Wish, by Sapkowski. Nice to be able to go back and read the earlier short stories with Geralt, especially since I prefer sword-and-sorcery in the short story format. These are very enjoyable short stories that do a lot to explain Geralt as a character and the setting. Sometimes they're bloody and dramatic and sometimes they're funny and clever. You can recognize many aspects of other characters and stories in these, but Sapkowski has a knack making it all his own.

It is too bad that the translation by most Polish-speaking accounts is not very good. Not that it reads badly in English - it's perfectly acceptable and smoothly written - but the particular flavor and clever wordplay the stories are reputed to have in the original language don't really come across. Maybe someday someone will re-translate it to better effect.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

I'm a bit of a Pottermaniac. Interestingly enough, Hogwarts and Voldemort seems to be loaded into the spell checker as being correctly spelled words. :P

Voldemort is in the dictionary. :P

All aboard the Hogwarts express to the Chamber of Secrets.

Terminal Kathy Reichs and Brendan Reichs. The last of the Virals series. You can really tell this is an experienced writer working with a novice. Some passages are quite good but others are incredibly amateurish. Still, a decent YA experience, with a good ending to the series.

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
This book was authored by an old war veteran of Spanish wars. He had to write to support his family.

A Spanish gentleman somehow believes he's a knight errant by reading too many books on chivalry. He goes on wacky imaginary adventures and recruits a peasant from his home village to be his squire.

Ports of Call (Jack Vance)
Lurulu (Jack Vance)

These two books tell the story of Myron Tany who joins a the crew of a space yacht and cruises planet-to-planet. These stories have Jack Vance's typical interesting characters, a determined hero, crafty villains, and exotic societies. However, the plot is bit less focused and more low-key than other Vance books.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Remind me to work out my dark wizard name later.

Tom Marvolo Riddle - I am Lord Voldemort

I have "I" and "am" letters in my name which is cool. No "L" though. I guess I'm not a lord of anything.

I think I will not be able to withstand not buying the rest of the series.

You can complete that list with the old classic "Hagakure" (aka The Way Of The Samuraï) by Tsunetomo and "Sun And Steel" by Yukio Mishima for a modern point of view ;)

Breakfast of Champions.

Kurt Vonnegut.