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Thanks, it's certainly worth a read from what I've read so far. I managed to pick it up quite cheaply but I wouldn't suggest paying full price for it as it's only a maybe 4-6 hour read in total.

Currently reading One Click: Jeff Bezos and the rise of Amazon only a small book, almost a Biography but not quite. Very interesting so far and Bezos seems to be quite an interesting character.

Finished The Road not a lot more to say that than really, it was spectacularly unspectacular. Almost felt like a waste of time.

Currently 74% through The Road and somewhat unsure how I feel about it so far. Will see how it ends but it almost feels like very little has happened throughout. Hoping for a big twist/turn. Also still reading through The Leadership Challenge, the first 2 chapters were very interesting but the 3rd chapter was far too long too essentially just say, "believe in your own values not somebody else's".

My 1 year old daughter has just slept through the night for the first time in 4 months!

Finally finished Black Sunday by Thomas Harris. It was quite good, but I was left a little disappointed by the ending, just felt too rushed. It surprises me that this author has only written this one book outside of the Hannibal Lecter series. Surely that doesn't happen too often?

Finally gotten back into reading after a rough couple of weeks with the Baby not sleeping . Should finish Black Sunday by Thomas Harris today. After really hard going for the middle section I'm down to the last 100 pages or so and it's gotten really interesting, looking forward to seeing what happens and then I can watch the film adaptation. I have also just started reading Kouzes & Posner's The Leadership Challenge. The owner of the company I work for leant it to me and just after the first chapter I can see why it is so highly rated.

Have stalled on reading for the last week and I am still reading Black Sunday by Thomas Harris. Hoping to have that finished by Sunday, enjoying it so far but just haven't had any sort of time to put into reading the last week or so. Just exhausted all the time without even having done anything

After finishing Zeitoun I looked through my long list of books I would like to read, over 100 now after a lot of recommendations but I have decided on Black Sunday by Thomas Harris. I've only read the opening 3 chapters but I'm already really impressed, not that I expected anything less. It does seem very strange for an author to have wrote such few books though, as far as I can see Harris has only written this book and then the Hannibal series. I've also written a review of Zeitoun, I would welcome some criticism on this if that is allowed, this does contain spoilers however so please do not read if you've not read the book or if you are planning on reading, the review is at www.vitusthorne.com. If this link needs to be taken down or if the review needs to be posted elsewhere please let me know. I'm just after some advice really as I've not written anything since school .

I'm also 22, not 23 until next year though .

I would recommend reading it, probably much more interesting to you as well being local. It is a very interesting book but it certainly took something away knowing about what would happen with Zeitoun and his wife following the book. I stumbled upon the article whilst searching for information on his brother (he is mentioned quite a lot in the book) and it kind of soured the book a little for me but nonetheless it is still a great read. The way in which it is written is very good as well and seems (to me, anyway) very different from most non-fiction books on subject's like this.

Finished The Story of The Streets by Mike Skinner, a really interesting read and once I'd started I was hooked, hence why I finished it in a couple of days! Mike Skinner is one of those people who nobody seems to have anything good to say about but this book shows a side of him which really shows how much he cares about his music. Throughout all of his career drugs and alcohol have played a big part but he is very frank when it says that he didn't have a problem with them he was just doing it because that was what popstars are expected to do and there wasn't much better for him to do in those circles. Really interesting book and I'm glad that I gave it a chance. I've now just started Zeitoun by Dave Eggers, a book which follows the story of one family during the disaster of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in 2005. Really looking forward to reading this one and I've only got until next Saturday when it needs to be back at the Library so hope to get that read by the middle of this week.

Thanks Frankie, I am definitely going to continue on and read the others as the reviews do seem to pick up again after book 3. Hopefully I'll be able to get them read before the latest one comes out in the next few weeks.

Finally given up on Empires of the Sea by Roger Crowley, just too much hard going when I'm not sleeping well, I'm finding it hard to read a book with no narrative as well. I think I need to read a lot more fiction before I can delve into the world of non-fiction without having a real good interest in the subject matter. Today I have finished Dexter in the Dark, as per my previous post on this, very disappointed by the turn which the series has taken by this book but it looks to have gotten back on track with the last page of the book, a massive disappointment for me but I hope that the next book in the series is a return to the high standards the first two set. For my next book I think I am going to go for The Story of The Streets, probably not something which would hold interest for most members of this board (not to cause offence) but I am an on/off fan of The Streets and find Mike Skinner a somewhat interesting character so it will be interesting to see the insight that this book brings.