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I've just finished reading 'Year of the Flood' which I really enjoyed but I am now going to have to go back and re-read 'Oryx and Crake' as they appear to be linked, some characters appearing in both the books, and there is quite a lot of stuff that I didn't understand when I originally read Oryx and Crake but now makes sense, having read 'the flood'. I also really like the cover for the hard backed version of 'The Flood' - very Adam and Eve!

I've just read this, because as another poster said, I was drawn to the cover and enjoyed 'Starter for 10'. I did enjoy it but I knew what was going to happen before the end, which spoiled it a bit. It's a really clever idea though and very well written. It's tempting me to write a 'one day' diary - I have written diaries before but always got bored, but it would be quite interesting to pick a date in the year and then write something about your life/relationships every year and then to look back on it in years to come.

I loved this book although it is quite heavy going, I am just debating whether to read it again. I really liked the mix of magic and real life in the bits about the wars etc. I have not really come across that before until recently I have read the 'Temeraire' series by Naomi Novak which is about using dragons during the napoleonic wars instead of aircraft - really good books and lot easier to read.

Hi I like Mo Hayder but her writing is very macabre, the first one I read was 'birdman' and when I found out the reason why he is called Birdman - it was really quite grotesque, having said that, I have never forgotten it!