Perfect timing. I was in the mood for a meme and Simon at Stuck in a Book has come up with one--One Book, Two Book, Three Book, Four and Five. Do check out the comment area of his post, too, and see what everyone else is also reading.
1. The (well in my case "a") book I'm currently reading:
I just started reading S.J. Bolton's Now You See Me, which is coming out in June. I won it through Library Thing's Early Reader's program. I've enjoyed her other books, but this one on first impression seems even better than her previous books. Almost from the first page I've been hooked.
2. The last book I finished:
A long time ago I read a novel by Thomas Cook, which I thought was very good and have always meant to read more of his work--he's a prolific author and I've been collecting his books over the years (now it's time to read more of them I think). Places in the Dark was staring at me from the top of the pile and when I started reading I didn't want to put it down either. I hope to write about it later this week.
3. The next book I want to read:
Last week at work a book of criticism crossed my desk about Theodore Dreiser and his book An American Tragedy in particular. I started reading it once before, but I think the sheer size (just short of 900 pages) put me off in the end. I always try and have one classic on the go, so I need to finish my current read, but I think I'm going to give this another try. I've been very much in a mystery/crime fiction mood lately, so this would actually fit in nicely with my other books.
4. The last book I bought:
I'm cheating since I added two new books to my stacks yesterday. I've never tried Tess Gerritsen, but I was tempted by Ice Cold at the supermarket (of all places) yesterday. I was meant to be food shopping, not book shopping, but you know how it goes. This is a Rizzoli & Isles novel, and while I don't like to read series books out of order, maybe it won't matter in this case. And it was a good mail day, too (how sad if we stop getting mail on Saturdays....I like getting mail). I recently read Domingo Villar's newest mystery, liked it so much I had to order the first book he wrote, Water-Blue Eyes.
4. The last book I was given:
Sadly I don't often get books as gifts from people as I have so many I think they're afraid of buying something I might already own. But I was recently surprised when a collection of short stories by Edna O'Brien showed up on my doorstep from the kind people at Little Brown. Saints and Sinners is due out tomorrow as a matter of fact. I'm working on a book of stories by Daphne du Maurier at the moment, but I hope to start this one when I'm finished. I love short stories and am trying to be better about reading them more often.
Feel free to share your five books.