I bought "Fall to Pieces" by Mary Weiland yesterday. It seems interesting...

I'm intrigued by this one, and was debating checking it out, so let me know what you think.

I'm nearing the end of Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. Apocalyptical comedy from two of the most imaginitive fantasy authors of our generation... I've spoken a lot about my love for Terry Pratchett in the past, but Neil Gaiman is responsible for Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, Mirrormask and the legendary comic book series, The Sandman. The pairing of the two is like a match made in awesomeness.

Oh! I recently read Dark Summit as well! Yes, a hard book to read with the focus on tragedy, but excellent. I followed it, or actually, concurrently read "Dead Lucky" by Lincoln Hall. Good dose of Everest stories for those of us who are armchair explorers.

Last week, I finished Neil Gaiman's first solo novel, Neverwhere from back in 1996. He'd already written the BBC TV show of the same name, and when the producers of the show kept on changing things he decided to write the novel to get his original story out there in some form.

It is the story of Richard Mayhew - a Scottish young man living in London, with a good job and an attractive yet overly-demanding girlfriend - who finds himself in the fantasy land of London Below after rescuing a badly injured teenage girl named Door on the way to a restaurant one night. Together with an untrustworthy rogue named Maquis de Carabas, and their bodyguard, Hunter, they must find out who killed Door's family and why. All the while, they are pursued by the murderous Mr. Croup and Mr. Vandemar.

The plot synopsis doesn't actually sound like much, but I was gripped from start to finish. Neil really knows how to craft a story. There are a few puns on real life London Underground stations/locations throughout the book. There is an angel named Islington (Angel is the name of train station in Islington). There are groups of people called the Seven Sisters and The Black Friars. And to get to the Floating Market (a market which is in a different location every time, and is this time located in Harrods), some of the characters have to cross the dangerous Night's Bridge.