It's been over a year since Sarzy's initial "What are you reading?" post. As an excuse to go nuts on the *amazon invocation - and because I'm reading a great book at the moment, here's another post that asks, what are you reading now? Maybe we could do these every few months.

I'm about 3/4 through The Amazing Adeventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon. It's a story in equal turns about comic books, the holocaust and magic. Seems like a strange combination - but I haven't been able to put it down. I'm not a comic book guy, but this book makes me love them as it takes place in the golden era of the art form. Lots of real comic book people turn up in the book - if I were a comic book guy I could probably rattle off a few names but as it is, I only remember Stan Lee.

I probably don't need to recommend this book, as it won the Pulitzer prize - but I will anyway. I was led there from reading some of Chabon's other books. I especially liked the alternate universe noire detective novel The Yiddish Policeman's Union.