Culture QotD: What I'm Reading Now...

Book, magazine, catalog, nutritional information, billboard, website, newspaper... What are you currently reading and would you recommend it to others?

I'm actually reading two books right now.  (Well, technically 3 but I haven't picked one up since Christmas.)

London: The Novel

First up, London by Edward Rutherfurd.  This is the third "saga" book I've read by him and so far (I'm only 300+ pages in and not quite up to 1300 AD yet) I'm enjoying it.  The book is about the history of London from when Julius Caesar came to sometime in the mid to late 20th century.  The paperback edition I have is just under 1200 pages long so if you want to read it (and I do recommend it if you enjoy historical fiction, London, English history, etc.) make sure you have plenty of time.

Darkly Dreaming Dexter

Next up is Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay.  This book has been on my list of books to read ever since I started watching "Dexter" the show (2 weeks ago).  They had a copy in the campus bookstore so I picked it up when I was in there yesterday.  I'm only 3 (4?) chapters in but again, I'm enjoying it.  The place I stopped last night is probably a quarter of the way through the first episode of the show.  Having watched the show before reading the book it's nice to see things more clearly in my head while I'm reading it.  I've heard the show kind of veered off from the books at some point so it'll be interesting to see when and where that happens.