Wat we have read...

We've all been reading lately. You've been reading our blogsploits and we've been reading your comments and emails. In our spare time away from temples and the internet, we've also been reading some books and we've read some absolutely cracking ones! In no particular order then:

Under the Skin by Michael Faber.
Read the small review, it doesn't give anything away which is exactly what you want with this extraordinary book. A short, brilliant read, not what you will expect if you start reading it, we both loved it, really different!

Shogun by james Clavell.
It's an absolute classic. I obviously read it because of our visit to Japan and my love of that particular period of Japanese history. Sam didn't read it because of her boredom with all things samurai :) It's boys own adventure stuff, 1150 pages of samurai action, what more could you want?

The Damage Done by Warren Fellows.
12 years in a Thai jail for a crime he did not commit... Not really, he tried to smuggle some Heroin and got caught, spent 12 years in the Bankok Hilton, a notorious prison in Thailand. We both loved reading about the horrors of this blokes time in jail and are now bricking it about going to Thailand :)

Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman.
This is a tale of Gods and men and one particular man called 'Fat Charlie Nancy'. A dark fairy story from one of the best Graphic novel writers out there. We both loved this one as well, in an 'Under the Skin' kind of way, its another really original book!

Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche by Haruki Murakami.
I'm reading this at the mo and Sams already read it. Accounts from victims of the 1995 Tokyo Sarin gas attack. This is a real insight into the mind of the average Japanese citizen. Alot of trying to get to work even though they are blind and vomiting. Even more interesting for us, cause we've travelled through some of the stations where it happened. Fascinating stuff!