Well, while I was on Holiday I read The Last Juror by John Grisham which I have to say read like A Time To Kill with elements of a Painted House in there. Very lazy writing from Mr.Grisham. Then I moved onto Lee Child's The Enemy about the 6th of the Jack Reacher novels which is set back in his army MP days. I liked this a lot even though I saw some of the twists coming. I've just started on his next Reacher novel One Shot.
At the moment i am reading a Terry Brooks Omnibus. The Heritage of Shanara, its a 4 book omnibus (hard to hold at times) containing: The Scions of Shannara The Druid of Shannara The Elf Queen of Shannara The Talismans of Shannara
im only about 180 pages in at the moment, so lots to go, :)
I've finished Empress Orchid by Anchee Mann and now I'm on the sequel The Last Empress.
Neuman - I have the original trilogy of the Shannara saga from 20 years ago: Sword of Shannara, Elfstones of Shannara and Wishsong of Shannara. I only made it to halfway through the second book I'm afraid.
Currently reading Next, a thoroughly disappointing offering from the normally superb Michael Crichton. Slow reading and a bit too complex for someone minus a degree in Genetics!