This was an excellent tour de force about the building of a cathedral in 12th century England.  It follows the journey of the Kingsbridge Cathedral's start-and-stop-and-start construction over many years.  The people building it change, and there are villains, intrigues, and memorable heroes ( Read more... )

I finished Neil Gaiman's American Gods.

The premise of the book is that gods get their power from the worship of men, and avatars of various gods have come to America with people who believed in them, only to be left behind when the popular consciousness moved on.  Now they are barely scraping by, but immortal.  Meanwhile, newer gods, such as " ( Read more... )