Eats shoots and leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss

Does reading this book twice make me a pedant. A fun and informative look at modern punctuation. It always make me feel rather inadequate in the writing department.

Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard

I finished the novel a few days before the author's death.
This is Ballard's most accessible, personal and in many ways most harrowing novel.

Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon

An amazing insightful read. The dense fact laden prose is offset by an amazing cast of characters and a rich collection of anecdotes.

I felt the book flagged a little in the middle due to the repetivie nature of teh activities being covered. However after a few days break I would be back for more. Some chapters were increbibly memorbale and difficult to put down even as my train pulled into it's station.

I really must rent or buy The Wire.