Stilly, I just finished reading an adventure/thriller type of book by Stephen Hunter called "47th Samurai". It was lent to me by a friend who knows I like stuff about Japan. It's a well written adventure, but extremely bloody. Maybe a bit too bloody for my taste. However, I did find it pretty good reading and interesting.

Now I am re-reading Eckhart Tolle's book "A New Earth" which is excellent. That's much more typical of what I would usually read.