Oh, I forgot to mention, I took a bit of a break from Les Miserables (I'm most of the way through it, and refuse to give up, but I do need a short break) and read Catch-22 again. Good book, I still think my favourite character is probably the chaplain, least favourite is a toss-up between Milo and Colonel Cathcart.
So now I'm reading a collection of HP Lovecraft stories with the subtitle "A Miscellany of the Macabre" Yeah, they didn't put that out deliberately around this time of year to capitalize on Halloween at all... Still, good stories (minus the racism - and ye (Elder) GODS was that man ever racist), weird poetry. I'm fairly certain "The Poe-et's Nightmare" was written as a joke.