Ok so we actually have loads in common ;-) I read a lot, apart from the last year or so I have been working like an idiot and haven't had enough time to read at the usual pitch.

Have you read the CJ Sansom books about the Tudor-era lawyer? I don't normally get into crime fiction but BOY they were good!

Re: Gaiman - I am busting to see what they do with American Gods onscreen... I hope they do it justice. Casting seems pretty good on most fronts tho for real I always saw Technical Boy as Jonah Hill.