Book bought, book received

. The Last Days of Krypton - Kevin J. Anderson - A beautiful mass market paperback edition with a holographic cover. From the first pages, the story seems to mix elements from the Richard Donner films, the original Siegel and Shuster stories, plus the Byrne and Waid retcons. It´s a huge task, but Anderson is up to it, having written (with Brian Herbert) the new Dune books for the past few years (yeah, I´m a Dune fan - waiting for Paul of Dune to review in a few weeks).

. The Book of Lies - Brad Meltzer - Speaking of Siegel and Shuster, what about a conspiracy involving the creation of Superman? Didn´t start to read it yet, but I´ll be doing i´t in no time for Fantasy Book Critic. Thanks to Miriam Parker, from Hachette Books.

. The Memorist - M. J. Rose - Also for FBC, this is a sequel of sorts to The Reincarnationist, from which I take the liberty to quote a fragment of the Publishers Weekly starred review:

Best known as an author of erotic thrillers, Rose (Lip Service) delves into religious myth and past-life discovery in her well-paced ninth novel. In present-day Rome, a terrorist bomb explosion triggers flashbacks of pre-Christian Italy in photographer Josh Ryder. Josh experiences the memories as Julius, a pagan priest defending the sacrosanct monuments of his gods and the life of his vestal virgin lover against the emperor-mandated onslaught of Christianity in A.D. 391. Six months later, Josh has teamed with the Phoenix Foundation, an institute specializing in past-life memories in children, to explore a newly excavated tomb that may contain pagan memory stones that incite past-life regressions and will, by proving the existence of reincarnation, challenge the church. The stakes rise after it becomes clear that dangerous outside forces also want the stones. In a series of memory lurches, the narratives of Josh and Julius slowly wind together to reveal a Da Vinci Code-esque tale of intrigue that's more believably plotted and better meets its ambitions than Dan Brown's ubiquitous book.

I´ll be reading The Reincarnationst first. Hope both are good reading. I´ll let you know soon!