Two books today:

Where late the sweet birds sang- kate wilhelm - Set in a future world where everyone is sterile and clones are produced to deal with the problem.

The other Linda Berdoll P&P book. I reeeeeeaaaaallly want to read this RIGHT NOW! But I still have to finish Them, From the Beast to the Blonde and The Tiger in the Well. I love Pullman's series, its dark and clever, with a feisty and intelligent heroine. It is also not afraid to confront some of the darker things in life, the ending of The Shadow in the North was totally unexpected and somewhat shocking. I have just begun TITW and I have to admit to having second thoughts about reading it and flicking to the end to check the ending before I started (something I never do) because the storyline looks to be quite upsetting to me- the potential removal of a child from its mother. I know as a callous teenager I wouldn't have thought about it twice, but the mere prospect of losing a child, now I am a mother is too much for me now.

Eeek not very well explained but I have a wriggly child on my lap so I am typing one-handed and correcting any obvious errors as I go along.

ps. watched the first episode of Survivors last night, it was super, cant wait for the net episode