I'm glad to see this thread back. I'm much more interested in what people are reading than what kind of lame music they're listening to.
I'm reading the second book in Robin Hobb's Soldier's Son trilogy, Forest Mage. I've had it around for awhile, and then my preorder for the final book caught me off guard by showing up at my door yesterday, so I'm kind of rushing through it to get to the finale. It's not as good as her previous works, but the combination of her graceful writing and AMAZING characters keeps it high above most of what's saturating the fantasy market.