I'm reading 'Eastern Europe - Everything you always wanted to know about a region who shaped the world and still does' one of those humorous-ish non-fiction books as well as 'Minette' by Melanie Clegg, a historic novel about one of the daughters of King Charles.

(I am not always that pretentious. Among the books I recently read are a sexed up version of The Three Musketeers and a historical gay crime romance...)