Thanks to recommendations from this forum, I am now reading Clive Barker's Abarat, and loving it so far. Then it's on to the new Chuck Palanikjkjldf (however that's spelled)
Ohhh, Inferno! I got about 2/3 of the way through that last summer and then forgot about it amidst moving apartments. Hmm, and I was just getting to the good circles too....