Finally decided to read The Hunger Games yesterday, given all the hype. I actually quite enjoyed it and want to read the next two books, although I hear they're not as good. I did find some bits a little too convenient and I didn't get enough sense of the setting. Otherwise, I can understand why it's so popular.
Currently reading the short stories of Carson McCullers, which makes me want to read The Heart is a Lonely Hunter again. Also, the collected poems of Dylan Thomas and Ahmed Ali's verse translation of Al-Qur'an.
The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks - I know, I know, but Mr. Sparks is just my type of writer - his books seems to hit something inside of me, and besides, I wanted to read the book before watching the movie!
Kurt Vonnegut - Breakfast of Champions Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's most important meal of the day, after all
Just starting Omensetter's Luck, by William H. Gass. I'm a big fan of Gass' essays and the short stories of his I've read, and he has one of the finest prose styles I've ever read. But I've never read either of his novels. I'm fixing that now.
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon Heller is the easier read by far, and more relaxing. Funny, in a repetitive, neurotic way. GR is producing a lot of conflicting opinions, as I go from frustration to admiration to introspection. Also, it was one of those few novels that I need a pen and pad at my side to read, because it sparks ideas of my own, even whole passages, that I have to get down somewhere or I'll lose them. When I first noticed that, I knew that I couldn't give up on reading it.
I'm reading a screenplay someone wrote. It's a horror movie. I forgot what it's called though. I'm liking it.
I'm reading multiple books actually. Trauma Junkie by Tom Dobbs, which I find very interesting due to the open and honest writings. Soul Identity by Dennis Batchelder which has a very interesting plot about the soul. Grey Eyes by B. Alston which has captured my attention very quickly.
I am currently reading Catch-22 by Joseph Heller for the second time but soon I will be reading Mary Shelly's Frankenstein (for the first time) because it's my girlfriend's favorite novel and she will be out of town for a couple of weeks and I want to surprise her! Catch-22 is one of my favorite novels and my girlfriend is reading that now. I hope she likes it!
Just finished reading a rather lame gothic romance and an engrossing psychological horror called the Auctioneer by Joan Samson ( her one and only book. )
Just read The Hunger Games. Although I'm not a fan of first person present tense narrative, and the premise is not one I would seek out, I thought the novel was quite well written and the characters well-formed.
I'm reading "A Hero for Wondla", second in the series. Tony DiTerlizzi will always be my favorite children's author, his Sci-Fi writing and characters are awesome!
Currently reading "A Wrinkle in Time" which I decided to check out because most readers that I know remember this as a great book from when they were young. So far it's making me think of Enid Blyton. Not really the page turner I was expecting
Just finished Destined by Allison Kraft. The writing itself wasn't the best but the story had a great premise which kept me going. The final few chapters were worth the read.
Currently starting the original Foundation trilogy by Isaac Asmiov. These are going to be the first true novels by Asimov I've read, although I've read a few of his short stories.
The original Foundation Trilogy doesn't consist of true novels. It's really a collection of short stories and novelettes Asimov had published mostly in Astounding Science Fiction back in the 1940s. These stories had enough coherence to appear to be novels when collected together. /nitpick
Really? Well, then I guess I'll have to pick something else if I want to know what an Asimov novel is like. The End of Eternity sounded interesting.
I'm hooked on Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. Anyone read it? It's brilliant. His style is so much more suited to this epic landscape than it was in The Road
Currently reading: The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien. I am re-reading The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, now seems as good a time as any. I first read them when I was 12 and I forgot how much damn fun these books are. Really loving re-living a part of my childhood through these books.
