I read that book on an interminable bus ride in Laos and much like the bus ride I found it to be about 30% too long - it was the same stuff over and over again. You know I picked it up by trading a Graham Greene book plus 2,000 Lao Kip (2$) for it - which I thought was an insult insofar as the Greene book had a much higher literary value - but the Laos didn't really appreciate this.
Past Month: Dead Souls- Gogul Fathers and Sons- Turgenyev The Idiot- Dosteovsky Currently reading: Don Quixote- Cervantes Opus Dei- John Allen Yes I'm an English Major.
Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Taleb The Good, The Bad, and the Me by Eli Wallach Hold'em Poker For Advanced Players by David Sklansky
I JUST finished "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave". I'm planning on reading Bocaccio's "The Decameron" next.
What I've read in the past two months (I cheated) that's fiction: Heretic - Bernard Cornwell Sharpe's Escape - Bernard Cornwell The Pale Horseman - Bernard Cornwell What can I say... three totally different and terrific novels, by one of the best historical fiction writers, ever. It was a good month. Dread Empire's Fall- Conventions of War - Walter Jon Williams Third in a series of character-driven, hard science fiction, by one of my current favorites. Highly recommended, but start with the first- The Praxis. A Feast for Crows - George R.R. Martin The forth in a stunning fantasy series that is, most assuredly, not aimed at children, by a brilliant author that has two R's in the middle of his name, and who's not associated with Middle Earth. If you haven't read him before, then run (don't walk) to buy A Game of Thrones. edit: I looked above at dragonsnake's post, and was reminded that I had also read The Broker, by Grisham. It's very good. What I'm currently reading: Prague - Arthur Phillips. Still reading this one and should have finished it. Really good, so far, but the print is too damn small for the font. (I hate it when that happens) It's slowing me down. I'm also reading this: Forty Signs of Rain - Kim Stanley Robinson It is very topical SF, as well as a good read, by the author of the "Fill in a Color" Mars series. I'm always looking for a good read, as I usually have 2 or 3 going at the same time.
Last Month: Black House - Stephen King Pacific Vortex - Clive Cussler Now: Desperation - Stephen King Next: Regulators - Stephen King Some classics I've been meaning to get to for a while (Frankenstein, Dracula, Treasure Island etc.)
Its the first book I have read of his and really the first sci-fi book I have read that was realistic (aka hard sci-fi). Other than it having a bit of tedious discriptions about the geology of Mars in some of the earlier parts, it has been very enjoyable. Unless it takes a bad turn in the last 100 pages or so I would definitly recommend it.
