I'm into totally different genres now that I'm aging.
I'd highly recommend anything by Barbara Kingsolver.
My faves are...
Prodigal Summer
and
The Poisonwood Bible (the second book is not that great).
Frank Hebert rules.
"Hating the Yankees like it's a religion since 94'" RIP Mike.
"It's also a simple and indisputable fact that WAR isn't the be-all end-all in valuations, especially in real life. Wanna know why? Because an ace in run-prevention for 120 innings means more often than not, a sub-standard pitcher covering for the rest of the IP that pitcher fails to provide. You can't see value in a vacuum when a player does not provide full-time production."
I read it once and it's sat on my bookshelf for about that long ever since. If I didn't have a commute via subway, I would have never been able to slog through that book. And I've read some pretty long and dull books. I've even regretfully read Atlas Shrugged twice. Gravity's Rainbow is a tough one for me. It was just not enjoyable.
I read a ton of Vonnegut and thought it was alright. Once I picked up Hocus Pocus, I realized how formulaic his stuff is and can't read him anymore.
I've only read Gravity's Rainbow by Pynchon, but struggled through it so much that I don't want to read anymore from him.
OK, which one of you is RichieFromBoston?
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