This was a really interesting read. Anything that can make statistics and economics palatable is notable, in my opinion. Also, the topics he chose to address were very current and thought-provoking. It also appealed to the egghead in me.
A good read that pokes holes in racism is, "The Color Of Water" by James McBride.
I loved that book. I've read it twice or more. I think it says more about race and class than any conventional wisdom.
anne rice's whole vampire series. Good stuff
That series was a really good read. For being a set of vampire novels, it was surprisingly good. I didn't think I'd like the books, but I ended up reading all of them one after the other over a few weeks.
LOVE that one too, Snooze! I try to read it once a year like seeing an old friend. To me, Beloved is her crowning jewel, though. And have you read the last two? I found Paradise and Love to be powerful and tremendously entertaining.
You know, I have to agree with you on
Beloved now that I think about it. I haven't read the new books, but I know I'll pick them up at some point because they are guaranteed to be really good books. She's a great author, one of the best of our time.
I can't decide if I liked the movie or the book better. Jack Nicholson was so good in the movie. Both are worth seeing/reading. Both are classics.
I think that A Million Little Pieces is a book that everyone should read. It is written by James Frye and is an autobiography of a drug addict that has no option but to go into rehab.
You know what sucks about that book? He fabricated a good portion of it so it would be a better story. Oprah even had him on to spank him because he lied to the media and the general public. The bare bones of the story are true, but he was eventually forced to admit that much of the story was made up. However, it was still a good book, and had it been published as fiction it would have been just as compelling.
Actually, the reason I'm awake is that I just tore through
The Road by Cormac McCarthy in a marathon session starting this morning. I couldn't put it down. I still haven't processed it because I devoured it so fast and I just read it, but the thing that really got me was how absolutely true the father/son relationship felt.
I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb is another book that I've read a few times. I have a soft spot for books about crazy people and relationships, so it really hit the spot for me.
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides was really good and especially interesting because of the way it examined an intersexed person as well as weaving a very complex family story around it. There are some plot twists that are amusing as well.
I also really like poetry, and though poems aren't really book books, I have great love for e.e. cummings.
Thanks everyone that liked this thread. I'll probably be bumping the damned thing every time I read a book which is at least once a week. :biggrin1:
