Read Tales of the Madman Underground recently by John Barnes. Pretty good YA, though it's so gritty and dark (the ending is amazingly poignant, though), that it's only suitable for high schoolers.

I'm still recommending The Passage by Justin Cronin to all of you post-apoc/horror fans. It's freaking awesome.

Currently reading The Kids are All Right, which is the memoir the recent movie is based on. It's alright at this point. Not sure if I'll stick with it.

Awesome. Glad you enjoyed it. It's almost a shame to throw the vampire label on this book... because it's such a departure from the neovampire bullshit as well as the traditional gothic vampire stuff.

I tried to read Dragon Tattoo, and I just couldn't get into it. I probably need to give it another go, but there's just too much out there I want to read right now.

Finished the Peter Buffett book last month and started the Warren Buffett book.

Jack Campbell's Lost Fleet Series - listening on audiobooks during my commute, well narrated, and unabridged. Into the 5th book of the series now, should be through book 6 by the end of next week. I'm on a bit of a military science fiction kick right now, so if anybody has any suggestion, I'm open.

Apart from dicktons of various essays, I've recently read or re-read:

Nella Larsen - Quicksand
Willa Cather - A Lost Lady
Mike Rose - Lives on the Boundary

I'm going to begin Christie Hodgen's new, acclaimed novel, Elegies for the Brokenhearted, tonight. KC represent!

Read, read, read, read! Let me tell you something - last time I read a book, I was raped. Let THAT be a lesson to you.


(It's a line from a movie. Bonus points if you can tell me the movie.)

After seeing the Media Center thread, I went out and bought A Game Of Thrones by George R.R. Martin. It's incredibly easy to read and is very entertaining. The book is as advertised and is delivering on all fronts. Looking forward to reading the next 3 (maybe 4?) in the series.

Yellowbeard.

Betty: When little Dan was two minutes old I tattooed it on his head.

Yellowbeard: Does he know about this?

Betty: Oh, no no no, that's why I kept him in the cupboard for three years. That may be why he's a bit odd with all these books, and reading, and stuff like that.

I'm reading a book at blaise's suggestion. It is End Zone by Don DeLillo.

Good stuff.

Mike Rose is awesome.

My wife has Quicksand at home and read it in college. I've never read it.

DeLillo is awesome.

I read Quicksand about once per year. It is a very underrated text in terms of proto-feminism. There's an awful lot going on in such a short book.

Wow, you are dedicated. I'm currently just a little over halfway through. But it is a loooong book. Good stuff, though.