Ladies And Gentlemen The Bible! - by Jonathan Goldstein My take on it: Hilarious, though a tad tedious towards the end.
Under The Volcano: A Novel - by Malcolm Lowry My take on it: Hard work and heavy duty, but brilliantly written and evocative.
Choke - by Chuck Palahniuk
My take on it: OMG - I loved it! Fast & funny; I wolfed it down!
Rabbit at Rest - by John Updike
My take on it: I love Harry Angstrom. I've read the whole Rabbit series. Loved all of them, old friends, neighbours, family. I know these people.
This is a fantastic book and I really enjoyed re-reading it. Worth another look if you only read it in high school.
Oh, good selections! Well, okay, I'll admit the only one I recognized was The Catcher in the Rye. I've heard of John Updike, but never this book.
ReplyDeleteBut I always love to see the kind of books that authors are reading. Thanks for sharing! I also struggle to read while writing--and it's even harder to read in my own genre when I'm in the midst of a first draft.
Palahniuk is a hoot! I'll be reading more of him.
ReplyDeleteYou definitely have eclectic tastes - a good thing for a writer. I'm with you, I find it hard to read in the genre I'm writing. But in between manuscripts, I devour books and they always make me want to get back to writing.
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I havn'y read a one... let us know how they are.
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