Lullaby267 reviews Chuck Palahniuk Anchor, 2002 By the balls + as good as fightclub + Unexpected dark humor... how can you resist? This book grabbed me by the balls until I was done. I normally take a few months to get through a book, like Choke, but this was about a week. I would have only liked more main characters to die.             The Dark River (Fourth Realm Trilogy) John Twelve Hawks Corgi Adult, 2008             The Traveller (Fourth Realm Trilogy 1)11 reviews John Twelve Hawks Bantam Press, 2005 The Traveler... + Addictive read! + A good action book with conspiracy angles Earlier this week, I finished The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks. It was excellent! I can't wait until the next one comes out in paperback. Picture a world much like our own. There is more going on than we know. We are unaware of the battle going on around us, are happy in our ignorance. We ...             The Road (Oprah's Book Club)1608 reviews Cormac McCarthy Vintage Books, 2007 A Road To Treasure + Carrying the Fire Through The Darkness You know who they are. Those people that get upset when stories are told that aren't a sugar coated version of the world, stories that seem like they were written by authors who truly believe that ignoring cold, hard reality is the best medicine. Cormac McCarthy is not one of those authors. At ...             My Name Is Will: A Novel of Sex, Drugs, and Shakespeare14 reviews Jess Winfield Twelve, 2008 Another encomium, but with one small caveat + An amusing romp through Shakespeare's youth + "Sex, drugs and Shakespeare, A sure path to Nirvana" + Get thee to a bookstore! + Interesting Book             Galapagos (Delta Fiction)114 reviews Kurt Vonnegut Dial Press Trade Paperback, 1999 Find yourself rethinking the obvious and loving it. + Galapagos + Worse than useless, brains are dangerous! When reading Vonnegut, I find myself rethinking subjects I pass over in day-to-day life without a second thought. It makes me feel enlightened, like I have some unique perspective on the world. In reality, the only credit I deserve is for my choice of reading material. Vonnegut so effectively ...             Odd Thomas476 reviews Dean Koontz Bantam, 2006 What an interesting protagonist Odd is! + Koontz' best character + Excellent as always Book 1 is my favorite Odd Thomas book, to-date. Awesome story with a memorable character. I thought about Odd long after I put the book down, and it definitely made me want to read more. I started on Forever Odd (book 2) the same evening. Dean Koontz has created a very interesting character and ...             American Gods: A Novel702 reviews Neil Gaiman Harper Perennial, 2003 A deep understanding + Thought provoking...makes you question your beliefs + How Neil Gaiman Re-invents the Fantasy Novel + interesting and engaging, a little stretching             House of Leaves582 reviews Mark Z. Danielewski Pantheon, 2000 An engaging and clever read + If nothing else, provides material for good discussions + A strange book I bought this book after reading the xkcd comic (http://xkcd.com/472/) and was very glad I did. I'm not going into a plot summary, if you want one you can check out wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Leaves). Instead, I'm going to briefly discuss the style of the book and address the ...             House of Leaves582 reviews Mark Z. Danielewski Pantheon, 2000 An engaging and clever read + If nothing else, provides material for good discussions + A strange book I bought this book after reading the xkcd comic (http://xkcd.com/472/) and was very glad I did. I'm not going into a plot summary, if you want one you can check out wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Leaves). Instead, I'm going to briefly discuss the style of the book and address the ...             Odd Thomas476 reviews Dean Koontz Bantam, 2006 What an interesting protagonist Odd is! + Koontz' best character + Excellent as always Book 1 is my favorite Odd Thomas book, to-date. Awesome story with a memorable character. I thought about Odd long after I put the book down, and it definitely made me want to read more. I started on Forever Odd (book 2) the same evening. Dean Koontz has created a very interesting character and ...             Lullaby267 reviews Chuck Palahniuk Anchor, 2002 By the balls + as good as fightclub + Unexpected dark humor... how can you resist? This book grabbed me by the balls until I was done. I normally take a few months to get through a book, like Choke, but this was about a week. I would have only liked more main characters to die.             The Dark River (Fourth Realm Trilogy) John Twelve Hawks Corgi Adult, 2008             The Road (Oprah's Book Club)1608 reviews Cormac McCarthy Vintage Books, 2007 A Road To Treasure + Carrying the Fire Through The Darkness You know who they are. Those people that get upset when stories are told that aren't a sugar coated version of the world, stories that seem like they were written by authors who truly believe that ignoring cold, hard reality is the best medicine. Cormac McCarthy is not one of those authors. At ...             Galapagos (Delta Fiction)114 reviews Kurt Vonnegut Dial Press Trade Paperback, 1999 Find yourself rethinking the obvious and loving it. + Galapagos + Worse than useless, brains are dangerous! When reading Vonnegut, I find myself rethinking subjects I pass over in day-to-day life without a second thought. It makes me feel enlightened, like I have some unique perspective on the world. In reality, the only credit I deserve is for my choice of reading material. Vonnegut so effectively ...             The Traveller (Fourth Realm Trilogy 1)11 reviews John Twelve Hawks Bantam Press, 2005 The Traveler... + Addictive read! + A good action book with conspiracy angles Earlier this week, I finished The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks. It was excellent! I can't wait until the next one comes out in paperback. Picture a world much like our own. There is more going on than we know. We are unaware of the battle going on around us, are happy in our ignorance. We ...             My Name Is Will: A Novel of Sex, Drugs, and Shakespeare14 reviews Jess Winfield Twelve, 2008 Another encomium, but with one small caveat + An amusing romp through Shakespeare's youth + "Sex, drugs and Shakespeare, A sure path to Nirvana" + Get thee to a bookstore! + Interesting Book             American Gods: A Novel702 reviews Neil Gaiman Harper Perennial, 2003 A deep understanding + Thought provoking...makes you question your beliefs + How Neil Gaiman Re-invents the Fantasy Novel + interesting and engaging, a little stretching