My laptop is being repaired, and thus I am reading EVERYTHING EVER WRITTEN.

Cormac McCarthy - All the Pretty Horses: Once I settled into the manner in which he tells a story, I did enjoy this. I wish I paid more attention to my mother's horses though, because the jargon, among other things, can make passages hard to follow if you don't watch a lot of Westerns or ride ponies. 3.5/5.

John Green - An Abundance of Katherines: Kinda cute, kinda funny story about teenagers and their relationships. 3/5.

Neil Gaiman - The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A book full of charm and magic and wonder which can be read and enjoyed by both children and adults without either party feeling alienated. Well done. 4/5.

Katie Williams - Absent: Highschool thriller about ghosts and stuff. Fluffy but entertaining. 3/5.

Milan Kundera - Identity: My least favourite Kundera so far. Very quick read that teeters on devastation, but cops out at the last minute and contains very little philosophy for Kundera's work. 3/5.

Bret Easton Ellis - Imperial Bedrooms: A page-turner, neo-noir thing, but his run-on sentences drive me mad and I still don't know what the **** that part about laxative-fist-****ing was about. Hard to get attached to any of these characters, but it was a sequel and the first book wasn't available to me, so I didn't read it, which can probably explain my reaction. 3/5.

Kazuo Ishiguro - Never Let Me Go: Amazing read, absolutely loved it. Combines a lot of the qualities I love in my favourites; bittersweet emotion, dystopian nightmares, hopelessness and intrigue. Huzzah! 5/5

edit: nevermind you know

I have Less Than Zero, I'll add it to the pile of **** I'm sending you!

Yeah, I do, I just didn't give a ****. :laughing:

The library only had the one, and when i got home and cracked it and the description said "sequel" I said "NO ****S GIVEN".

Oh my god it was SO bad, I really liked Less Than Zero but the sequel was so pointless. I have BEE books coming out my ears though, like 3 copies of American Psycho

This is what I have picked out atm
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I'll probably grab more cause I have a big box but it's a good start
I have SO many copies of Middlesex it's not even funny

I've no idea what you're talking about here but, since you got through 'All the Pretty Horses' I hope that you will read/appreciate some more McCarthy (nevermind The Road - it's fairly weak). 'Child of God' is especially good.

That looks AWESOME, though I must admit I just found a copy of Middlesex at the library today and it's on my kitchen table along with (finally) Year of the Flood.

I do not know if you have now heard of my (legendary) surprise giftboxes, but I will send you one for this because you're rad and I don't deserve this. :D

Engine: Yes, I'm still interested in McCarthy. His style is something I adapted to in time and I got around to enjoying the story beneath it.

Oooh I'm excited!! I'll leave Middlesex out then and find a replacement, it is soooo good though, it's one of my favourite books of all time, I think I've read it at least 5 times

I'll also interject: 'Still Life With Woodpecker' is not only my favorite by Robbins but also one of the best things to come out of late 70s/early 80s American fiction.

God I loved The Corrections sfm.

EDIT:

Can confirm. Mine was ****ing brilliant.

I liked Freedom better, personally. I felt more connected to the story, especially Patty.