I had to google it.

^ Turns out that I've read more Steinbeck than I thought, as I've read four out of those five. I thought Of Mice and Men was a wonderful book, and I remember one of his short stories, The Red Pony, too. Isn't he, like Hemmingway, very much a man's author that girls don't take to? Have you ever tried recommending his stuff to girlfriends?

Notice how the mention of girls leads me very cleverly to this book, which I finished just 15 mins ago:-

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^ The sad protagonist is a middle-aged Catholic woman struggling through genteel poverty in Ireland. No fancy stylistic surprises, but a well-told story with characters convincingly coming to life - especially if you've seen the movie of the same name. (;)) I can also recommend it for its brevity - at 200-odd pages, you get a taste of Ireland without commiting yourself (like InnerSpaceBoy) to the life and works of J Joyce!

Hell no I love both. But then again I am part dude. Have only read Steinbeck's the Grapes of Wrath yet though, but East of Eden is first in my line of books to read. I've heard so much praise of it.

Bell Jar, yes please.

Very much enjoying the Mistborn trilogy.. I stopped at the local bookstore that was having a sidewalk sale and picked up some future reads:

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This was the last book I read. I don't read all that much anymore but my fiance gave it to me and said I would like it. As usual, she was right.

It's about an elderly, cynical and angry man who decides he is going to commit suicide but each attempt gets inadvertently thwarted somehow. There is also a second timeline running throughout that explores his childhood and, mostly, his relationship with his wife. It's funny, sweet, tender and in places very sad.

Reading different versions of The Bible slowly in an attempt to take everything in. I must have gone over the first few verses of Genesis thousands of times over the years, but I never remember to push on. I also want to look into reading "The ___'s Bible" type of books to see if the title is actually fitting.

Book of Thomas is the one where kid Jesus kills another kid for kicking down his sandcastle right? That one's raw.

You can read more about this character on the author's blog where he was created. His readers petitioned him to write a novel about the character. I would say that is about as unique an origin story as you can get.

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