The Bridge by Iain Banks ( Read more... )

It will be all over the news, but lets mourn together. John Updike is dead. He was 76.

1- Denial of Death, Ernest Becker ( Read more... )

The Delta of Venus-Anais Nin ( Read more... )

anybody taken a gander at this one?

Introduction to Chemical Physics, Designed for the Use of Academies, High Schools, and Colleges - Illustrated with Numerous Engravings by Thomas Ruggles Pynchon

1. s. beckett- molloy-malone dies-the unnamable ( Read more... )

http://www.amazon.com/Ezekiel-Option-Political-Thrillers/dp/1414303440/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229755164&sr=8-1

I'm trying to think up some last minute xmas gifts for a friend. When I type in the names of his favorite authors on Amazon, Roberto Bolano's "2666" keeps popping up in the recommendation section.

Most of the reviews I can find seem to rave about it. Have any of you read it?

Another call for recommendations ( Read more... )

Given the current popularity of vampire romances (a la Twilight) and the fact that I recently read Toby Barlow's Sharp Teeth (it was kind of an entertaining crime novel but also disappointing -- I guess I expected too much from a novel-length poem about werewolves in LA), I'm feeling a craving for some good monster books. I've read the obvious ( Read more... )