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I bought Atomised a couple of weeks ago. I'm going to read it when I'm done reading The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai. It's supposed to be good, but I'll get back to you with what I think of it.

I bought Home and it's sitting on my bookshelf. I'll be reading it when I finish The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. I was tempted to buy Gilead at the same time, but I decided to buy it later if I enjoy Home.

I finished the book and I don't feel any different.

I'm just over half way through and I'm really impressed. I haven't read any McCarthy before, so in reading this I've been introduced to something different. The prose is poetic, the dialogue is poetic. It's beautifully written. I often feel anxious, worried about the fates of the father and son...

I'm very glad you liked it. It's my favourite book. It is indeed very funny and charming, but it's also bleak and emotionally unsettling. I couldn't recommend it enough. I wish more people would check it out.

I already mentioned my thoughts on the book in another thread. I stopped reading when I had only a third left. I don't like it because it's not intellectually stimulating for me. I feel it's a book for younger readers - more suitable for early to mid teens. There's no philosophising, social or...

Also, I was stunned by all the philosophical rantings. It offered me a fresh perspective about certain subjects (including issues of life & death), and got me thinking differently.

Hehe, yeah I know exactly what you mean. It's a thick book but it never, not once, gets dull. Every page has something to offer. It's my favourite for a reason. ;)

Oh wow, hey there 753C! I'm so excited someone actually replied and is reading this book. It's brilliant! Make sure you keep me updated on your thoughts.

Please people. Do yourselves a favour and read this book!

I'm just not a fan of the style of his writing, or his use of language. He uses unique descriptive words and I often find that they don't work. And The Messenger seemed amateurish to me because I felt his efforts to try and be poetic with his prose were unsuccessful.

I bought The Road the other day. I'm excited to read it.

I've just started reading this book. I'm a little concerned though. I hope it's as good as you folks say it is. I read The Messenger and I absolutely hated it. It was amateurish, and I'm pretty certain it was written after The Book Thief.

Here are my nominations: - A Fraction of The Whole by Steve Toltz (my favourite book) - The Boat by Nam Le - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - The Road by Cormac McCarthy

You guys should follow through with this one. It was awarded the "Booker of Bookers", the best book to have won the Man Booker Prize. All the elements that seem fartfetched or unreal are deliberate. Like I said, it's original and it's inventive. It's kind of like a grown-up's version of a...