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Some of the newer authors I'm enjoying. Michael Cunningham (I think he just slips under the last 10 years criterion) Dave Eggers - both his fiction and his memoir Chuck Palahniuk - at least his earlier stuff Yann Martel

I'll step in to "defend" Marquez. I read 100 Years of Solitude a couple of months ago and really liked it. It is a little slow, but the characters are well-developed and I got caught up in the journey of this family. It does take a little work to get into it, but I found it to be worth it. I...

There's some discussion of Haunted over in the Palahniuk thread in the author forum. The condensed version of my take - it felt like he had a lot of short stories that he really liked, but didn't want to publish an anthology of short stories. I got tired of the connective story after a while and...

I know lots of people have said they didn't like the ending, but I thought it was perfect. Unexpected, but completely in keeping with the journey. Just my $.04 (inflated due to gas and transport costs)

Read through book 4. Put it down. Make up your own ending to the series. It will save you countless hours of grief. The only thing you'll miss are the desciption of what everyone in the land is wearing. [/bitterness]

absolutely:rolleyes:

The Peace of Wild Things Wendell Berry When despair grows in me and I wake in the middle of the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come...

loud public cell phone usage. You're important. We know. Now shut up.

In my wildest imaginings I never thought there would be a Kingdom of the Spiders sighting. Beautiful.

I'm the old guy on the right. I was admiring the shoes actually.

I had my last car for ten years. When the mechanic said I needed new brakes that would cost more than the value of the car, it was time to reload. Most of my friends buy a new car when the cost to fix the one they currently drive exceeds their monthly payment, (or when they get bored with it) so...

I would agree with you about the inefficiency, but compared to the averages around here of trucks or SUVs that get 10-15mpg, my 30 feels pretty good. We're hoping by the time we have to buy my wife her next car, we'll be able to find a hybrid that 1) holds enough people to fit our clan and 2)...

2005 Pontiac Vibe. The only thing sexy or cool about it is the 30 mpg.

April Reads Slapstick - Kurt Vonnegutt The Plot Against America - Philip Roth Quit Digging Your Grave with a knife and Fork - Mike Huckabee So Long and Thanks for all the Fish - Douglas Adams The Meritocracy Myth - Stephen J. McNamee and Robert K. Miller The Emperor of Ocean Park - Stephen...

J Male 35 My name is too short so I had to add this in order to have the 10 characters.

Our system had a library sale back in February. I walked out with 26 books and spent $21. As for space - they can always be stacked in a corner. At least that's what I tell my wife.

Pure Nerd here - no surprise. 82 % Nerd, 39% Geek, 34% Dork

You might check out Ben Bova. Quite a few of his novels involve space flight / colonization.

A couple I've enjoyed. Resurrection Day - Brendan Dubois (If the Cuban Missle Crisis had turned into a shooting war) The Plot Against America - Philip Roth (Follows the journey of one American Jewish family in the WWII era when the US allies itself with Nazi Germany to stay out of the war.)...

A couple recently Cell by Stephen King Slapstick by Kurt Vonnegutt