Books I've Read in '08 (and how they rated)

Submitted by farsoup on Wed, 05/14/2008 - 05:08
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  • MYSTERY
  • A Grave Talent - Laurie King ****
  • The Art of Detection - Laurie King ***
  • A Catskill Eagle - Robert B. Parker **
  • Find Me - Carol O'Connell ****
  • Rage - Jonathan Kellerman ****
  • FICTION
  • The Road-Cormac McCarthy**** (post-apocolyptic. No County to the nth)
  • No Country for Old Men-Cormac McCarthy**** (amazing narrative style. Haven't seen the movie.)
  • Chocolat - ***
  • Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut ****
  • The Kite Runner - Houssein ****
  • BIO/MEMOIR/HISTORY
  • Lincoln's Melancholy ****
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The Good (****)
The Bad (*)
The What-Was-This-Publisher-Thinking? (p/u)

Catalyst12/12/2008

I just finished No Country For Old men five minutes ago, and I gotta tell you - I almost gave up after the first few pages. I just hated how it was written, but as I read, the more it seemed to flow and I ended up really enjoying it.

The movie is very similar to the book, but the book reveals some things I didn't catch in the movie. And I guess the movie ends about 30 or 40 pages before the book ends.