Los Ping Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 (edited) Once school started I havent been able to read as much as i would want to but here's my reading list over the past few years. Top Tier(personal all time favorites) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Watchmen Slaughterhouse 5 Breakfast of Champions Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Saw There World War Z The Zombie Survival Guide The Onion Girl The Adventures of Caviler and Clay Dreams Underfoot The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy(whole series) Congo The 2458 Best Things Ever Said Second Tier(great but not able to go that extra mile) The Dark Knight Returns The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen I/II My Friend Leonard The Thief of Always A Thousand Splendid Suns Deception Point The Andromeda Strain The Time Machine The Sirens of Titan A Case of Need The Great Hunt Life Expectancy I Am America(and so can You!) The Fires of Heaven The Ivory and the Horn The Color of Magic Xenocide V for Vendetta Waifs and Strays Ender's Game The Kite Runner The Great Train Robbery Prey Survivor My Sister's Keeper The Yiddish Policeman's Union Third Tier(meh)(coming soon!) Currently Reading 1984 On the Shelf Gravity's Rainbow Life of Pi Wish List The Long Halloween Boulevard of Broken Dreams Dracula Frankenstein Edited November 28, 2009 by Los Ping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookJumper Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Hello and welcome yay for Adams and Pratchett being on your list; what can you tell me of De Lint (Waifs and Strays) and Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game)? Both have been recommended to me - I'm already intrigued by the De Lint universe but Ender's Game sounds a bit too militaryish for my taste... I understand nothing of tactics so if these play a big role, the book will be unintellegible to me! Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catwoman Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Wow there are some pretty awesome books on your list, some I have read and some I am dying to read! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Los Ping Posted November 27, 2009 Author Share Posted November 27, 2009 The Ender series is a great one that really widens out to larger topics such as religion by the third book xenocide. Its a pure science fiction saga story and if you you are into sci fi youll love it. De Lint is my personal favorite. Great urban fantasy style with fantastic writing throughout all of his books. Read Dreams Underfoot(short stories) first and move on to his novels such as The Onion Girl later. All the stories revolve around the city Newford and the same cast of characters which in my opinion made the series great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Great lists there! I look forward to reading more of your thoughts on the books you've read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Los Ping Posted November 28, 2009 Author Share Posted November 28, 2009 Review of The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon. Score 9.1 Michael Chabon has a lot to live up to after writing The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay and TYPU lives up to the Chabon standard. TYPU takes the classic gritty detective novel(enter Meyer Landsman) and put is in a psudo Israeli environment of Sitka, Alaska. The main case of the story is the death of a chess player whose life went down the drain. In my opinion the story really picks up in the final act where the true plot unfolds and Chabon get the true feel of the classic detective novel. The writing in the book is perfect with deep, flowing sentences and metaphors. Each word carries great weight and can carry many darkly humorous undertones. This book is a definite read for any Jewish reader(such as myself) with many references to Jewish culture and the occasional Yiddish phrase. Others be warned that you might not understand all of the references or the main plot without a basic sense of Judaism. Chabon always delivers with his modern literature and this is no exception. TYPU is one of my personal favorites and it is a true treat to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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