Books

    This much ignorance about literature can only lead to hurt feelings and a whole lot of nonsense.

    This Book Does Not Exist

    This Book Does Not Exist

    Let’s start off with the fact I downloaded this book for free. I didn’t steal it, mind you....
    Cutter and Bone

    Cutter and Bone

    I decided, after reading one too many post-modern literary books, that I’d try a new genre. That being...
    The Bone Clocks

    The Bone Clocks

    I’ve been a fan of David Mitchell over the years. I loved his mystical sci-fi stuff (Cloud Atlas)...
    Then We Came to the End

    Then We Came to the End

    So we all remember reading Bright Lights, Big City and its mind-bending use of the second-person narrative structure....
    Bleeding Edge

    Bleeding Edge

    I thought I was making a smart decision trying to read this book. After all, I’d given up...
    The Flamethrowers

    The Flamethrowers

    I don’t belong to a book club. Shocking, I know. But I do listen to a bunch of...
    The Circle

    The Circle

    I realize now that I really don’t like these types of book. Call them near-term sci-fi or societal...
    2666

    2666

    An epic, 900-page novel made up of five books and loosely centered around hundreds of murders of young...
    The Namesake

    The Namesake

    As is typical of Indian novels, this is a tale of family and all the fucked up things...
    1Q84

    1Q84

    Full disclosure: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is one of my favorite books of all time, so all Murakami...
    Telegraph Avenue

    Telegraph Avenue

    I realize thinking back on Michael Chabon’s books that I’m less of a fan than I thought I...
    11/22/63

    11/22/63

    It’s been, I don’t know, about 400 years since I last read a Stephen King book. Granted, there...
    The Pale King

    The Pale King

    Nobody ever said David Foster Wallace was an easy read. Granted, some of his books are easier than...
    John Dies at the End

    John Dies at the End

    I decided with this one to break out of the box and read something outside of my typical...