You Say You Want to Know What I’m Reading
Sunday morning I picked up a copy of The Road. I finished it later that afternoon. It was captivating, thought-provoking and heartbreaking. If you like post-apocalyptic novels, this book’s for you. I mean, it’s not a laugh riot, to be sure, but I did get a wry smile or two out of it.
It is a good, hard-to-put-down book, my favorite kind. It did, however remind me a bit of this book, also a good post-apocalyptic treat.
Know of any other good end of the world stories I might like? I think I’m on a kick.
Or, if you prefer, what The New York Times had to say.
P.S. I peeled of the Oprah Book Club sticker because I don’t ever want to be accused of doing something because Oprah told me to do it.
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:23 pm
So funny that you wrote this - I was thisclose to picking up The Road while I was in Orlando. Did all that Disney magic make us long for something less cheery? Something to ponder…
I don’t have anything post-apocalyptic to recommend, but I do have to recommend a great nonfiction book, The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls. As a parent, it made me sick to my stomach. As a daughter, it made me appreciate my mom infinitely more. And as a person, it made me marvel at the resiliency and innate determination of children to survive and thrive, even when faced with horrific neglect.
Mj, wanna do a book swap?
October 5th, 2007 at 9:04 pm
I will gladly send it (or bring it) to you when Mark is finished. I have read Glass Castle though, so you might have to dig for a Fabio-covered romance to share. Or, you know, something better.
Yay for books that make us vomit.
October 8th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
One Hundred Times to China, Lloyd Kropp. (Out of print, cheap at Amazon)
Z for Zachariah, Robert C. Obrien. (Also out of print)
And of course, the queen mother of all Post-Apocolyptics, The Stand, by Stephen King. That one will never go out of print.