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1aces
Editado: mayo 12, 2008, 1:15 pm

1. Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut
2. Baudolino by Umberto Eco
3. Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists by Gideon Defoe
4. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
5. The Complete Short Stories of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde
6. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling*
7. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling*
8. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling*
9. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling*
10. Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix by J.K. Rowling
11. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
12. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
13. Nightmares and Dreamscapes by Stephen King
15. The Ladies of Grace Adieu by Susanna Clarke
16. Changing Planes by Ursula K. Le Guin
17. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss
18. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
19. Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut
20. The Onion Girl by Charles de Lint
21. Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander by J.K. Rowling
22. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
23. Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman
24. The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye by A.S. Byatt
25. Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut
26. Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman
27. Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi
28. Little Black Book of Stories by A.S. Byatt
29. The Tao of Montessori: Reflections on Compassionate Teaching by Catherine McTamaney
30. A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy
31. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
32. A Delightful Compendium of Consolation by Burton L. Vistozky
33. Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett*
34. Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
35. Dune by Frank Herbert*

The *s indicate re-reads.

2blackdogbooks
mayo 11, 2008, 6:22 pm

Welcome to the 75'ers group. Youv'e got a couple of the same reads as I do this year The Road and Dune. How'd you like Dune. I enjoyed it a great deal. I also see you are a Vonnegut fan. I just read my first Vonnegut this year Slaughterhouse Five and did not enjoy it too much but I may use your titles here to pick another one to try. Look forward to seeing more of your reads. You'll get a lot of questions and comments but that's the best part of this group for me.

3aces
mayo 12, 2008, 1:28 pm

Hey, thanks for the welcome.
Dune was actually a re-read for me (I forgot to * it until just now). I've read it a few times and I really enjoy it. I have read three of the prequels by Herbert's son (House Atreides, House Harkonnen and House Corrino) which certainly help with understanding the history of characters, since Dune doesn't delve into personal histories that much.
I have watched some of the tv movie versions as well, but none capture the characters accurately.

I am a huge Vonnegut fan, actually. The first Vonnegut I ever read is Breakfast of Champions. I read it when I was in high school and it will always remain a favourite of mine. I read a few more of his works for a Satire course and for an Apocalyptic Science Fiction course in university (Mother Nightand Cat's Cradle I believe). I confess I hadn't read anything new by him for a great while but after he died I started buying up his books like mad, trying to read them all.
I would recommend any of the afore mentioned books as well as Galapagos and Bluebeard from my reads of this year. If you tell me why you didn't enjoy Slaughterhouse Five I may be able to better recommend something you will like. However, with Vonnegut I think you either love him or you hate him.

4blackdogbooks
mayo 12, 2008, 1:49 pm

I had this discussion with another Vonnegut reader. I was never quite certain if the main character was actually having these episodes or if the point of the book was to describe the lengths the human mind will go to in order to deal with suffering. It felt like the author never committed to either and so I couldn't either. I just felt like I missed some big key in the beginning or middle of the book that would unlock the point here. What do you think?

I saw a movie version of Mother Night once with Nick Nolte-same story? I was really intrigued by that story. Perhaps that book would be a good one. Though I think I'm actually on the lookout for a used copy of Cat's Cradle as a suggestion from a 100 best list.

6aces
mayo 13, 2008, 2:13 pm

blackdogbooks: I recommend Welcome to the Monkey House to you because it is a collection of short stories. There are different themes and styles, so if you don't like one story, the whole book won't be a wash.
Harrison Bergeron is a particularly good short story from the collection.

If you still don't like Vonnegut after that, don't bother with the others but if you do then I do think you will enjoy Mother Night and Cat's Cradle.
(I am not sure about a Nick Nolte movie version of Mother Night, so I cannot say. However, I do know he had a part in the movie version of Breakfast of Champions).

7blackdogbooks
mayo 13, 2008, 7:32 pm

Thanks greatly for the suggestion, I will keep that in mind as I look for Cat's Cradle!!!!!

8aces
mayo 15, 2008, 4:35 pm

37. Dance of the Happy Shades by Alice Munro
My brother gave me this book of short stories for my birthday last year and it has been sitting in my TBR pile since then. Well, I should have read it sooner! This book is great. Munro is so good with descriptions of characters and places. Most of these stories are set in rural Canada in the 30s and she really makes you feel like you are there.
She has quiet desperation and frustration down pat.
I really enjoyed this collection.

9beeg
mayo 15, 2008, 11:19 pm

hi aces,

so I'm wondering did you like what Brian did with his father's story?? I've been blasted so far and I'm a little head shy, but like yourself I liked having things fleshed out a bit more.

10aces
mayo 16, 2008, 1:41 pm

I enjoyed Brian's prequels. I actually read them before I ever read Dune, so I don't know if that has anything to do with it.

11aces
mayo 21, 2008, 4:24 pm

38. Monarchy by David Starkey
This brief overview of British monarchy from the Tudors to the Windsors was so enthralling that it prompted me to add all sorts of books about different Rulers to my wish list.

12aces
mayo 26, 2008, 4:04 pm

39. American Gods by Neil Gaiman*

13aces
mayo 30, 2008, 5:16 pm

40. Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe.

14aces
Jun 4, 2008, 7:42 pm

41. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke*

15beeg
Jun 5, 2008, 8:34 am

how did you like Jonathan Strange?? I had to abandon it after 150 pages, it just wasn't doing it for me. other people have mentioned it doesn't get better until page 300.

16aces
Jun 5, 2008, 8:26 pm

I adore it! It was a reread for me. I wish there were a whole book for every footnote in that novel.
If it was too long and involved for you, you might try Clarke's book of short stories, The Ladies of Grace Adieu.

17aces
Jun 5, 2008, 8:29 pm

42. The Flight of Dragons by Peter Dickinson.
Basically, I read this because I was obsessed with the movie "Flight of Dragons" when I was a child.
This book is the science behind how dragons can possibly exist, fly, breathe fire, hoard gold etc
It was quite interesting and a fast read.
The other book the movie is based on is The Dragon and the George by Gordon R. Dickson. From what I understand, the science of the movie came from Dickinson and the plot from Dickson. That is on my wishlist and hopefully I can read it son.

18beeg
Editado: Jun 5, 2008, 10:03 pm

I have both of those books, you'll enjoy The Dragon and the George I've re-read it several times.

19aces
Jun 6, 2008, 6:52 am

Yaaay!
I will buy it as soon as I am "allowed" to buy more books.
I was happy when it wasn't out of stock at Chapters.com.

20aces
Editado: Jun 11, 2008, 6:05 pm

I am currently reading The Letters of Abelard and Heloise.
Here are two passages that Heloise wrote to Abelard that I wanted to share. This is after he was castrated and they were separated in two separate Orders. Many years have passed since they have spoken:

"But if I lose you, what is left for me to hope for? What reason for continuing on life's pilgrimage, for which I have no support but you, and none in you save the knowledge that you are alive, now that I am forbidden all other pleasures in you and denied even the joy of your presence which from time to time could restore me to myself? O God - if it is lawful to say it -cruel to me in everything! O merciless mercy! O Fortune who is only ill-fortune, who has already spent on me so many of the shafts she uses in her battle against mankind that she has none left with which to vent her anger on others. She has emptied a full quiver on me, so that henceforth no one else need hear her onslaughts, and if she still had a single arrow she could find no place in me to take the wound. Her only dread is that through my many wounds death may end my sufferings; and though she does not cease to destroy me, she still fears the destruction which she hurries on."

"In my case, the pleasures of lovers which we shared have been too sweet - they cannot displease me, and can scarcely shift from my memory. Wherever I turn they are always there before my eyes, bringing with them awakened longings and fantasies which will not even let me sleep. Even during the celebrations of the Mass, when our prayers should be purer, lewd visions of those pleasures take such a hold upon my unhappy soul that my thoughts are on their wantonness instead of on prayers. I should be groaning over the sins I have committed, but I can only sigh for what I have lost. Everything we did and the times and places where we did it are stamped on my heart along with your image, so that I live through them all again with you. Even in sleep I know no respite. Sometimes my thoughts are betrayed in a movement of my body, or they break out in an unguarded word."

21aces
Jun 17, 2008, 4:11 pm

22aces
Jun 21, 2008, 2:53 pm

44. The Dragon and The George by Gordon R. Dickson.

23aces
Jun 21, 2008, 5:52 pm

45. The Sandman: The Doll's House by Neil Gaiman.

24aces
Jun 26, 2008, 3:32 pm

25aces
Jun 28, 2008, 1:23 am

26aces
Jul 19, 2008, 10:41 pm

48. On Writing by Stephen King.

27blackdogbooks
Jul 20, 2008, 10:31 am

Did you like On Writing? I am a big King fan. I read it a few years ago and really enjoyed the parts where he ruminates about his childhood. There are some roaring good stories.

28Whisper1
Jul 22, 2008, 7:59 pm

Hi Aces

I note that you recently read a David Starkey book. He is a marvelous writer and knows English history inside and out! I recently saw a PBS special that he narrated..
My library is filled with English history books.

Did you enjoy Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne?

29Whisper1
Jul 22, 2008, 8:00 pm

Aces

Sorry, I forgot to mention that through another LT member, I discoverd the website historicalfiction.org. You might want to check this out. I warn you though, it is addictive.

30aces
Jul 26, 2008, 11:46 am

blackdogbooks:
I did enjoy it On Writing It only took me so long to read because I'm on summer vacation and I read more when I'm at work. The childhood stories were great. The writing tips made sense and the description of the accident...just wow.

31aces
Jul 26, 2008, 11:51 am

Whisper1:
I have always been interested in British history, but only recently started reading up on it in earnest. I enjoyed Elizabeth as well as Monarchy:England and Her Rulers from the Tudors to the Windsors, which I also read this year. Starkey's style is very easy to read and understand.
Are there any other books by him that you would recommend?

ps: I will check out historicalfiction.org, thanks!

32aces
Jul 26, 2008, 11:52 am

49. Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books by Aaron Lansky

His adventures really were amazing, it was impossible to put this book down!

33Whisper1
Jul 26, 2008, 1:38 pm

Hi Aces

I highly recommend David Starkey's book Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII.

Alison Weir is yet author re. British history. The Six Wives of Henry VIII is a good book as well.

Thanks for asking!

34blackdogbooks
Jul 26, 2008, 4:11 pm

I saw a De Lint book on your list, The Onion Girl. I just discovered him in the last two years and have only read a couple but I am a fan already. Have you read others? Do you like his stories?

35drneutron
Jul 26, 2008, 5:16 pm

I'm not the one you asked, but I'll jump in. De Lint is one of my favorites. I started with Moonheart, it's still one of my favorite books.

36aces
Jul 27, 2008, 1:37 pm

blackdogbooks: I have only read The Onion Girl and Dreams Underfoot by de Lint.
I liked Dreams Underfoot better. I think his style lends itself better to short stories.

37aces
Jul 27, 2008, 1:38 pm

thanks Whisper1!
Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII is on my wishlist :)

38blackdogbooks
Jul 28, 2008, 11:06 pm

It wouldn't be as fun if the only response I got was from the one person I wrote to. Thanks drneutron and aces both. I quite liked Dreams Underfoot also. I am trying to collect all of the Newford and his other books before I read them all. On his website, he suggested a reading order, though he was quick to point out that the titles need not be read in that order to be enjoyed.

39aces
Ago 15, 2008, 4:26 pm

50. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

40blackdogbooks
Ago 17, 2008, 10:22 am

What was your impression of this one? I've seen wildly varying responses to the book.

41aces
Ago 18, 2008, 10:09 am

Ok I enjoyed it mostly. It was a pretty fast and easy read and it has a lot of descriptions of Europe that were very interesting but there was also some things that just weren't explained and loose ends not tied up (beyond leaving the reader wanting more kind of idea) by the end. I can also see why people call it "The Dracula Code".

42aces
Ago 27, 2008, 1:28 pm

51. Warrior Queens by Antonia Fraser.
Why did a book about such an interesting topic have to be so boring?

43aces
Sep 8, 2008, 6:17 am

52. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon. I hesitated because it was so popular but this novel was amazing.

44aces
Sep 8, 2008, 4:38 pm

53. The Ice Schooner by Michael Moorcock. I brother gave me this one to read as he's big into Moorcock due to Hawkwind.

45aces
Sep 13, 2008, 4:45 pm

54. How To Run a Traditional Jewish Household by Blu Greenberg*
I have reread this book a few times. It is full of tons of helpful information, presented in a really easy to read manner. I thought it was time to read it again as I am going to be having a baby and want to brush up on some traditions.

46alcottacre
Sep 14, 2008, 5:14 am

Congratulations on the impending birth! Get your reading in while you can.

47aces
Sep 14, 2008, 3:51 pm

Thanks!
That's what I'm thinking. There's no way I'll be able to read this much after March! Except children's books, which I need to stock up on. I still have some from my own childhood but there's a lot of books that I really want my baby to have.

48FlossieT
Sep 14, 2008, 4:10 pm

Congrats, aces! Reading time does unfortunately shrink with the arrival of the new bookworms-in-training. However, personally I found when the babies were tiny that after a bit of practice I could read with a book in one hand while feeding them - bonus.

49alcottacre
Sep 15, 2008, 7:46 am

You can also read aloud to the baby while in utero. I did with both my girls - my oldest seemed to really love the Winnie the Pooh books, and once she was born, bounced so much we nicknamed her Tigger.

50drneutron
Sep 15, 2008, 10:03 am

Congrats! We had a Tigger as well. Stock up on audio kids books for the car...They're what kept us sane driving!

51Whisper1
Sep 15, 2008, 9:28 pm

congratulations and good luck to you.

52aces
Sep 16, 2008, 6:57 am

Wow I'm going to try to reply to everyone in one message.
FlossieT: I'll have to practice my one handed reading now, so I'll be a pro when the baby comes.

alcottacre: So far I have only read one story to the baby, the first story in Frog Band Fanfare which is something my Dad used to read to me as a child.

drneutron: Thanks, I will look into audio books.

Whisper1: Thank you :)

53alcottacre
Sep 16, 2008, 11:17 pm

Cool! Passing on the tradition . . . be sure and keep the meaningful books so you can hand them down when baby gets old enough to appreciate them.

54aces
Sep 17, 2008, 4:14 pm

I might have to buy some new copies because some of my childhood books are kind of beat up by now.

55Whisper1
Sep 17, 2008, 4:16 pm

aces

alcottacre is right about saving books. I was delightfully surprised recently when I visited my daughter and read to my twin grandsons. The books were hers that she kept from her childhood. I didn't know that the books were so important to her that she kept them from 1972. I smiled when I turned the pages of all the Little Golden books.

56aces
Sep 17, 2008, 4:17 pm

55. The Days of French Revolution by Christopher Hibbert.
He says in the prologue that the book is for people who know nothing about the Revolution, as opposed to students etc. I would say that it is very lucidly written. It gets a little confusing because there were SO many different people involved and he doesn't go in to detail about all of them, so it's a lot of names to remember. It was a very quick read and gave me the impression that the whole thing was pretty much a bloody farce.

57Whisper1
Sep 17, 2008, 4:30 pm

aces
I've read a few of Hibbert's books, one in particular regarding Elizabeth I was very well written.

Thanks for the description regarding The Days of French Revolution

58aces
Sep 25, 2008, 6:53 am

56. Elric of Melnibone: The Tale of Eternal Champion by Michael Moorcock.
Another book lent to me by my brother. I get the feeling there are a lot more in the series as it ended pretty abruptly. I shan't be reading them though. This was enough for me.
The touchstone isn't exactly right. This volume contains the tales:
Elric of Melnibone
The Fortress of the Pearl
The Sailor on the Seas of Fate
The Dreaming City
While the Gods Laugh
The Singing Citadel

The Fortress of the Pearl was my favourite.

59aces
Oct 1, 2008, 4:58 pm

57. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky.

60Prop2gether
Oct 1, 2008, 5:26 pm

Aces, congrats on the one-hand method--I learned to sign my checks without lifting the pen from the paper, so reading was a snap! I want to recommend the Sandra Boynton series of books for fun (I got Milne and Seuss from my mom), and also the poems in A Child's Garden of Verses by Stevenson as excellent baby-soothers. And with Boynton, you can laugh out loud with the little one!

61aces
Oct 8, 2008, 6:54 am

58. The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon.

62drneutron
Oct 8, 2008, 9:03 am

Cool! What did you think of it? Gentlemen of the Road is pretty good, too.

63aces
Oct 8, 2008, 12:19 pm

I enjoyed it. I borrowed it from my Dad. I had lent him The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay and after he read that he bought The Yiddish Policeman's Union and lent it to me. I just bought Gentlemen of the Road online so we will see if I like that one enough to lend it to him after.

64aces
Oct 14, 2008, 10:50 am

59. Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer.

65aces
Oct 14, 2008, 10:50 am

Este mensaje fue borrado por su autor.

66alcottacre
Oct 14, 2008, 1:52 pm

#64 aces: My youngest daughter is a big fan of the Artemis Fowl series. Maybe she will let me borrow them . . .

67aces
Oct 15, 2008, 11:43 am

They are pretty fun and a quick read.

68aces
Oct 15, 2008, 11:45 am

60. Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon.
I enjoyed this. It was a different style from the other novels of his I have read. It is definitely an adventure story. I wish there were more stories like this about Jewish characters.

69drneutron
Oct 15, 2008, 3:18 pm

I really loved his forward or end note, I forget which, where he said his working title was "Jews With Swords". Absolutely made the book for me!

70aces
Oct 20, 2008, 11:53 am

dr neutron: yeah it was great! I loved it as well.

71aces
Oct 20, 2008, 11:57 am

61. The Rhinoceros Who Quoted Nietzsche and Other Odd Aquaintances by Peter S. Beagle.

72aces
Oct 23, 2008, 11:52 am

62. Different Seasons by Stephen King (which was great!).

73blackdogbooks
Oct 23, 2008, 12:09 pm

Which of the stories did you like the best?

74aces
Oct 24, 2008, 6:20 pm

"Rita Hayworth and the Shashank Redemption" followed by "Apt Pupil" I think.

"The Breathing Method" was kind of eerie to read as a pregnant woman.

75blackdogbooks
Oct 26, 2008, 4:10 pm

I thinkg that's the only one not to be made into a film of some kind. I think I would pick the way you did, though Apt Pupil seems to come to jump to mind more often. Both offer such a view of true psychological horror, based in reality rather than monsters. Many folks don't think King writes anything but monsters but I find these stories so compelling because they don't feature creatures but feature people in situations which are just as, if not more, frightening.

76Prop2gether
Oct 27, 2008, 6:41 pm

Really, the story for a pregnant woman to definitely avoid is "The Small Assassin" by Bradbury. Especially at Halloween. Especially when you're thinking of the cognitive ability of the newborn.

77aces
Oct 27, 2008, 9:03 pm

63. The Regulators by Richard Bachman.

78Prop2gether
Oct 28, 2008, 12:47 pm

Or its flipside with Desperation by Stephen King--same characters, different locale for the action, and interesting take on how a set of characters can be altered for a story.

79Prop2gether
Oct 28, 2008, 12:48 pm

Or its flipside with Desperation by Stephen King--same characters, different locale for the action, and interesting take on how a set of characters can be altered for a story.

80aces
Oct 29, 2008, 7:16 pm

64. To Raise a Jewish Child by Hayim Halevy Donin
*reread

81aces
Nov 7, 2008, 12:31 pm

65. The Swords Trilogy by Michael Moorcock.
Another book my brother lent me.
I'm about done with Moorcock now though.

82aces
Nov 11, 2008, 5:10 pm

83alcottacre
Nov 12, 2008, 3:28 am

Death Comes in Yellow looks like a good read about one of the Nazi concentration camps. How did you like it?

84aces
Editado: Nov 13, 2008, 3:12 pm

alcottacre:
I was lent this book by my husband's grandmother who was actually a prisoner at Skarszysko before she was sent to Buchenwald.
The book is a well researched account of a camp that few people know ever existed.
It begins with the origins of the munitions factory and how and by whom it was operated and goes on to describe the life/politics/inhabitants etc of each of the 3 camps at Skarszysko-Kamienna (Werk A, B, C).
For the most part it is scholarly in tone which makes it easier to read than some first hand accounts (though the author was a prisoner, I believe, she does not describe her personal experience) such as Night or The Diary of Anne Frank. Of course, there are still parts that are quite upsetting to read.
All in all I would recommend it.

edited to fix the touchstone for Night.

85alcottacre
Nov 14, 2008, 2:41 am

Thanks for the additional info, aces. I will look for the book.

86Whisper1
Nov 20, 2008, 8:55 am

aces
I am so saddened when I hear of actual people who were a prisoner in the Nazi camps. I hope your husband's grandmother is doing well...I

I'm also adding Death Comes in Yellow to my tbr list.

Thanks for your comments about this book.

Linda

87aces
Nov 21, 2008, 6:54 am

Whisper1
It makes me very sad as well.
However, my husband's grandmother is doing excellently. She was married after the war and had two sons. They first escaped to Israel and then came to Canada. She is 88 years old and still going strong. She maintains her own apartment and is very active and healthy for her age.

88aces
Nov 21, 2008, 6:55 am

67. Romola by George Eliot.

89Whisper1
Nov 21, 2008, 9:55 pm

Thanks for telling me about your husband's grandmother.....What an incredible life! I am in awe of her ability to survive and overcome. Please give her a gentle hug for me.

90TheTortoise
Nov 22, 2008, 5:58 am

>67 aces:. What did you think of Romola.?

- TT

91aces
Nov 22, 2008, 9:59 am

I enjoyed Romola but there are a lot of descriptions of Florentine politics, customs, religion, people of the time period etc. (I believe the word the Introduction used was "erudite"). Eliot did tons of research on Florence in the 1400s and it really shows.
It's not that the descriptions get in the way of the story but sometimes I was really craving action (because there is also a lot of scheming and drama in the novel). And at one point something major happened to one of the central characters and I thought "Where was the set up for this? Did I miss a page?"
Despite that it really was a good book.

92TheTortoise
Nov 22, 2008, 10:27 am

Thanks aces, I think I might add it to my 2009 reading list.

- TT

93aces
Nov 25, 2008, 2:21 pm

68. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin*
69. The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin*

*these are both rereads

94aces
Nov 29, 2008, 9:40 am

70. The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin

*reread

95beeg
Nov 29, 2008, 10:12 am

I love those books, right up there with The Fionavar Tapestry

96aces
Dic 4, 2008, 2:02 pm

71. Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas by Tom Robbins.

97PiyushC
Dic 4, 2008, 2:12 pm

These three are the only Ursula K. Le Guin books I have read so far and were quite decent, The Farthest Shore was a bit too slow in the middle though and somehow the ending seemed like an anti-climax, maybe was expecting a bit too much.

98aces
Dic 11, 2008, 6:48 am

72. Mailman by J. Robert Lennon

99FlossieT
Editado: Dic 11, 2008, 8:42 pm

Hi aces - what did you think of Mailman? I've had a copy on my shelf for a while having loved other stuff he's written.

Edit to correct touchstone

100aces
Dic 12, 2008, 2:34 pm

enh it was okay but it kind of fizzled out for me. I had bought it on the recommendation of a used book store employee (after he saw all the Vonnegut in my pile) and then it sat on my shelf for over a year.

101aces
Dic 24, 2008, 10:44 am

73. Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling.