Posted 09 February 2005 - 4:16 AM
Hey stash, am I blind or did you leave out the literary genius, Neil Gaiman??? Gonna get a spanking for that, you know.
The last book I read was... Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. It's a precursor to The Da Vinci Code, and though it was an easy read, it was too over the top and there were some moments when I was reading where I was like, "Oh, come awwwwwn!"
Da Vinci code was a pretty good book, I loved the references to art in there - and the basis for the occurances in the story makes you question a lot of things namely Christianity. If a book can do that, then it can't be all bad.
On a side note speaking of Dan Brown - I noticed every other person on our flight to the UK was reading some book or other by him. Actually stash pointed that out...
Anyway. My favorite book is Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet, but I haven't read it in a while because I have it stowed away. It's a heavy read, hundreds of pages (in small type) but the story is fascinating, lots of protagonists and lots of revenge - it pretty much centers around the building of a cathedral in 12th century England. I know the plot doesn't sound all that intriguing by my description and all, but it's a solid read that's hard to put down.
Another good one (and they're making a movie about it) is Crimson Petal and the White by Michael Faber. It's painstakingly written - took something like 20 years to write - and the 2nd person narrative throughout the entire book is a feat in itself, it's simply astounding. That sort of narrative is very hard to write consistantly, let alone write an epic novel. This one centers around a prostitute in Victorian age London who is bought by her wealthy lover to help him deal with his crazy wife and neglected child.
Oh look, I wrote another novel of my own! ;)
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