Happiness Is...
- Instead of being berated in my first review for using the internet too much, getting a $2,000 raise
- Having a reading list:
- "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
- "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
- "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman (thanks, Tom!)
- "Discipline & Punish" by Michel Foucault (thanks, Mick!)
- "Cryptonomicon" by Neal Stephenson (thanks, my family & all male friends!)
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posted by Theresa @ 3/14/2006 04:39:00 PM
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WHOOO - congratulations on the raise!!
...and good choice on Cryptonomicron by Neal Stephenson. He is one of my favorites. I am almost finished with his "Baroque Cycle" - a three part series that I think you would enjoy very much. You can find them at the Chicago library if you don't want to buy.
Indeed, I did enjoy the "Baroque Cycle." 4,000 pages of sheer historical fiction goodness! Although I wish that Half-Cocked Jack had more of a starring role in the final installment, which my family and I waited for with bated breath.
Apparently he wrote it all out long-hand. Amazing, that.
Aha! You have already read it - I didn't know that. I think I only have about 200 pages or so left...
ps, I noticed your blog has become infested with dreaded pop-ups...
Reading the book my website is named after, well done.
-Rory
ooh, you're reading 'a separate peace!' i remember reading that in 8th grade, it made me very sad.
esther
If anyone's interested, I jumped ahead of the queue a bit on Sunday, and last night finished "American Gods." Wow, was that ever a page-turner! It reminded me very much of "The Dark Is Rising" series by Susan Cooper, and "A Wrinkle In Time" by Madeline L'Engle: all three worlds are similar to our own, but with a cold and immediate danger inhabiting their outer reaches.
So now I'm a Gaiman fan. It's official.
Back to the boring "A Confederacy of Dunces" now.
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