House of Leaves

If you listened in your history class, you probably know that Lincoln was not the primary speaker that day in Gettysburg. Rather it was Edward Everett who delivered a two hour speech. It is said that after the day was over, Everett went up to Lincoln and told him that he said better in 3 minutes what Everett had spent hours trying to enumerate.

I think this is the greatest book I've yet read. I think it is more powerful and more insightful than the Bible. And, I think I will have to read it many more times to come to an understanding with it.


This is NOT a book you should read for fun.

Stardust

Okay, so I read this one a while ago and just noticed that I hadn't posted anything about it. I admit there are some books I don't post about either because there is nothing to say about them (as is the case with some book I can't remember) or because they are too hard to write about (as is the case with American Gods by Neil Gaiman.) But this fits neither of those...so here is my summary:

This book is just like A History of Tom Jones except 5 times shorter (which is a good thing) and with a touch of fantasy added in. Personally, I liked it a lot, though if you do decide to read it, try to find the unillustrated version because the pictures suck.

The Giver

This is one of those books I should have read much earlier in life but never got around to. It's only drawback is that it is juvenile fiction. The message is good, it can teach you something, but it just doesn't achieve the depth that some more adult books can.

The Cat Who Walks Through Walls

Another Robert Heinlein book, I liked it better than Stranger in a Strange Land, but was still unsatisfied with the ending, though Heinlein can, at least this time, justify the ending.

Catch-22

Great book, but not a good book.

It isn't good because I didn't really like it.

It is great because it taught me something about myself.