Physiognomy

This is a fantasy book by Jeffrey Ford. It was a spontaneous read. I was walking through the library and saw a book with an interesting cover. I picked it up, saw the blurb at the top telling me the author also wrote the award winning book Physiognomy, so that is the book I read.

It is short, slightly entertaining, a little like Dune with the drugs and sex, but not so bad. Not worth going out of your way to read.

Done and done.

A Clockwork Orange

This is a short novel by Anthony Burgess. It has actually been a while since I read it, just forgot to post about it, I guess.

Anyway, it's basically a gory story about the hopelessness of society and the prevalence of evil. Its main characteristic (for the casual reader) it the absurd vocabulary that, I guess, is supposed to mimic street slang from some era or another. The version I read had a glossary at the back for when I got a little lost.

Anyway, this was another book that was on some list of 1000 must read books. Personally, I didn't enjoy it, but can certainly see why it made that list: by leaving me confused at the end.

This book isn't written for anyone in particular. If you happen to be reading books and come across this one, you'll certainly have an opinion about it, but one way or another, you too will forget about it.