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[afroloq]

Books 1-3 are really fast reads. Books 4 and 5 are a little slower, but they set up big things for the final two books in the series.

I skimmed book 1 (since the show was JUST on the air) and I am going to start 2...I will see what happens...if it doesn't hold me, then I know it's not going to happen.

[Jef UK]

I'm about 1/3 to 1/2-way through with Blood Meridian, which is kicking me right in the mind grapes. It's fantastic.

[MIKE D]

I'm about 1/3 to 1/2-way through with Blood Meridian, which is kicking me right in the mind grapes. It's fantastic.

That's a hell of a good book.

[Dusto]

That's a hell of a good book.

It had good things in it, but I had a lot of problems with it.

[Andreas]

"Why is American Fiction in Its Current Dismal State?"
by Anis Shivani, Nov. 2011

http://www.barcelonareview.com/74/e_as.html

The decline of American fiction is a sign of the decline of elite liberal consensus. The vacuum in political ideology is being filled today by an anti-politics, of personality and charisma, leading to gradual submission to authoritarianism among all potential sources of resistance.

[usagi20]

I just finished Ursula Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea. When I checked it out of the library, the librarian said it was a classic. She was right.

[Tuco]

I got Ready Player One for X-Mas, and I quite enjoyed it. A really fun read.

[Generic Poster]

I'm about 80% through "Brown's Requiem" (Ellroy's first published novel). I got it for a buck on the Kindle. I'd say I got my money's worth, but only barely. There are some flashes of the Ellroy to come, but it's mostly pretty terrible.

[usagi20]

I'm about to start Stephen King's Needful Things. The last Castle Rock story.

[costello]

Dead Fathers Club