i'll do normal books now. let's see, books i liked, that are not fantasy...

1984, and animal farm, by george orwell.

old man and the sea, by hemingway. i thought the sun also rises was good literature wise, but it was so goddamn depressing, way too much to actually like it.

franny and zooey, by j d salinger. i thought nine stories, and "raise high the roof beam carpenters and seymour: an introduction" were ok, but weird. i really don't like catcher in the rye. partly because a bunch of morons in high school thought it was so cool, but i don't understand holden. he just seems like a confused asshole to me.

slaughterhouse 5, by kurt vonnegut, is pretty good. but then i went on a kick and bought a whole bunch of his books, and i couldn't read most of them. they're just insane and confusing. he's a complete wacko.

i think anything by ayn rand is creepy and mildly pornographic.

i want to read farenheight 451 at some point. never gotten around to it.

frankenstein, by mary shelly, is good! i remember writing a book report about it and enjoying it. amazing...
i think i liked dracula too, i forget what version exactly.

john irving is my favorite author, i think. all his books are autobiographical, sort of, and they all draw on the same ideas and sometimes steal from each other, but they're all hilarious in this real life kind of way.

the world according to garp is incredible. favorite book ever.
a prayer for owen meany just slightly less so.
the cider house rules also very good, it's funny how pearl harbor the movie completely stole their plot from this.
a hotel new hampshire, and a widow for one year, were ok. a lot in these 2 books is sad, and it upsets me how the characters abuse themselves, sometimes.
a son of the circus was just ok. it had its moments, but its nowhere near my favorite 3.
the water method man, and the 158-pound marriage are all right. around the same level as a son of the circus.
i think his latest, the fourth hand, shows he's running out of steam. maybe i've just read too many of his books.

come on, comment on any of these books, or feel free to suggest books for me to read, or do something. just show me you're reading!