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To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes Song of Kali - Dan Simmons Empty Mile - Matthew Stokoe World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War - Max Brooks
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes Song of Kali - Dan Simmons Empty Mile - Matthew Stokoe World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War - Max Brooks
To Kill a Mockingbird is one among the finest books ever written, imo. Interesting that this was her only published book, and it won her the Pulitzer. The documentary on her, "Hey Boo," is deeply interesting:
The two World War II books by Herman Wouk: "The Winds of War", and "War and Remembrance". I read them maybe 25 years ago and can still remember many key scenes.
I read a lot, almost constantly, and the only book that ever totally blew me away was "A Child Called It". My wife read it, and then gave it to me and told me I HAD to read it. I could not put it down, and finished in in 2 days. I consider myself to be right up there with the manliest of men, but this book brought me to tears several times. Read it and you'll know exactly what I mean before the end of the first chapter, and I guarantee you won't be able to put it down.
I just finished reading "The Nanny Diaries" (I picked it up at a yard sale last week). That mother, Mrs. X...wow, just...wow. I know it is a novel, but there really are mothers (not just in Manhattan) that act like her - totally uninvolved in their kids' lives and treating them like a fashion statement. Those poor nannies - poorly paid, overworked, taken advantage of, humiliated (I can't imagine anything more embarassing than having to wear a Teletubby costume). The women who wrote that book really worked as nannies...one of them said "Mrs. X" was someone she really knew, who lived in her building, though no one she worked for.
I heard there is a sequel to it, set 12 years later - I'll see if it's in the library.
Checking in again because I've recently joined a book club and we talking about books that facinated us when we were young. I already mentioned Watership Down that I read as a kid but two others that I read over and over duing my teens were Catch-22 and The World According to Garp.
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