Read This Book

I just finished reading another awesome book, The Road by Cormac McCarthy. It's a post-apocalyptic story about a father and son traveling across a burnt-out USA. It's depressing heavy and disturbing, but man is it good. It's not very long (I read it in about 2 days), and it moves really quickly. I highly recommend it.

On an unrelated note, I am working on another short story. I hope to have it finished in the next week or so. Obviously I failed at this goal...

But You Don't Have To Take My Word For It...

OK, so I'm back home and in a much better frame of mind now. Not having to work 12 hour days anymore will do wonders for your mood. However, I still have not gotten over the fact that I had to break up a dog fight in the hallway outside my hotel room. (If you have no idea what I'm talking about, go back and read the previous post.) Every time I think about that I have to convince myself that it was not a hallucination. I spent quite a bit of time after it happened on Google trying to find any mention of a similar situation. I completely struck out. If anyone else has better google-fu and can find something, I would love to hear about it. As of now, to the best of my knowledge, I am the only person this has happened to.

Now on to something completely unrelated.

I am just about caught up on all my reading, so I need some book suggestions. Since I am a good capitalist, and do not expect to recieve something for nothing, I offer you a few of my more obscure favorites as barter.

*Wind, Sand and Stars~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery
This is a great non-fiction. It's a collection of personal stories from the author who was a mail-plane pilot and also flew for France during WWI. Very well-written, and has some great stories.

*The Songlines~ Bruce Chatwin
Travelogue of a trip Chatwin took to Australia. Has some interesting historical elements, as well as a look at Aboriginal culture and traditions.

*The Land Where Blues Began~ Alan Lomax
History of the origins of blues music. Written by a guy who traveled throughout the south recording old blues musicians for the Library of Congress. If you like history and/or blues, you will love this book.

*The Andromeda Strain~ Michael Crichton
Probably the least obscure of this list. This was one of Crichton's earliest works, and I think it got overshadowed by his later stuff. This book is one of those that gives you that weird creepy-crawly feeling up and down your spine. It has been adapted for TV/Movies a couple of times. Those attempts should be disregarded.

Alright, this post has gone on long enough. Hope you enjoy my book suggestions, and look forward to hearing yours.