What better way to blow some cash at goodwill? I'll make this one (relatively) short and (unnaturally) sweet. I have wurk to do.
In the order I just piled them on my desk:
1. Digital Fortress by Dan Brown - I've read every thing else he's written so far. Completes the set!
2. Big Fish by Daniel Wallace - I wanted to live in the movie, so this should be fun. I'll probably love anything described as having "mythic proportions" and is "comic and poignant" (says the cover).
3. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner - A never read American classic. I read also now that Part 3 takes place on my birthday in 1928. Bonus.
4. Animal Farm by George Orwell - A review of how to write talking animals without being absurd. You'll see.
5. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier - One of last years banned books. I had skimmed this as part of my first Mercury article, but not read it. It seemed at the very least worth the dollar.
6. Tales of Mystery and Terror by Edgar Allen Poe - A little late for the season but wtf. I've read a few of these but not all. Scary times.
7. The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean - I fell hard for Adaptation so I think I'll enjoy this. Sold again on the jacket: "A lesson in the dark, dangerous, sometimes hilarious nature of obsession."
8. Running with Scissors by Augusten Borroughs - During my passing out twenty minutes into movies phase, I passed out twenty minutes into this movie. What I did see was absurd and great. Later on strangely, my Starbucks cup had an Augusten Borroughs quote on it. Weird.
No fruit resulted from an extensive search for more Tom Robbins or for Interview with the Vampire. They seemed to have every other Anne Rice novel though. Ah well, next time.
Now back to...whatever this guy's name is. I haven't named him yet.
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I also fell asleep during Running with Scissors!
I hadn't fallen asleep during a movie since Waterworld.
uhoh. well if i fall asleep twenty minutes into the book, perhaps it's fated. only time (and my exhaustion level) will tell!
Running With Scissors The Book is (quite predictably) about a thousand times more awesome than Running With Scissors The Movie.
The Chocolate War is also great.
I heard Cormier and and Burroughs were teaming for a cross-over sequel, Warring with Chocolate Scissors.
that's not at all true and i apologize if you took the time to read that.
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