New Review: Iain M. Banks's Use of Weapons
June 13, 2002 (6:17 PM) ( link )

ADDED a review of Iain M Banks's Use of Weapons. A good book--I'm going to read more of Banks's works, since he's so far been a reliably good author.

I went to the San Marino Public Library today and checked out four books I'm planning to read soon. The first should be no surprise: Vikram Seth's A Suitable Boy, which I swear I will read by the end of this month. The second is Jonathan Franzen's much-talked-about The Corrections; the third, Norman McLean's A River Runs Through It; and the fourth, Tim Powers's Last Call. That's the order I'm going to read them too, although I will likely interject some fun science-fiction and fantasy fare in between all of this stuff (especially after Seth's tome, yeesh).

I also have to do some reading for my parents' tutoring business: namely, Tom Sawyer, Call of the Wild, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Fahrenheit 451 (since when did that book begin to be considered a classic book? I mean, it's fun, but not particularly deep). I doubt I'll post reviews of these, since I enjoyed them immensely when I was younger and I doubt it'll be any different now. Tom Sawyer in particular is always a joy; for some reason the longer I don't read it the lower my opinion of it goes, but it only takes a lazy afternoon for me to be re-converted to the greatness of Mark Twain's talent for humor and pathos.