I concur.

Cormac McCarthy is one of my favorite writers, maybe my favorite, and The Road ranks second to only Blood Meridian on my personal CM list. But The Road is much shorter and easier to read than Blood Meridian, so it could be a good starting point if you've never read any of his books.

Anyone see the movie? I wanted to see it on the big screen but it sort of came and went in a flash. Nick Cave composed the score.

I just read Shit My Dad Says and it was absolutely hilarious. A bunch of laugh-out-loud moments, for sure. It was a quick read too, I finished it in two days.

I read those two books my first year of college. My English professor was an older man from Ireland who loved Cormac McCarthy (and James Joyce). He was definitely my favorite teacher I've ever had...I adore him!

Wow, Blood Meridian is a pretty difficult book for a 1st year college course. Also extremely violent.

Funny to me that those two authors are his favorites. Like I said, I love McCarthy, but I've never read a James Joyce book. I have a prejudice against Joyce, or I should say against people who say Joyce is their favorite writer. I've always found people who say that to be, how shall I put it, pretentious. They often strike me as people who think that reading Joyce makes them intellectual artists. I personally think many people who say Joyce is their favorite think they're supposed to like him more than they actually do, but they'd be embarrassed to admit they really enjoy Danielle Steel books more.

Of course you could easily say McCarthy is an overly intellectual writer too. And this is all really just my baggage and your professor probably isn't at all like the people I'm describing. But I had to mention that.

Stuuuuuuuuuuu's tip of the day: be wary of anyone you meet who seems to try too hard and says their favorite writer is James Joyce.

Reading "The Tommyknockers"...Really good so far, freaky.

Read that when I was 13 during my Stephen King binge. I loved it.

I wonder if everyone goes through a Stephen King craze? I remember being obsessed with his books a few years ago. He's so out there, I love it.

I'm currently reading The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. So far it's a freakin' awesome book.

I also had to read this book Three Cups of Tea for a UB 101 class I'm teaching next semester, and quite honestly it's fantastic. It really gives you a different perspective of the middle eastern nations. It's very cool.

Teaching a class at UB eh? Kudos. Is it a class on the Middle East? Polisci? History? Literature?

I'm currently reading The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. So far it's a freakin' awesome book.

FINALLY finished the Tommyknockers. You know? It could have been better, the last 150 pages were stellar but it was a bit long winded. I even read Maniac McGee just to get a fresh restart with Tommyknockers.

I started Lost Symbol by Dan Brown...

I wonder if everyone goes through a Stephen King craze? I remember being obsessed with his books a few years ago. He's so out there, I love it.