There is a remote but distinct possibility that I may have been wrong about The Road.
The characters, story, and even snippets of McCarthy’s “pretentious, mannered style” (my words) have stuck with me over the last three months, and I find myself considering whether the novel may not be, in fact, utter crap. I hate being [...]

My list of 15 books that left a lasting impression is full of science fiction, much of it very dark, and some of it apocalyptic. After ignoring the hype for a couple of years, I finally picked up Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, only to become immediately annoyed with McCarthy’s pretentious, mannered style.
McCarthy’s writing is full [...]

Today’s haul:

Cormac McCarthy: The Road
Seamus Heaney: Electric Light
Mary Oliver: Red Bird
Frank Herbert: Heretics of Dune

The latest Facebook fad is listing 15 things that will “always stick with you.” One that interested me enough to participate was “15 books.”

Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
1984 by George Orwell
Till We Have Faces by C.S. [...]