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I found it to be enormously readable and I loved the characters - but I found the ending to be extremely frustrating and unsatisfying. Still, I really enjoyed his style and will read some more of his books in the future.

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A heavy read but very good.

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Starting Phineas...

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Good book! I really enjoyed the entire series.

I'm really liking it so far.



But I find myself wanting to slap the crap out of Nick far too often. ;-)

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A Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier

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A Secret History by Donna Tartt

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Gun Monkeys by Victor Gischler

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The Getaway Man by Andrew Vachss

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EVERBODY I know have read these books and they laugh at me when I tell them I never read them.

Just finished The Rose and the Briar, a collection of essays (and one cartoon and a collage) about American folk ballads. Interesting stuff.

Also been finishing up Will Durant's Story of Civilization, Vol. II (finally), and sneaking occasional peeks at a book of Gerard Manley Hopkins's poems and a great little book called Dueling in the Old South, which contains some hilarious anecdotes.

I really enjoyed this book, the ending is very moving. Upton is one powerful writer and one of the main reasons why my political views are drifting towards a form of socialism.

And if you have not read it I would HIGHLY recommend The Jungle.

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This book and Frank Herbert's Dune gave me my basic ideas on husbanding natural resources when I was a teenager.

I just finished it. There were a lot of things that I didn't catch when I read it 20 years ago.

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