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My good friend Travis said this:

I'm going to give another vote for books on tape/CD.

I made it through Life of Pi commuting to/from SU however long ago and Summerland on the way back from visiting Lesley in Mississippi. It is amazing how much I loved Wonder Boys and how much I hated Summerland.

A vote for Sedaris too. Quite amusing.

So that's two votes for books on tape/CD and David Sedaris. Now Travis, are you the reason that Life of Pi didn't work when I checked it out?!? ::glare?:: About Summerland, although I've only read Kavalier & Clay, I do know that Summerland was written as a children's books, so then the stories might have been up a different kind of literary road, i.e. simpler, easier plot lines to follow. Plus, Wonder Boys was made into a movie, which means it had to be pretty good. Have you seen the movie? What did you think? I feel a future post coming up about books to movies.

Fionn said this:

I don't think you're sad. I think you're happy and spunky. I thought you were sad at the time. I really enjoy reading Neil Gaiman and Mark Z. Danielewski. What do you recommend to someone who enjoys a good fantasy story?

Well, this is a hard question for me. I haven't read a lot of fantasy myself, except for Only Revolutions by Danielewski. (A good recommendation) and I only feel honest recommending books that I've read. Now a good friend of mine has been raving over Gaiman's Starlight. He says that its much more graphic (sexually and otherwise) thank the movie and that it's truely phenomenal, so if you haven't read that one I would pass along the recommendation. I've also heard a lot about the Dark Tower series, but I honestly know nothing about them. For me the only honest recommendation I can read is a children's series called Redwall, this was my favorite series as I child and I've started to collect them and read them again. This series is Watership Down-esqe meets bedtime. The stories chronicle the history of Redwall Abbey, a home for peaceful animals. The Abbey is continuously warred against by greedy rats and the like. The stories are always full of brotherhood and clever animal warfare. I've always enjoyed these books because of their simplicity and creativity. Plus, this Abbey and it's inhabitants, though animalkind, always gives me hope for the goodness in mankind.