Stormy Weather by Carl Hiassen - A very Elmore Leonard-esque crime story set in Florida after a hurricane with human greed at its' finest. Very funny, good characters, quick read.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce - I appreciate the writing and all, he started to get me interested when he visited a whore at 15 and he had me feeling supreme Catholic Guilt even though i'm not Catholic, now that's powerful stuff!
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey - The phrase 'rebel by 18 or you got no heart, establishment by 30 or you got no brains' has never been proved more wrong than with this book. It made me looking for something to take a stand for. Fantastic!
Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell - Without 1984 or Animal Farm this book would never be read now or in the future by anyone, with good reason too. It could have been written as a 40 page short story but dragged on and on. Luckily it was only 200 pages.
Choke by Chuck Pauhlaniuk - Too much like the outline of Fight Club to be great but a good dark view into the underbelly of stupid dudes. I did laugh out loud a few times though, so AOK in my book!
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez - He is such an incredibly gifted writer and has a killer mustache on the backcover, to boot.
Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthy - Third instalment in The Border Trilogy makes you want to go to West Texas.... until you get there and wonder why you came, pretty enjoyable book though.
Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry - Good book but a bit tiresome in places. Captures the sheer essence of a true drunk and his inevidable downfall. A good drinking game would be to have a sip of beer everytime the Consul has a drink, you'd be hammered by page 25. I'd be curious to know how many drinks he really had during the one day this 400 page novel takes place (best guess: 75).
