Hmmm.... my formative books were Shakespeare's comedies, though I didn't get 80% of it read in 5th grade. Followed quickly by John Jakes books. Then when I hit high school it was the Brontes. Then there was a Leon Uris phase. I think Handmaid's Tale and Margaret Atwood came next.
Then the next really big memorable book was The Magus. Then a whole mess of nonfiction (Francis Fukuyama). Then Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Mario Vargas Llosa.
I didn't read TKAM until a few years ago. And I wish I had read IM in high school. But no. I had the Scarlet Letter and Huck Finn (ptooey) shoved down my throat.
I went on a short-story kick recently and just posted my reviews of Fragile Things, Smoke and Mirrors, and Machine of Death (two Gaiman collections and an awesome anthology that everyone should read).
I have read "Invisible Man' but not since I was seventeen...we were assigned it senior year. I imagine reading it would be different now that i have my own power plant.
Back then, I was all "Got to, man. This America."
I want to read Machine of Death - sad I missed the Amazon outing.
Kat - Invisible Man is always on my list of favorite reads.
It disturbs me to realize how long it took me to realize that the
Invisible Man
you're talking about isn't about a guy who turns himself invisible and embarks on a life of evildoing.
I think that is "The Invisible Man"
Right?
Do any of you all have Goodreads accounts? Or is LibraryThing more popular in these parts? I'm thinking I should really use those sites more.
I'm at Goodreads. I really like it.
ETA: You can find me there under my real name via my blog: [link]
I started at LibraryThing but I use Goodreads now. I want to keep up the LibraryThing for myself, sort of, but I can't seem to get motivated to do it.
