So Many Books Out There

Starting with the most recent:

Shadow of the Hegemon - Orson Scott Card
Awesome book, very good action, just a really good follow up to the ender's game saga. I am already starting on the next one in that line of the series because it was just a good read. Note, there is nothing remotely literary about this pick. It's not fluff but it's not a prize winner either. You will enjoy it if you liked Ender's Game, no question.

Cannery Row - John Steinbeck
Ad astra alia porci. Look it up, it was Steinbeck's motto, written at the bottom of all his correspondence. A great book, but I love the man, he's a genius with the common man. He is the one American writer I would like to emulate the most. This story does not disappoint, a human setting, not written with any sort of condescension, involving humans with very real problems. Well meaning events go awry more often than they go well. Just like my life, and interspersed in all that is a sprinkling of genius in the most unlikely places. Loved it. Anyone who wants to borrow my copy will be welcomed and encouraged.

Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis
I read the whole thing, all 7 books. The best by far was the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe but many of the others were very good. It took me no time at all to finish this series off. All the books are short enough to read in one sitting (I polished off three in a day once) and well worth the effort. The hero story doesn't really change as my literary-ical friend likes to point out, but it does take on new twists whenever possible. I will be keeping my copies for use by my children, but in the mean-time (while I'm looking for a wife) they are part of the borrowing library.

There are others, I will post them later. Time to get back to work now (how pedantic of me).