May
20
2008
No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy (8/10)
Engrossing, well-written novel about a sheriff tracking down a killer who’s after someone that stumbled on some drug money in the middle of a desert. I wouldn’t want to see the well-reviewed movie if it portrays the violence in the book.
Rollback by Robert J. Sawyer (7/10)
A [...]
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Jun
12
2007
The Road by Cormac McCarthy (9/10)
Yes, this is an Oprah pick, but I read that it had a science-fiction element to it, and it was cheap (at Costco). It’s a depressing novel about a father and son wandering America after civilization has been destroyed. It’s violent, touching, and memorable. The author doesn’t [...]
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