I heard great things about this and read it but was not impressed. This was a while ago and all I remember is the bad taste it left. You may want to temper your expectations. Then, again, you might love it. People, tastes, opinions and all that. Cheers.

I can definitely recommend it. Gene Wolfe is the best sf author that nobody (in the mainstream?) has heard of. Do yourself a favor and pick this up. Not the easiest read but sooooo worth it.

Yeah, I found The Brothers Karamazov quite the slog at times. Didn't enjoy as much as I thought I would.

Clarice is simply THE best. Read as much of her work as you can. She doesn't disappoint. My favorite is The Hour of the Star that, admittedly, is a bit of a departure for her. Still.

Seveneves is my next book after I finish A Brief History of Seven Killings and now I'm just a bit more excited to read it. Recently read Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson which was IMHO was very good.

Always late to this discussion. Sigh.

I do! :(

Here's an idea my brother had for how to begin season three:

Noooooooo!!!!!!!

Just finished Irregular Verbs and Other Stories by Matthew Johnson. Have started reading Motherland, Fatherland, Homelandsexuals by Patricia Lockwood. Too distracted to read much lately. Sigh.

I loved Carrion Comfort and often recommend it to folks. So good. I don't remember finding it too long but, then again, my memory isn't as good as it could be. What I remember most of that unexpected twist about halfway through. Didn't see it coming and loved it.

Every summer, I tackle a classic that I should have read but never did. This summer it's Moby-Dick (notice the dash; I read that in some circle that's significant ;).

So funny! You've got talent.

I liked The Knife of Never Letting Go, especially the talking dog. In fact, I loved the talking dog. What a great character! Alas, the rest of that series, for me, was the epitome of diminishing returns. Hope you enjoy them better than I did.

Have to say The Bone Clocks didn't do much for me and I was hoping to be blown away. Loved Cloud Atlas and Black Swan Green though. I hear Ghostwritten, his first, may be his best.

This one's on my kindle but it keeps being pushed back by other books. Might have to move it up after reading Scrawler's praise.

I keep hearing such great things about Life After Life, especially now that the sequel has come out and it's supposedly even better. I've always wondered how it (Life After Life) compares to Replay by Ken Grimwood. I loved that book.

I would suggest Little, Big by John Crowley if you want to read an amazing fantasy that is only one book. He also wrote an amazing science fiction book: Engine Summer. He really doesn't get the accolades he merits from the hoi polloi.

You haven't read the Hyperion Cantos? Shocking! ;) If you're into science fiction it's lots of fun. I read Carrion Comfort when it came out years and years ago and loved it. Never have gotten around to Song of Kali though.

I loved House of Leaves but I read a horrible review of this. Let me know what you think when you get to the end. I'm curious. Have you read The Vorrh by Brian Catling? I'd love to know what others think of it before jumping in.