If anybody would like a lovely, funny story for a Christmas present, I can recommend the new Alexei Sayle - Mister Roberts.
I think this is his best work yet, and, oddly enough, thematically similar to the last book book I read, the most recent Tibor Fischer - Good to be God.
Why not buy both of them and compare, and make sure I'm not just blowing smoke out of my arse.
Cheers, and thanks for caring.
I keep meaning to read The Catcher in The Rye.
I'm reading A Christmas Carol - time to fish out those Christmassy books 
Quote: Ben @ December 8 2008, 3:15 PM GMTI keep meaning to read The Catcher in The Rye.
I read it expecting great things and to be honest I was left a little cold. It's a nice story and written very well but I was expecting magical things given the hype and I just didn't get them.
Agreed about "Catcher..." to some extent. I loved it, but didn't think that it lived up to the hype.
I have it! But still haven't read it. I also have erm... To Kill a Mockingbird.
I love To Kill a Mockingbird!
Murakami's Wind Up Bird Chronicle. Given that it's 607 pages and I rarely read it for 15 minutes a day, if that, I estimate I'll be done with it sometime in October 2009.
I read Catcher when I was 15 and I loved it. It's best read during puberty.
They all sound old and beyond my limited intellectual capabilities.
How clever are you, Aaron?
Quote: Aaron @ December 8 2008, 4:47 PM GMTThey all sound old and beyond my limited intellectual capabilities.
Nope!
They are quiiite old. But they are usually set texts in high schools in America as far as I know, or used to be, so you could definitely manage them. 
Quote: Ben @ December 8 2008, 4:49 PM GMTHow clever are you, Aaron?
Well don't ask *him*!
You know what he'll say.
Quote: Ben @ December 8 2008, 4:49 PM GMTHow clever are you, Aaron?
How would one quantify it?
I am reading the back of a cereal box!!! 
Quote: zooo @ December 8 2008, 4:31 PM GMTI also have erm... To Kill a Mockingbird.
To Kill a Mockingbird lives up to the hype and more. Wonderful book.
Quote: Dr Mato @ December 8 2008, 5:21 PM GMTI am reading the back of a cereal box!!!
I just had a big bowl of cereal.
No milk. Just the cereal.