Contrary to what a lot of my friends say, I really enjoy this book, and the philosophy in this book gives a nice change to a lot of the somewhat repetitive and shallow fiction books out there.

Rumors of Another World: What on Earth Are We Missing? by Phillip Yancey

Yancey brings an intimacy to discussions of faith by relating his own struggles with the subject and brings his past as a journalist into play with an extensive citing of literary, anecdotal, and scholarly sources. I found this book both thoughtful and challenging.

Got some borders gift cards for christmas, looking forward to reading to the last book in the Hunger Games series and the last three Scott Pilgrim books and a book that my aunt recommended called Boneshaker which i guess is a steampunk zombie apocalypse thing which is always good.

I've just bought the new Clint Eastwood book. Clint Retroperspektive ( I guess thats the name in english aswell, if I spelled it right).

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I just want to give a shout-out to Garth Nix. While his books are attended for a younger audience than I, I was really impressed with his Keys to the Kingdoms series and would love to see them adapted to film.

I just finished the Hyperion Cantos, which I recommend to absolutely every person on the planet.  Hyperion/Fall of Hyperion/Endymion/Rise of Endymion.  Some of the best stuff I've ever read.  I'm moving on to Dante's Divine Comedy right now which is going to take a long time to get through.

@Shale - Wodehouse and Vonnegut are always the right option.  I assume you've read some of the Jeeves novels?

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Blankets - Craig Thompson
Beautiful book. The brushwork flows so brilliantly, I can't even imagine the amount of work that went into making this book a reality. The artwork is just phenomenal. Thompson really takes everything strange and wonderful about winter and puts it onto the page in a way that perfectly compliments the story. Of course, the story isn't shabby either, an autobiography presenting a coming of age story involving love, religion, and life in a rural setting that had some interesting parallels with my own. The author does a good job of displaying himself in a way that readers can relate to themselves, and he has a great ability to celebrate childhood while not forgetting that ultimately it's just a step towards a larger world. While it isn't the best book I've ever read, the artwork alone makes it worth owning. I would definitely recommend it.

Mother, Come Home - Paul Hornshemeier
Interesting. Not a feel good novel by any means, but interesting nonetheless. What probably stood out the most to me while reading was the experimental nature of the artwork/writing. With the main theme being grief and how different individuals deal with their feelings, the artwork throughout the novel changes, at points becoming flat and simplistic like a child's drawing, sometimes becoming abstract (particularly the introduction, which is incredibly surreal and takes some time to understand). The panel layouts are equally innovative, but never to the point you wouldn't know how to read the book, which is nice. I liked it, on the whole, but I won't claim I understood everything. Some of the plot seems a little uninspired and predictable, but the underlying ideas behind it stopped the writing from being wholly flat as a result. I was surprised to see that the author grew up a few miles away from my hometown.

Reading 'The Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe'. The detective murder mysteries can make me lose concentration, but his more famous works are excellent reads (which is why they are famous).

I haven't finished reading it yet, but I already know it's one of the best books I will ever read.