Recently, I've been started to read again. I read a lot as a kid, but pretty much stopped altogether as I got older, except for required reading for school (and sometimes not even that.) However, there are 2 nice bookstores near my apartment, so I picked up a couple to make sure my brain doesn't turn completely to mush.

The first was Douglas Coupland's All Families are Psychotic. His previous novel Microserfs was given to me by a friend, and is one of my favorite books. All Families are Psychotic was good as well, but a bit strange for me. The story became more and more far fetched as it progressed, which, I suppose, makes it live up to its title.

After that, I read The Da Vinci Code. Dan Brown is a good writer, although parts of it (particularly his pop-culture references) seem out-of-place. Mariel said it was like writing an essay and suddenly remembering a point you wanted to make. There's no logical place to put it, so you end up cramming it in whatever paragraph you please. Despite this, it is a very entertaining and fast-reading book, although it's obvious the story was a thinly-veiled excuse by Dan Brown for getting his wacky theories published. And wacky they were. Interestingly, I was more skeptical of his theories surrounding Disney movies than I was of his theories doubting the divinity of Jesus.

So now I'm at a point where I'm not sure what to read next. I started Seabiscuit, and on many occasions I've attempted to start Fellowship of the Ring. Buddy suggested Cryptonomicon which sounds good, but I think it might be too similar to The Da Vinci Code. Any suggestions?

Edit: Using the MT BookQueue and MT Amazon plugins, I made myself a nifty little books page.

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