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No Country for Old Men [Blu-ray] 610 reviews
Javier Bardem, Rodger Boyce
WALT DISNEY VIDEO, 2008
Like The Godfather, this is a story men will watch again and again
+ Quirky 'Blood Simple-'Type Coen Brothers Crime Show
+ Dog stole the show.
+ My Thoughts
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There Will Be Blood (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition)360 reviews
Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano
Paramount, 2008
Fantastic movie
+ Scenic gritty early 20th century
+ Even better than my superlatives will make it seem
+ amazing
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When You Are Engulfed in Flames 252 reviews
David Sedaris
Little, Brown and Company, 2008
Sedaris Delivers a Hilarious Must-Have!
+ Not his best, but still fantastic
+ If you like Sedaris, you like Sedaris
+ Sedaris's best yet
+ Sedaris; Just what you expect.
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Snuff 97 reviews
Chuck Palahniuk
Doubleday Canada, 2008
Not as good as his other books
I hate to be mean to authors because they're giving it their best (or at least I hope so), but this book made me feel like Palahniuk is just writing because it's his job. It wasn't a gripping tale like Fight Club or even Diary, and it was only 180 pages so it's only entertaining for a day. He ...
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The Sunset Limited 19 reviews
Cormac McCarthy
Vintage, 2006
A Powerful Conversation
+ A surprising book
+ The Sunset Limited
+ A bit of a Rorschach
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The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses, the Crossing, Cities of the Plain (Everyman's Library)42 reviews
Cormac McCarthy
Everyman's Library, 1999
the single most influential series i've read in my life
+ cormac mccarthy trilogy
+ You will get hooked on this author
+ I am sure it will be great!
+ Cormac Mccarthy
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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius916 reviews
Dave Eggers
Vintage, 2001
A dizzying book
+ I really liked it, but it's not for everyone - 4 1/2
+ A.H.B.W.O.S.G. Review
+ The Work of A Staggering Genius
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I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence212 reviews
Amy Sedaris
Grand Central Publishing, 2008
Have Fun & Be a Successful Host & Hostess!
+ Hilarious and Useful
+ Funny, but falls flat
+ This book is not for ladies who want to serve tea and sandwiches...
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Holidays on Ice: Stories164 reviews
David Sedaris
Little, Brown and Company, 1997
Casual Brilliance at it's best
+ Dark stuff
+ David Sedaris is brilliant. A must own!
+ Good, but not as good.
+ HOLIDAYS ON ICE:STORIES
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Ulysses Annotated: Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses [Revised and Expanded Edition] 16 reviews
James Joyce
University of California Press, 1989
notes only!
+ Great reading, even without the source
+ Essential is the key word to all these reviews
+ The essential guide
+ Thorough, but not best for the novice reader
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Dress Your Family in Corduroy & Denim313 reviews
David Sedaris
Little, Brown & Company, 2004
Sedaris knows how to show you a great time.
+ Dress Your Family in Cords or enim
+ This book is a truly enjoyable read.
I've loved every one of Sedaris' books, and just fininshed re-reading this one. I felt like some good laughs, and his books really deliver. Sometimes a "yikes" rather than a laugh, but always an impact. I have yet to find anyone than has the wit and style and ability to fascinate as well as ...
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Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West (Modern Library)310 reviews
Cormac McCarthy
Modern Library, 2001
Unflinching Crimson Epic of the Old West
+ A very good, dark read...
+ unbridled havoc
+ The best of McCarthy
+ Great read, not an "easy" read, but worth the effort
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Island of the Sequined Love Nun136 reviews
Christopher Moore
Harper Paperbacks, 2004
Christopher Moore
+ Highly enjoyable, but not his best
+ Pure Christopher Moore!
+ Moore is always a refreshingly original read
+ This book is wicked funny!
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Child of God59 reviews
Cormac McCarthy
Vintage, 1993
McCarthy's tale of a Southern Ed Gein where Horror becomes Art
+ Good, but not McCarthy's best
+ Road Lovers, Start Here
I love horror of any kind; novels, short stories, movies, you name it. Being from Tennessee, I'm especially drawn to "rural legends" about backwoods boogie men that you often wonder are or aren't lurking somewhere off in the woods beyond your back doorstep.
My first McCarthy book was "Blood ...
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The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror142 reviews
Christopher Moore
William Morrow, 2005
You'll know if you'll like it by the title
+ First We Feast, Then IKEA!
+ Chris is insane, but in a good way.
+ somewhat surreal, somewhat silly, wholely enjoyable
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Phenomenology of Spirit (Galaxy Books)47 reviews
G. W. F. Hegel
Oxford University Press, USA, 1979
Kant go all the way
+ Solid Version
+ good book good translation
+ This Book Is a Theory of Creation and Applies Plato's Negative
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Dubliners (Oxford World's Classics)106 reviews
James Joyce
Oxford University Press, USA, 2001
Great Vignettes Of Dublin Life and A Great way to introduce yourself to James Joyce
+ INCLUDES "The Dead"
+ Irish Stew
Admittedly Joyce's better known works can seem quite daunting to the uninitiated but here in these short character sketches a reader can begin to understand what all fuss is about and enjoy some wonderfully written short stories in the bargain.
The stories are consistently good and from the very ...
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The Orchard Keeper15 reviews
Cormac McCarthy
Vintage, 1993
The Orchard Keeper reads like a Faulkner novel.
+ a great beginning
+ A Twist of Faulkner
Cormac McCarthy is best known for his later novels Blood Meridian, The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses, the Crossing, Cities of the Plain, and No Country for Old Men. Set in a remote Tennessee community, his first novel, The Orchard Keeper (1965), first caught the attention of Albert Erskine ...
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All the Pretty Horses301 reviews
Cormac Mccarthy
Vintage, 1993
A Masterpiece
+ A compelling story that sacrifices some of its insight, in favor of action and adventure
+ A beautiful masterpiece of Western literature
+ a raw yet elegant coming of age story; hablas espagnol?
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Knockemstiff48 reviews
Donald Ray Pollock
Doubleday, 2008
Welcome to planet Knockemstiff!
+ America's Lumpenproletariat ...
+ knockemstiff
+ Wow
+ Stories better than the one I just read.
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