I have recently been reading the works of Jonathan Carroll. His work is slightly on the edge of fantasy, but more in the realm of surrealism. Just when you think you are reading a sort of male version of Anne Tyler, somthing very surreal happens and you know the book has gone off the deep end. He seems to mix dreams into reality and weaves the story around truly believeable events so you don't realize you are reading something that is so absurd. Strange is a good word to describe his work.

I really like his stuff and have read The Wooden Sea, The Marriage of Sticks, Bones of the Moon, and The Land of Laughs over the last three weeks.

Just signed up to participate in Secret Santa. I love buying presents! and getting them...

I just finished this book - C R Y P T O N O M I C O N . wow!

I guess I am a little behind the times though. I have had the book on my shelf for several months. I actually ordered it before it was released. But like some of the Stephen King books of late, I have kept it on the shelf for a rainy day.

Almost hoarding.

Sort of like the thought of the book is more intense than actually reading the book.I hate it when a book is so good that I have to read it fast in order to get through the story so I can know what happens. When I do that (stay up all night) then suddenly the book is done and I have nothing to read anymore.

Cryptonomicon was so intense, at first I didn't like it but as the pieces were woven in together I was really impressed with the level of detail Neal Stephenson has for the various aspects of the book. He seems to be an expert at the history of World War 2 on the Pacific front, an expert in crypto analysis and internet transfer as well as other stuff he went into great detail about. Needless to say, I was disappointed that the book ended because I was just really getting into it.