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Originally Posted by Redliner
Anything Clive Cussler is a pretty safe bet if you're just looking to kill time. His new(er) novel Arctic Drift is pretty good, and set mostly in Canada.
Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones is a decent, but different, read. There was a lot of hype around this one (thanks Oprah) but I didn't really see what the big deal was. Some interesting ideas in there but it didn't make my list of favourites.
Just finished reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy, and all I can say is wow. One of the most depressing yet moving things I have read in a long time. Read it at your own risk - you might find yourself wanting to jump off a bridge after you finish it. I haven't seen the movie yet and am not sure I want to - if it's at all faithful to the book it will be pretty grim.
Probably my all-time favourite book is A Separate Peace by John Knowles. I little dry at times, but so many passages in there just really hit home.
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The Road as well. Very well written and unlike anything Ive read before....very unusual style. I enjoyed it immensely.