>>> You water-based animals would love The Life of Pi. <<<
The Road by McCormack (also wrote No Country for Old Men). I read this in one sitting, couldn't put it down. Not for everyone though, very, very, very, very, very bleak. At the end of the book all my manly testosterone leaked out of my eyes.
Currently enjoying "Junky" by Burroughs. Quite good.
But my favourite book is American Psycho. The "est" book I've ever read - sickest, funniest, weirdest, most original...est. Shame about all the violence in it really because it (rightly so) puts a lot of people of it.
I used to own every book by James Patterson, but once he started his writing factory I tuned out. OK if you like mindless violence and of course you can't write a gross murder mystery without a good romp.
I do like Tara Moss's novels, but the last book I read and really enjoyed was Sharon Osbourne's autobiography. I don't know why I picked it up, well I am going through an autobiography phase, it really changed my opinion of her and Ozzy.
you could always try the phone book. lots of interesting characters but the plot is a bit thin
"Birds of Prey" by Wilbur Smith, was an awesome book imho. You could smell the salt air in your nostrils as you read about the piracy adventures of the Courtneys' around the rugged coast of Africa.
-exciting and brutal!
Then there were excellent sequels to look forward to that followed the paths of the next generations.
The first half of Breath by Tim Winton is excellent. It really captures surfing and grommet life really well. It gets pointlessly weird in the last part but it is tolerable.
I listened to an audio book of The Mindless Ferocity of Sharks by Brett D'Arcy. It also has the surfing vibe done nicely and the weirdness is more entertaining.
Anything by David mitchell... cloud atlas, ghost written, number nine dream, black swan green... I think there's a new one too
Interesting mixes of fact and fiction, especially those who suggest both in the same post.
Hope you can all tell the difference and don't start believing one is the other
for me - 'Mr Blogg's Bridge'
Just found it on the internet - here it is so you can all read it. But it is better with the pictures, text only doesn't really do it justice.
Blogg's Bridge
On a little Island lived Mr Blogg. He had a house and a boat and his only friend was a seagull called Parkinson. Mr Blogg was very lonely
"It would be nice to meet some people," said Mr Blogg.
Parkinson disagreed.
"If I were to build a bridge, people could come across and visit me," said Mr Blogg.
So he built a bridge.
And someone did come to visit him. It was Mr Turnover and his dog, Cash. Parkinson was displeased.
"I should like to buy a piece of your Island," said Mr Turnover. "All right," said Mr Blogg.
Mr Turnover built a factory on his piece of the Island. Every day his workers walked over the bridge to work in the factory.
"Wouldn't you like to live on the Island?" said Mr Blogg. "Yes," said the workers. So a big house was built on the Island.
Now Mr Turnover built a harbour on the Island so that ships could come alongside and take away the goods from the factory.
He also built a new bridge and more houses,
And still more houses.
Now Mr Blogg could see people all day long because the whole city had been built around his little house. There was traffic day and night, and an awful lot of noise.
And an awful lot of smoke. What with the smoke and the noise, there was only one thing for Mr Blogg and Parkinson to do.
They got into their little boat and sailed away as fast as they could.
To another little Island with no people and no traffic and no factory and no smoke, but plenty of fresh air, and peace and quiet.
every surfer should read all of Allan weisbecker's books. Awesome.
read a few neat surf bookes lately: "tapping the source" by kem nunn and Dogs of winter also by kem.
i just finished "a prayer for owen meany" by john irving, its one of the best books i've read in a while.
peter carey's latest one is good too- "parrot and olivier in america"
