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M. Scott Peck - The Road Less Traveled: Sometimes trivial, but often insightful.
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Michael Frye - Digital Landscape Photography: Bringing Ansel's magic into the 21st century.
Italo Calvino - Der Baron auf den Bäumen: This, I'm sorry to say, is crap.
Christopher Hitchens - God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything: Unfortunately he's right.
Salman Rushdie - Shalimar The Clown: Very good book.
Stephen King - Under the dome: Wow!
David Foster Wallace - Infinite Jest: Put on hold - needs more contiguous time to read.
Friedrich Christian Delius - Die Frau, für die ich den Computer erfand: Nice Konrad Zuse story.
Peter F. Hamilton - Fallen Dragon: Pretty darn good.
Pascal Mercier - Der Klavierstimmer: I absolutely loved his Nachtzug nach Lissabon.
Leon de Winter - Das Recht auf Rückkehr: Compelling storytelling.
Simon Becket - Die Chemie des Todes: As thrilling as the other one.
Huston Smith - Why Religion Matters: Stalled for the moment. Too many words for too little content.
Neal Stephenson - Interface: Honestly? The weakest Stephenson I've read so far.
Peter F. Hamilton - The Temporal Void: Part II of the trilogy.
Peter F. Hamilton - The Dreaming Void: Best SciFi writer I know.
John Steinbeck - Cannery Row: Great as always.
Philip Roth - Exit Ghost: Probably I just cannot fathom his brilliance.
Philip Ball - Critical Mass: A mighty work indeed.
Dan Brown - Deception Point: A lot better than I thought.
Carlos Ruiz Zafon - Schatten des Windes: A truly wonderful book.
Simon Beckett - Kalte Asche: What a page-turner.
Neal Stephenson - Anathem: Great.
Raymond Chandler - The Big Sleep: Very funny.
Michael Theurillat - Eistod: Set in Zurich.
Mark Z. Danielewski - House of Leaves: Plain creepy.
Jared Diamond - Guns, Germs, and Steel: Very insightful.
Douglas Coupland - JPod: Haha.
Henry Hill - Gangsters and Goodfellas: Can this be true?
Philip Roth - The Plot Against America: Not bad, but Nobel prize candidate?
Howard Bloom - The Lucifer Principle: Amazing.
Neal Stephenson - Cobweb: Enthralling.
Alain de Botton - The Art of Travel: Great train/plane literature.
Cormac McCarthy - The Road: Saddest book I've ever read.
Tom Robbins - Another Roadside Attraction: Tom's my hero.
Christopher Hitchens - God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything: Unfortunately he's right.
Salman Rushdie - Shalimar The Clown: Very good book.
Stephen King - Under the dome: Wow!
David Foster Wallace - Infinite Jest: Put on hold - needs more contiguous time to read.
Friedrich Christian Delius - Die Frau, für die ich den Computer erfand: Nice Konrad Zuse story.
Peter F. Hamilton - Fallen Dragon: Pretty darn good.
Pascal Mercier - Der Klavierstimmer: I absolutely loved his Nachtzug nach Lissabon.
Leon de Winter - Das Recht auf Rückkehr: Compelling storytelling.
Simon Becket - Die Chemie des Todes: As thrilling as the other one.
Huston Smith - Why Religion Matters: Stalled for the moment. Too many words for too little content.
Neal Stephenson - Interface: Honestly? The weakest Stephenson I've read so far.
Peter F. Hamilton - The Temporal Void: Part II of the trilogy.
Peter F. Hamilton - The Dreaming Void: Best SciFi writer I know.
John Steinbeck - Cannery Row: Great as always.
Philip Roth - Exit Ghost: Probably I just cannot fathom his brilliance.
Philip Ball - Critical Mass: A mighty work indeed.
Dan Brown - Deception Point: A lot better than I thought.
Carlos Ruiz Zafon - Schatten des Windes: A truly wonderful book.
Simon Beckett - Kalte Asche: What a page-turner.
Neal Stephenson - Anathem: Great.
Raymond Chandler - The Big Sleep: Very funny.
Michael Theurillat - Eistod: Set in Zurich.
Mark Z. Danielewski - House of Leaves: Plain creepy.
Jared Diamond - Guns, Germs, and Steel: Very insightful.
Douglas Coupland - JPod: Haha.
Henry Hill - Gangsters and Goodfellas: Can this be true?
Philip Roth - The Plot Against America: Not bad, but Nobel prize candidate?
Howard Bloom - The Lucifer Principle: Amazing.
Neal Stephenson - Cobweb: Enthralling.
Alain de Botton - The Art of Travel: Great train/plane literature.
Cormac McCarthy - The Road: Saddest book I've ever read.
Tom Robbins - Another Roadside Attraction: Tom's my hero.
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