In the red West: through mountain clefts the dale
It’s a double update today; I did some reading while I was away from the computer. On Saturday night, I finished World War Z by Max Brooks, a fictional story of a global zombie war told in the form of interviews with survivors. It’s a great book. It’s clear that the author has thought a lot about every possible aspect of this zombie war — how it’d get started, how it’d spread, how people would react to it initially, how they’d defend themselves, how they’d fight back and how they’d feel once it’s over. The book is basically brilliant on all bases. Big recommendation.
On Sunday night, I finished the second volume of The Complete Calvin & Hobbes. Very great stuff, but of course you already knew that. As before, since this is cartoons, I’m counting is as half pages.
Current stats:
1. Neil Gaiman – Anansi Boys – 1-6-08 (287 pp)
2. Jonathan Vankin – The Big Book of Bad – 1-7-08 (93 pp)
3. W. Michael Gear – The Warriors of Spider – 1-16-08 (367 pp)
4. Max Brooks – World War Z – 1-19-08 (342 pp)
5. Bill Watterson – The Complete Calvin & Hobbes, Vol. 2 – 1-20-08 (240 pp)
Totals:
Books: 5
Pages: 1329