Amyss’s Comments (group member since Jun 29, 2008)

Amyss’s comments from the What should I read next?: The book ending support group group.

I have just recently gotten into McCarthy and my brother was foaming at the mouth telling me to read "The Road". I did. It was good. But it just did NOT match the absolute BRILLIANCE of "Blood Meridian".

My favorite has to be "East of Eden" by Steinbeck. It was like all other books were junk food and this was a perfect filet mignon and vegetables....it nourished me, every word was important, there was not ont throw away sentence - a masterpiece. I also loved "A Fine Balance". It took a couple pages to fall in love but I was HOOKED. I cried, I thought about it when I was not reading it, and then end was a suckerpunch to the gut. Masterful.