A Question to My Peeps

Caitlin; Kelli -

What do you recommend I read next?  I am leaning toward The Maltese Falcon, but I don't want to end up with only long/boring/reprehensible (aka On the Road) books at the end of the journey.  Do you have any recommendations for the book I should read next?

"Babbitt" from Kelli

Mane, bruh. February has dragged my book reading rate wayyyyyyyyyy down. It's taken me a month to finish "Babbitt" by Sinclair Lewis. Partially because of school and starting a new part-time job, but also due in part to the lack of a swift plot-line in Babbitt.

Here's the general flow of the book:

• Man is mediocre and conformist
• Man is middle aged and discontent
• Man flirts with becoming outspoken and independent
• Man is beaten down by The Man
• Man returns to being mediocre and conformist

Enjoyable, but nothing extraordinary. Which is probably why it's #93 on the list.

Onward and upward. I hear "The World According to Garp" is sensational.

A Room with a View - Lynn's Take

There are many good literary reasons to like this book.  It's well written, it contains cutting social commentary, it references previous works of art and culture.  And I appreciate all that. Really, I do.  But here's why I like A Room with a View: It's a damned good love story.  A likable protagonist, An endearing love interest, a distasteful suiter, and a gaggle of interfering friends and neighbors... If it weren't so well written, it could be a Harlequin!