I really haven’t read much since this summer when I was on a Paul Auster kick, but in the past several days, I’ve read three books, beginning with…

Watchmen by Alan Moore. I’ve read a couple of graphic novels so it was not entirely unfamiliar territory. I thought it was well-crafted but not necessarily something I would read again.

Yesterday, I read…

My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult. I have several friends who have read this novel and enjoyed it so I thought I’d see what the fuss was about. The moral and ethical dilemma at the core of the novel was captivating, and it was interesting to get the perspective of multiple characters as the narrator changed. Overall, a good read.

Today, I read…

The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I nearly read No Country for Old Men, also by McCarthy, but since I’d seen that movie, I opted to read The Road since I knew nothing about it other than that it has been greatly acclaimed over the past couple of years; Oprah even chose the novel for her book club. I’d never read any of McCarthy’s work previously, but I liked his style of writing, which I thought was appropriately as minimalist and bleak as the world in which the man and his son were roaming. Their relationship and love for one another provides a sense of hope in the novel, despite the otherwise incomprehensible horrors which encompass its world. Easily the best of the three books I read.

While I probably won’t keep up this pace with reading, I’ll probably read more regularly. :)