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The last three books I read for pleasure, in reverse order, were: Slaughterhouse Five, which as I mentioned in the classics thread was the first Vonnegut I ever read only because since it was such a 'classic' I thought it would be inaccessible. I thought it was great, and was kicking myself for not getting to it earlier. Dracula, by Bram Stoker, the Penguin Critical Edition. Turns out I didn't like it nearly as much as I did when I was younger, because I got irritated by nearly all of Van Helsing's dialog and the epistolary nature of the book. I found the climax of the book extremely unsatisfying, too. Red Storm Rising, by Tom Clancy. I'm not a huge Tom Clancy fan but this is an early book that's really about the process of fighting a war rather than espionage or anything that's politically high-stakes but very small-scale. As such there isn't really a strong main character and it's extremely straightforward (mindless, even). I enjoy it only because I read so much dry academic text that I love the cheap thrill of alternate histories in which there are massive tank battles, air raids on American carrier groups and submarine chases all in the same book.
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