Confederacy of Dunces -John Kennedy Toole

This is the worst novel I have ever picked up. The main character, Ignatius, is the most annoying individual ever described. This is apparently why many people find the book comedic, but he made me so angry that I could not waste any more time attempting to read it. Stories without a point do not deserve the effort.

In Progress:
Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office -Lois P. Frankel
The Oxford History of Greece and the Hellenistic World -Boardman, Griffin & Murray
Four Past Midnight -Stephen King

The Cider House Rules -John Irving

John Irving has delivered yet again. This is the story of Homer Wells, an orphan born in a tiny abandoned logging town in Maine. Almost adopted three times to ill results, he becomes a permanent resident of the St. Cloud's orphanage, where a woman's right to choose holds center stage. In a place where it seems no one belongs, it is as though the orphanage itself has adopted Homer. Love, loss, family, and a full range of emotions and controversial topics. What a great, great story.

In Progress:
Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office -Lois P. Frankel
The Oxford History of Greece and the Hellenistic World -Boardman, Griffin & Murray
Four Past Midnight -Stephen King

American Fascists -Chris Hedges

I had high hopes for this book despite the bad to mediocre reviews I read. Hedges has a way of making a broad statements and lacking concrete facts or examples to back up his theories. Even where examples are present, they seem weakly argued or only loosely correlated to the generalizations made. Definitely do not recommend.

In Progress:
Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office -Lois P. Frankel
The Oxford History of Greece and the Hellenistic World -Boardman, Griffin & Murray
Four Past Midnight -Stephen King