The Road, by Cormac McCarthy

I kept eyeing The Road (Oprah's Book Club) on my regular trips to Target and Walmart. I've recently decided to read as many Pulitzer Prize winning books as I can stomach. Because, let's be honest...not all of them are worth writing home about. I figured this would challenge me to break out of my normal reading genres. So, I trekked to my local library and checked out "The Road". Most people were drawn to this book because it's an Oprah book club book. I, on the other hand, usually run the other way from her picks. Oprah and I have VERY different taste in literature. To put it nicely, I think most of her picks are crap. But anyhoo, back to "The Road", it's very different from anything I would ever read. Some of the scenes in the book definitely showed up in my dreams because I couldn't help but think "what if". The dialogue was choppy and I hated that the book just seemed to end so abruptly. I did feel for the dad in his daily struggles to feed and protect his son. Overall I would have to say that I'm glad I rented this book instead of spending my (I mean Jeremy's) hard earned $. I would recommend this book as long as you don't have to spend $ on it either.