read it in ye olde english for a super annoying literary experience!
Hehe, I saw some of the samples, and damn the language has changed a lot.
Stiff by Roach - A book on everything about corpses: how they decompose (for crimescenes) to organ donation, grave robbing, soul searching, crash test dummies, anatomy class, etc. Quite readable.
The Head Book by Marsden - YA book just covering general facts, with a slight focus on Australia (such as an overview of our voting system, etc), some bits of history, interesting words, important people and books. Written to be engaging and far from dull.
The Old Man and the Sea by Hemmingway - short sweet and to the point. Liked it more than I thought I might. As per the title, an old man goes out fishing in the sea.
Dark Side of the Sun (Space Above and Beyond #2) - very short YA novelisation of one of the SA&B episodes. I quite liked the series and picked up a couple of the books somewhere, sometime. An easy hour read if you liked the series.
Catcher in the Rye by Salinger - read this around the time Salinger died, but I think just beforehand. I'd heard from friends that they weren't overly enthused about the book because a) they didn't like the main character, and b) there's no real plot, the story just wanders around. I didn't find those to be an issue, and hence rather liked the book, though I wouldn't go jumping up and down raving about it.
Pick of the bunch? No clear winner. Maybe the Old Man and the Sea.
