Last Week at the Library

The Road (Oprah's Book Club)

Cormac McCarthy

I am not sure how I feel about this book.  It doesn't really go anywhere or really say anything.  Some people do bad things and others do good things.  There are no names, there are no locations, and there is no indication of what happened to put the characters in the situation that they are in.  The book has the tendency to put images in your mind that you don't want there.  It is a quick read.  I am not sure how I would even classify this book.  It almost seems like a synopsis of a book rather than a book itself. 

The Sandman Vol. 3: Dream Country

Neil Gaiman

I really liked this volume of Sandman.  The threads from the earlier stories that get pulled in are great fun.  The stories in this collection are exceptional.  My favorites would include the capturing of the muse and Mid Summer Nights Dream. 

Hellboy, Vol. 3: The Chained Coffin and Others

Mike Mignola

This is a great group of individual stories.  They build on the Hellboy mystery established in the first two volumes while providing great fun.