Since I now take the bus to and from school, I have time to read on a regular basis and I've finished two books in two weeks, now I'm on my third. c:

First was Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk. It consists of a central plot supported by short stories and poems about/written by the characters. Though I didn't quite understand the reasoning behind the character's main goal, and a bit of plot was tossed in the end of the book really randomly, it was still pretty good, though it wasn't as gorey as I had hoped or thought it would be. Since one of the first stories is about someone getting their intestines pulled out through their anus by the suction of a pool filter, I thought it could only get better and more gruesome from there. But unfortunately it didn't. /: Like Samurai Shamploo (if anyone has watched that anime) the best scene was in the beginning and it was nearly impossible to top. Not to say some of the stories later aren't gross, they're just not AS gross. One of the character's back stories say that she has a disease that causes people around her to get cancer and die (???), but then none of the characters die from cancer so it's kinda plot holed. Anyway, I'd recommend it, overall. It was a great read.

The one that I just finished yesterday was Hallow World by Michael Sullivan. It was kinda rushed in the beginning and end, and some things that happen are a bit of a stretch at to what would really happen. The main character Ellis tries to go 200 years into the future and ends up actually traveling 2000. Everyone alive at this point is physically asexual, look identical, and can travel using small portal makers. He does a good job of addressing how the near future would solve modern-day problems, and causing it to branch into his predicted future (i.e. everyone looks the same to eliminate sexism and racism, money was eliminated to erase poverty, futuristic technology erases the need for theft), but at the same time he overlooks some simple plot holes he created. How can Pax (a character from the future times) have a genetic abnormality (which I won't say as that gives away a piece of the ending) if everyone has the same DNA? Why is the language barrier small to nonexistent? After 2000 years you'd think there would be more slang, but I only noticed three or four words. Why didn't the government invest in solar power to prevent the Energy Wars that happened between modern day and the future? WHAT DOES ISP STAND FOR? THE MAIN CHARACTER ASKS HIMSELF WHAT IT STANDS FOR, ALL OTHER ACRONYMS ARE EXPLAINED, AND ELLIS GOES TO THE ISP HEAD QUARTERS AND STILL DOESN'T ASK. WHAT THE HEEEELLLL. The ending was really sudden and, again, was stretched a bit but whatever. It was a pretty good book, asked some interesting questions, and all that.

Okay anyway, now I'm reading Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman, and I'm only about 30 pages in so far. It's written well, which is normal for Gaiman and I'm interested to see how the deity is incorporated into the story, as the main character Fat Charlie is supposed to be the son of a god. I'll keep you guys updated when/if I ever bother to finish it. :3