The curious incident of the dog in the night-time - Mark Haddon

After so much hype about this book I was expecting to be annoyed by it but it exceeded all expectations. I couldn't put it down. It was funny and sad and thought-provoking and well written; all of the things that a good novel should be.

Slaughterhouse-five : the children's crusade : a duty-dance with death /

Four months later I do not recall any deep thoughts I had about this book. Only one thought remains: this was not what I expected.