Jen Sawyer

I have read 3/4 of Neil's books. I'm basically going backwards chronologically. I have loved them all in different ways.

I started out with Roadshow. It really opened my eyes to the wonders of traveling. It first made me think of Steinbeck's Travels with Charley in Search of America (as all Neil's books have so far) in the general idea of traveling cross country through out of the way places...

Next I read Traveling Music, which I thought was a great pseudo-exercise in rock criticism echoing my own aesthetics... especially his thoughts on The Beatles and my other two loves: The Who and The Beach Boys. It was also nice to read more about his past.

I felt Ghost Writer was more of a narrative with character development from despair to hope that resolved into a real life happy ending of sorts--truely real because of the great pain that transpired beforehand. (If that makes sense?)

It's refreshing to read works like Neil's that are intelligently and creatively written with extensive knowledge of and zest for nature, music and literature. I think Neil has successfully transitioned his lyrical prowess into non-fiction travel writing! I'm stuck in the past--I mainly read classic literature, so it was a pleasantly surprising breath of fresh air to read something more current!

Now, I just have to get The Masked Rider!

Sorry, I'm a nerd.

I am a classic literature fan all the way... right now I am working on The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot. I am about halfway through it. I decided to try to read 30 novels within the course of a year... and this is number 30! I made it!

I that there is a whole forum about art and literature and all of that good stuff!