What's up with posting pictures of the cover of the books?

Last book was Kafka on the Shore by Murakami which was excellent, maybe better than the Wind Up Bird Chronicles which I also read recently. I can't pinpoint what it is about his writing that I'm so taken with, but he really pulls me in.

After the last thread like this I picked up The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Clay and Hardcore Zen both of which were excellent, thanks to everyone here.

I would add Marquez's new one "Memories of My Melencholy *****s" to the list. Only out in hardcover but a small and relatively inexpensive hardcover. Great writing.

Reading now "State Of War" by the NY Times reporter who broke the Bush wiretapping scandal, it's about the relationship between the Bush administration and the CIA.

Also highly recommend Tete A Tete, the letters of Simon de Beauvoir and Sartre. Absolutely amazing book about two increadible intellects.

Read most of Hopskotch by Jose Cortizar because I was traveling in Argentina and thought I should, but didn't really enjoy it too much. However I really enjoyed Borges' "This Craft of Verse" which is based on a sereis of lectures he gave. Very engaging.

Periodical wise, I highly recommend The New York Review Of Books. Not just book reviews but left leaning essays by very smart people.