The Things They Carried

I finished this wonderful book while in Palo Alto.

It's a very personal account of the Vietnam war from Tim O'Brien, who at times seems simply pull each short story out of his memories. There are some beautiful stories in here, alternatively funny and ghostly. It is no wonder it's listed as one of the best books of the last 25 years in the NYT book survey.

My interest in the Vietnam War has never been that high, but this is more than just war stories.

Big thumbs up. And big thanks to Angela for the book. I can tell which stories you read in college by which passages are underlined.