Today, I read the part of Count of Monte Cristo in which Franz first meets Dantès. Dantès invites him into his cave, where they role play and do hash.

I'm not sure anything could possibly top this, but I have 800 pages to go...

Bucky Bleichert is a cop in post-war LA, an ex-boxer who through a series of circumstances ends up getting partnered with another ex-boxer, Lee Blanchard. They quickly become best friends, and along with Kay Lake (Lee's live-in girlfriend, or more accurately his partner of unknown parameters) form a family. All three have pasts they'd rather bury ( Read more... )

These are not so much reviews as my ramblings about narrative spawned by the books in questions. No spoilers.

( Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian )