It's been a long time since I first read them, but I would recommend reading
them in the order they were written, which is how you have them listed.
Cat's Cradle remains my favorite Vonnegut novel.  I'll be teaching a short
story unit using Welcome to the Monkey House later this semester.  A great
collection!

Jeff

On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Don Abrams  wrote:

>
>
>  The autodidactic part of me has initiated a process whereby every third
> book I read, I read a classic that I don=92t know. So I=92m taking =91Thr=
ee by
> Vonnegut=92 with me to Captiva Wednesday.  The collection includes: Cat=
=92s
> Cradle, Slaughterhouse-Five and Breakfast of Champions.  Since all the
> Vonnegut I=92ve read so far are just short stories, I=92m wondering which=
 one of
> these would be the best first read for a newbie?
>
>
>
> I just finished a book that I cared about more than almost any other for
> the past several years: =91Let the Great World Turn Spin=92 by Colum McCa=
nn.  The
> connective tissue involves Philippe Petit=92s tightrope walk between the =
two
> World Trade Towers in 1974, but the book is steeped in humanity and a
> wonderful homage to NYC.  At one point I was gob smacked that I had such
> an emotional reaction to something relatively early in a book. And I can
> also concur with iddiots who=92ve touted the recent documentary about
> Phillipe Petit =91Man on Wire=92; but don=92t be misled, the book is not =
about
> him or the walk.
>
>
>
> While I have your eye, I=92d also recommend Mary Karr=92s latest memoir, =
Lit.
> While it isn=92t necessary to have read the first two, Liar=92s Club (ano=
ther
> of my all time favorites) or Cherry, this one is even more brutally hones=
t.
> She has been a poet for much longer than she=92s been a memoirist, so her
> language is exquisite and totally unmannered.  The real deal here.
>
>
>
> the ice is slowly melting=85=85=85=85=85.
>
> Donnie
>
>
>
>
>=20 

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