Can you reccommend a good book for me?
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I love reading.
Room, Running with Scissors, Sarahs Key, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, A Child Called "It"0 -
A Theory of Relativity by Jacquelyn Mitchard
Love it0 -
I liked warm bodies it was suprisingly well written
God yes. I hateeee commercial stuff. The plot was a little 'ehhhh' but the writing made up for it! It was great.
Some of my fave classics are
The Phantom Tollbooth- Norton Juster
Ethan Frome- Edith Wharton
The Awakening- Kate Chopin (this changed my life)
Metamorphosis- Frank Kafka
Lets start a book club! I love reading anything as long as it's fiction or interesting non-fiction!0 -
I will try and come back tomorrow with more suggestions, but I am currently reading Serena by Ron Rash. It reads like a reworking of Shakespeare's Macbeth, though I think Serena is even more evil than Lady Macbeth.0
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My favorite book is 'The Time Machine' by HG Wells.0
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Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
World War Z by Max Brooks
Bill The Vampire (Trilogy) by Rick Gualtieri
The Vampire Chronicles (Series) by Anne Rice
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Johnathan Safran
The Last Hiccup by Christopher Meades
Bloodletting And Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam
The Headmaster's Wager by Vincent Lam
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland by Catherynne M Valente
The Perks Of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
This Book Is Full Of Spiders by David Wong
Just a few of my favourites!0 -
Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
World War Z by Max Brooks
Bill The Vampire (Trilogy) by Rick Gualtieri
The Vampire Chronicles (Series) by Anne Rice
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Johnathan Safran
The Last Hiccup by Christopher Meades
Bloodletting And Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam
The Headmaster's Wager by Vincent Lam
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland by Catherynne M Valente
The Perks Of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
This Book Is Full Of Spiders by David Wong
Just a few of my favourites!
A bit too teenage-y for me, thanks though!0 -
My favorite book is 'The Time Machine' by HG Wells.
very good book. I might re read this one. Been a long time.0 -
Really enjoyed "The Art of Racing in the Rain" by Garth Stein. Told from the dog's POV.
I also just finished "Room" by Emma Donoghue. I can't say exactly that I "enjoyed" it, because it was very dark (think the kidnapping story from Ohio, told by the child's POV) but I could NOT put it down.
Ken Follett is an author who's worth reading, the Pillars of the Earth and its sequel World Without End are both really big, epic tales, and very engrossing. I got very attached to the characters.
I will check out racing in the Rain, for sure. And Room.
I loved the Pillars and World W/O End series'. So amazing!0 -
I love reading.
Room, Running with Scissors, Sarahs Key, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, A Child Called "It"
Five people was great.0 -
'Wild' by Cheryl Strayed << AMAZING book0
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"The End of Oil" Illustrates how this world will always be dependent on fossil fuels.
Sounds like something I'd like. thank you.0 -
I'm not much for books like this but you should definitely check out Khaled Hosseini's "A Thousand Splendid Suns." He writes about life in Afghanistan through the eyes of the younger generation (typically children/teenagers who grow into adults as the book progresses). It's most definitely not a romance book and while it does include teenage characters, it's such a different culture that it is -- in no way -- a young adult book. I would never have even given it a chance if it wasn't a required book in one of my classes. I thoroughly enjoyed it and ended up reading his first book ("The Kite Runner") which I found was still very good, but not as good as "A Thousand Splendid Suns." Look it up on Amazon for a preview inside the book and see what you think! :-)
I was going to say the SAME THING! There are two of my favorite books! He has just come out with a new book! I purchased it and plan on reading it when I'm on vacation next week!0 -
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield0
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I APOLOGIZE FOR THE CAPS IN ADVANCE.
PLEASE NO TEENAGE OR KID BOOKS.
Some people seem to be overlooking that in the original post.
Thanks again.
Really some great suggestions out there.0 -
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Dollmaker by Harriet Arnow
It's been years since I read them, but they have stayed on my mind as excellent, powerful books.0 -
I love Mararet Atwood as well. A few books I enjoyed:
Angelmaker - Nick Harkaway
1Q84 - Haruki Murakami
The Cathedral of the Sea - Ildefonso Falcones
The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Perfume - Patrick Suskind0 -
Canticle for Leibowitz. Pick up some Hemingway. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett and Pope Joan, forgot the author.0
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The Masters of Rome Book Series by Colleen McCullough?0
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I will check out the last three posts there. All sound good.0
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