Can you reccommend a good book for me?
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I am an avid reader. I read 5 - 10 books a month. Recently, I have found myself out of good ones. I have gone through so many lately that I was bored out of by chapter two.
I love the classics, though I have probably read most of the more popular ones.
I like almost anything about Ancient Rome.
I do not like teenage centric books or romance novels ( I mean solely romance, I don't mind a good love story but that can't be all there is)
I love the classics, though I have probably read most of the more popular ones.
I like almost anything about Ancient Rome.
I do not like teenage centric books or romance novels ( I mean solely romance, I don't mind a good love story but that can't be all there is)
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I should mention I love Joseph Conrad and Margaret Atwood. I think I have read all of their works but I'm open to anything similar.0
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Do you like philosophy or anything like that? I have a really good philosophy book, but it's kind of hard to get through. If you're willing to take the chance, I'll give you the title.0
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Microserfs by Douglas Coupland is really good.0
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Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, Anything by James Patterson or Jodi Picoult ( My sister's Keeper, 19 minutes) Some of my favorites0
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http://www.goodreads.com/
http://www.whoelsewriteslike.com/
These are good sites to help you find new books.
Also, I really like The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.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! :-)0
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Microserfs by Douglas Coupland is really good.
Looks interesting. Kind of 1984-ish. I'll be checking this one out for sure.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! :-)
Read the Kite Runner. Didn't like it much. I don't think I'll be giving this writer another chance. thanks though.0 -
http://www.goodreads.com/
http://www.whoelsewriteslike.com/
These are good sites to help you find new books.
Also, I really like The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.
Will look into the Book Thief. Sounds right up my alley.0 -
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, Anything by James Patterson or Jodi Picoult ( My sister's Keeper, 19 minutes) Some of my favorites
A bit too mass market for me but thanks.0 -
Do you like philosophy or anything like that? I have a really good philosophy book, but it's kind of hard to get through. If you're willing to take the chance, I'll give you the title.
I've been known to dabble. What do you have?0 -
Anything by Zygmunt Bauman0
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7 habits for highly effective teens by Sean Covey :P0
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Bump my reading has hit a dry spell0
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Cat in the Hat0
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I liked warm bodies it was suprisingly well written0
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Anything by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.0
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"The End of Oil" Illustrates how this world will always be dependent on fossil fuels.0
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You said you enjoy the classics so my recommendations if you haven't already read them are any of Charles ****ens and Jane Austen novels. Those are some of my favorites.0
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The picture of dorian grey by oscar wilde is my all time fav.0
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