Read Any Good Books Lately?

KKishaA
KKishaA Posts: 160 Member
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I am a part of several book clubs and have to pick out the next book. We have read Shadow of the Wind, Ocean and the end of the Lane, Wilde.....what else. Does anyone have any suggestions??

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  • BraveNewdGirl
    BraveNewdGirl Posts: 937 Member
    Check out Burial Rites by Hannah Kent. It's inspired by the story of the last woman to be executed in Iceland. I'm about halfway through it and it's incredible.

    http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17333319-burial-rites
  • SloRose
    SloRose Posts: 67
    Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
    Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown
    Christiane F. by Christiane F

    My favorite books right there!
  • TamTastic
    TamTastic Posts: 19,224 Member
    I'm reading The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom right now. Along the lines of The Help. Very good so far. :)
  • Platform_Heels
    Platform_Heels Posts: 388 Member
    Just my own novel that I'm editing/rereading before I send it off to an agent. (Sorry, was that a shameless plug?) LOL

    Seriously though I just downloaded a couple of books that I haven't started yet. One I read a LONG time ago:

    Outlander

    The other is one I just found on Amazon:

    The Demon Awakens

    I'm really into series. I don't like it when books end.
  • kershaann
    kershaann Posts: 1,824 Member
    Brian Freeman Turn to stone
  • rosehips60
    rosehips60 Posts: 1,030 Member
    I know I came to this series really late but I'm really enjoying the Outlander books by Diana Gabaldon
  • Forty6and2
    Forty6and2 Posts: 2,492 Member
    Push-Sapphire
    *kitten* out of Carolina-Dorothy Allison
    The Color Purple-Alice Walker

    These are the only non-academic books I've read recently and I love them. They all deal with issues of domestic violence and rape, so they may be triggering for some readers.
  • seismicmuffin
    seismicmuffin Posts: 160 Member
    I'm reading through the Game of Thrones series right now (on #3) they are one of my favorites. Prior to that I read Gone Girl, Burial Rites, The Fault in Our Stars (sad but good!), 12 Years a Slave. All of them are movies as well (the 1st 3 haven't come out just yet but soon!). I always love to read the book prior to seeing the movie, that's just me lol.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    Awhile ago, I read "How to Be An American Housewife" by Margaret Dilloway and loved it. Also just reread one of my all-time favorites, Lucy Knisley's "French Milk" (kind of a graphic novel slash biography).

    If anyone cares to check it out, here's a link to my Pinterest board of what I have read so far this year with ratings of each.

    http://www.pinterest.com/03nov/books-read-in-2014/

    I also did it in 2012 and 2013 so those are on it, too. And my current top 10 fav of all time. Cheers!
  • amd429
    amd429 Posts: 36 Member
    Me before you by Jojo moyes. Excellent. Or memoirs of an imaginary friend by matthew D-i-c-k-s. (Mfp thinks I'm swearing) Just to name a couple
  • Bucky83
    Bucky83 Posts: 1,194 Member
    Just finished Judge and Jury by James Patterson. I love his books, he's my favourite author. Was quite an intense book for his writing!
  • BlueButterfly94
    BlueButterfly94 Posts: 303 Member
    I'm currently reading Under the Dome by Stephen King. I have some strongly mixed feelings about it, but I would recommend it. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is my all-time favourite. Clockwork Angel by that Clare lady was really good as well, and Sunshine by Robin McKinley is... interesting. :P The Black Book of Secrets was also a fairly good read, but I can't remember if it was aimed more toward a younger audience or not (usually books aimed toward younger audiences use a certain way of writing that frustrates me because it's too dumbed down) it's been a few years.
  • autovatic
    autovatic Posts: 99 Member
    It's not new, but I just read 'The Story of Edgar Sawtelle' by David Wroblewski. Great story, regardless, but particularly if you like dogs. :)
  • bimpski
    bimpski Posts: 176 Member
    pride and prejudice by jane austen. you can never go wrong with a classic.
  • knightreader
    knightreader Posts: 813 Member
    forgot the title of a book i am looking to read, maybe someone here can help before i go on vacation...

    its something about how we raised a generation of kids on the mindset of "everyone's a winner."

    any ideas? i think i'll recognize it if i see it...

    thanks.
  • knightreader
    knightreader Posts: 813 Member
    help?

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