Last truly great book you read?
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The last book that kept me completely mesmerized in the OMG-what-the-hell-is-going-on mode was "One Step Too Far" by Tina Seskis. Total page-turner, highly recommended.0
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I just finished Popular by Maya van Wagenen and it was fantastic! Not at all only for children or YA.0
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Gerkenstein wrote: »I just read one of the most amazing books. It's called Moloka'i by Alan Brennert.
It's about a 7 year old Hawaiian girl in the 1890s who is diagnosed with leprosy and exiled to a separate island away from her family, friends, life in Honolulu. I HIGHLY recommend it. I LOVED it. It will definitely be a book I return to read over and over.
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I also read this book and loved it. Definitely recommend. I'd love to visit this place. Last time I checked there was still a survivor there who gave tours.0
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I loved this book too! I read it about 25 years ago and it still stays with me. I read the sequel recently but did not enjoy it as much.0
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What's the last great book you read -- other than the Hunger Games?
The kind of book that you couldn't put down, or that you wanted to recommend to every person you know?
It's ok if it was a long time ago! GREAT books are hard to come by
For me, it was probably "The Book Thief" by Marcus Zusak or "City of Thieves" by David Benioff -- both the kind of books I would recommend to anyone. (Similar titles merely a coincidence!)
I also really loved "Theophilus North" by Thornton Wilder, but I'd recommend that to someone who already loves and appreciates classics.
Here are some of my most favorites--ones that I want to recommend to everyone.
"A Woman in Amber" true story of a girl from Latvia during WWII.
"Lost Horizon" I re-read this every once in a while.
"The Glass Castle"
"Pillars of the Earth"
"Gone With the Wind"
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I also read this book and loved it. Definitely recommend. I'd love to visit this place. Last time I checked there was still a survivor there who gave tours.
Thank you both for the recommendation, I put it on my list of books to read! Have you read Shark Dialogues by Kiana Davenport? Fantastic book!0 -
"A Dangerous Fortune" by Ken Follett.
I haven't found anything from him that I haven't enjoyed.
Ken Follett's books are great, just finished the 3 book series "Fall of Giants", "Winter of the World", and "Edge of Eternity".
A few others I'd recommend: "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
"All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
"Big Little Lies" by Liane Moriarty
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TFIOS was truly an amazing book.0
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"A Dangerous Fortune" by Ken Follett.
I haven't found anything from him that I haven't enjoyed.
Ken Follett's books are great, just finished the 3 book series "Fall of Giants", "Winter of the World", and "Edge of Eternity".
A few others I'd recommend: "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
"All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
"Big Little Lies" by Liane Moriarty
I recently downloaded them, too.
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I couldn't put down The Red Tent by Anita Diament and all the females in our family received it as a Christmas gift from me this year.
Previously mentioned that I second: The Children of Earth series, Little Big lieS and All the Light We Cannot See.
Just finished the most amazing (yet not for the sensitive) novel about a Haitian woman who is kidnapped and tortured for thirteen days and mentally erased her life to endure the torture. It's called an untamed state by Roxanne gay.0 -
Hi, I'm new here.
This year has been an odd one for me. Many books were rather so-so. I enjoyed them (some quite a bit) but they didn't wow me in any way.
The last really good book I read was back in July when I read Hey Nostradamus! by Douglas Coupland. That was a really good read.
I had the same type of year. A recent read, The Last Chinese Chef by Nicole Mones was really good.
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And the mountains echoed by khaled hosseini0
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crunchergirl wrote: »I had the same type of year. A recent read, The Last Chinese Chef by Nicole Mones was really good.
I read that a few years back, crunchergirl, and really enjoyed it. I'm glad that you found this book.
Helenarriaza, I just finished listening to And The Mountains Echoed a couple of weeks ago and also enjoyed it a lot.
As an update, I just finished Peace Like A RIver by Leif Enger this past week and thought it was absolutely wonderful.
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I really got into Days of Blood and Starlight, which is the second book in the Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy by Laini Taylor. It's 500 pages finished it a day. Great plot, amazing writing.0
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Kate Atkinson's Life After Life... I loved this book and would consider it one of the most interesting/enjoyable books I've read lately.0
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pineappleseverywhere wrote: »I really got into Days of Blood and Starlight, which is the second book in the Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy by Laini Taylor. It's 500 pages finished it a day. Great plot, amazing writing.
I loved the first book and also the novella about Suzana (that chick rocks!), whereas in the second and third book I skipped whole passages because I just couldn't be bothered. But then angels have never interested me much.
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"How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents" Julia Alvarez
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"Armor" by John Steakley. Stayed up all night long to finish reading, couldn't put it down.0
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I recently devoured the first three books in the Alpha Girl series by Aileen Erin. I'm impatiently waiting for the 4th book that comes out next month.0
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Just finished Still Alice by Lisa Genova. Very powerful and moving, have your tissues handy
Now I want to see the film. 0 -
A Natural History of the Senses by Diane Ackerman was absolutely fascinating0
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Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella
Still Alice by Lisa Genova0 -
What's the last great book you read -- other than the Hunger Games?
The kind of book that you couldn't put down, or that you wanted to recommend to every person you know?
It's ok if it was a long time ago! GREAT books are hard to come by
For me, it was probably "The Book Thief" by Marcus Zusak or "City of Thieves" by David Benioff -- both the kind of books I would recommend to anyone. (Similar titles merely a coincidence!)
I also really loved "Theophilus North" by Thornton Wilder, but I'd recommend that to someone who already loves and appreciates classics.
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Dead Wake by Erik Larson.
City of Thieves was awesome. Highest recommendation.0 -
To Kill A Mockingbird. By far. I didn't read this until a few years ago at about age 50. Don't know how I missed it as a kid but I may have benefited from this. Reading it from an adult perspective the first time was, I believe, a completely different experience. I was truly astounded and moved. That may be about as close to perfect as a book gets.0
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There's a lot of amazing ones, Here's my top that truly hit home:
Ready Player One - Ernest Cline
The Perks Of Being A Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky
Invisible Monsters - Chuck Palahniuk (to be fair... every book by him would make this list)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Seth grahame
Horns - Joe Hill
The Picture of Dorian Grey - Oscar Wilde
The Great gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and M. Hyde - Robert Louis Stephenson0 -
The particular sadness of lemon cake
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The curious coincidence of coconut cake.
They are easy reads by two different authors. Yes, I'm drawn to food things.0 -
If you like food things, have you checked out Diane Mott Davidson's Goldy Bear series? Light mysterious staring a caterer and include recipes.0
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