Book Nerds --UNITE!
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Here are a few of my recent favorites:
'The Missing' Series Book #1, 'Found' by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
Room by Emma Donoghue
The Drowning of Ruth by Christina Schwarz
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton0 -
I've called you all here for a very important reason. I NEED NEW BOOKS! Give unto me your recommendations! Or we can have a lively discussion about things we've read. Any genre is welcome!
My personal favorites are Paranormal Romance though ;D
My absolute favorite authors include: Sherrilyn Kenyon, Katie MacAlister, Lora Leigh, J.R. Ward, Christine Feehan, Jaid Black and J.D. Robb
One of my absolute favorite series is a YA series called Sweep. It's by Cate Tiernan. I devoured the books! It's about Wicca with some definite romance involved.
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Yes I loved that book! The movie was just alright though in my opinion.I LOVE reading! I like almost everything but my favorites are The Sookie Stackhouse novels, The Girl With The Dragoon Tattoo, The Hunger Games series, The Diplomat's Wife, The Other Boleyn Girl, Twlight series (guilty!!), Pretty Little Liars series, The Coldest Winter Ever, Atonement, Running With Scissors, The Power Of One, and everything by Nicholas Sparks and Sandra Brown! :happy:
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I loved Running with Scissors!!! Augusten Burroughs ftw
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Classics:
Watership Down
Tailchaster's Song
Flowers for Algernon
* all of which should come with a box of tissues*
me no likely the sad books! but since we're talking about them: Marley and Me (like the movie) absolute tear jerker! and My Sister's Keeper (the book is MUCH better than the movie)
Totally agree - I hate how they changed the end in the movie. WTF??
So glad I'm not the only one, that REALLY pissed me off! Like, how can you even say the movie is an adaptation if you change the ending so drastically?!
UGH!! This irks me SO much about "adaptations." I can't stand it when they change things so much as to be unrecognizable. They are starting to do that with the Game of Thrones series, and it's been bugging me almost enough to not watch it lol.
Oh!! I thought of more! Almost anything by Margaret Atwood or Anita Diamante. The Moon Under Her Feet by Clysta Kinstler. When She Woke (AMAZING book!). Ender's Game. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Moll Flanders. Faust.
Feel free to add me on Goodreads, too!http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2538508-tricia-smith 0 -
jerzy kosinki * the painted bird,
katherine dunn *Geek love
love the painted bird!0 -
I am a super book nerd. I devour books! If anyone wants to be friends on goodreads- PM me!
Some of my FAVORITES are:
Barbara Kingsolver- The Poisonwood Bible
Ken Follett's Epic Novels- Pillars of the Earth, World Without End, Fall of Giants and looking foreward to the new one in the fall...
Khaled Hosseini's novels The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns
Steig Larsson's Millennium trilogy
Sue Grafton's Alphabet Series
Janet Evanovitch 's Stefanie Plum books
Stephen King 11/22/63
and some of Tami Hoag's novels
Harry Potter
and my guilty pleasure is Charlaine Harris0 -
I am a super book nerd. I devour books! If anyone wants to be friends on goodreads- PM me!
Some of my FAVORITES are:
Barbara Kingsolver- The Poisonwood Bible
Ken Follett's Epic Novels- Pillars of the Earth, World Without End, Fall of Giants and looking foreward to the new one in the fall...
Khaled Hosseini's novels The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns
Steig Larsson's Millennium trilogy
Sue Grafton's Alphabet Series
Janet Evanovitch 's Stefanie Plum books
Stephen King 11/22/63
and some of Tami Hoag's novels
Harry Potter
and my guilty pleasure is Charlaine Harris
It has been a while since I read anything by Tami Hoags!! Love Janet Evanovich 0 -
I am a super book nerd. I devour books! If anyone wants to be friends on goodreads- PM me!
Some of my FAVORITES are:
Barbara Kingsolver- The Poisonwood Bible
Ken Follett's Epic Novels- Pillars of the Earth, World Without End, Fall of Giants and looking foreward to the new one in the fall...
Khaled Hosseini's novels The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns
Steig Larsson's Millennium trilogy
Sue Grafton's Alphabet Series
Janet Evanovitch 's Stefanie Plum books
Stephen King 11/22/63
and some of Tami Hoag's novels
Harry Potter
and my guilty pleasure is Charlaine Harris
It has been a while since I read anything by Tami Hoags!! Love Janet Evanovich
I just recently re-read ashes to ashes, and she's got an Oak Knoll series that's pretty recent that I liked. I love a good serial killer/supense novel! I say I like *some* of her books, because any of her books that I've read that involve horses I've hated for some reason. Weird right?0 -
I suss I have a literary genome
as when we cleared out Mum and Dad's home we ended up donating over 13,000 books to the local lending library!
I mostly read non-fiction, histories and such, but I do love Arthurian tomes: Le Mort d'Arthur, The Mists of Avalon, The Last Enchantment to name but a few. Victor Hugo, Cooper, Doyle, Dic* ens are favourites as are PD James, and Marjorie Allingham. My greatest joy is whiling away hours in used bookseller shops, reading bits and pages to make my selections. While I doubt I'll pass my parents collection I suss I have well over 800 hardbound books; I don't think I'll count as it may make me a 'nerd' :laugh:
**Goodness this site censored Charles D-i-c-k-e-n-s name, hence the asterisk
ah! I loved Les Miserables!0 -
Y'all are really expanding my book list! Mm! om nom nomish!
Has anyone read the Theft of Swords Riyria series? I know it makes me a huge nerd, but I LOVE a good oldschool style epic! 0 -
I am a super book nerd. I devour books! If anyone wants to be friends on goodreads- PM me!
Some of my FAVORITES are:
Barbara Kingsolver- The Poisonwood Bible
Ken Follett's Epic Novels- Pillars of the Earth, World Without End, Fall of Giants and looking foreward to the new one in the fall...
Had to read The Poisonwood Bible in highschool, good book but so depressing towards the end!0 -
I got sucked into the "Wheel of Time" series in high school, and I just don't know if I'm mentally prepared for another super long fantasy series. The first one is sitting on my shelf waiting to be read, though!
i really got into 'wheel of time' until like book ten when he really lost me. i felt like i was just reading all these tangents and he was not pulling it together for me. i was really looking for resolution by that point and it was just endless journeys and new characters being introduced all the time. i was really disappointed by the book i ended with. they spend the entire thousand pages give or take wandering around until the very end where rand does one significant thing. that was it for me. but i was hooked until then. and you know, that was my last foray into the world of epic high fantasy too.0 -
Barbara Kingsolver- The Poisonwood Bible
and my guilty pleasure is Charlaine Harris
barbara kingsolver isn't just an author, she's an artist. her books are beautifully lyrical. i still don't like them because they're like a two hundred page poem about awful things but they're lovely. which charlaine harris series do you read? everyone mentions the sookie stackhouse books but i actually don't much like them. i really like charlaine harris though. she's got other stuff i think is better than sookie, but gets much less play.0 -
I'm right there with you. Have you read Fifty Shades of Grey? You'll love it. I just finished the 3rd book, now I'm scrambling again.I've called you all here for a very important reason. I NEED NEW BOOKS! Give unto me your recommendations! Or we can have a lively discussion about things we've read. Any genre is welcome!
My personal favorites are Paranormal Romance though ;D
My absolute favorite authors include: Sherrilyn Kenyon, Katie MacAlister, Lora Leigh, J.R. Ward, Christine Feehan, Jaid Black and J.D. Robb0 -
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JASPER FFORDE. Specifically.. Shades of Grey. and no.. not that Shades of Grey. This one came first.
I LOVE Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next books! :happy:0 -
I love anything by SM Stirling. Those (and the next wheel of time book) are the only books that I pre-order in hardcover so that I can read them ON THE DAY that they come out. He's heavy into alternate history/sci fi although he's pretty diverse.
I enjoy Orson Scott Card and he's also really diverse -- you never know what you're gonna get, unless it's Ender.
I really really enjoyed David Weber's Honor Harrington series -- think Horatio Hornblower in space.0 -
I am a super book nerd. I devour books! If anyone wants to be friends on goodreads- PM me!
Some of my FAVORITES are:
Barbara Kingsolver- The Poisonwood Bible
Ken Follett's Epic Novels- Pillars of the Earth, World Without End, Fall of Giants and looking foreward to the new one in the fall...
Had to read The Poisonwood Bible in highschool, good book but so depressing towards the end!
Barbara Kingsolver- The Poisonwood Bible
and my guilty pleasure is Charlaine Harris
barbara kingsolver isn't just an author, she's an artist. her books are beautifully lyrical. i still don't like them because they're like a two hundred page poem about awful things but they're lovely. which charlaine harris series do you read? everyone mentions the sookie stackhouse books but i actually don't much like them. i really like charlaine harris though. she's got other stuff i think is better than sookie, but gets much less play.
I first read Barbara Kingsolver in HS too- but it was "The Bean Trees". I agree that she is an artist, and I have read everything since The Bean Trees voraciously, and most multiple times. Tootsanderson, you are on point with calling her books poetry- I've never thought about it before but it is so true! The way she uses words is so thoughtful, it is much more like a poet than a fiction writer.
Her books can be really sad, but I see them more as realistic and beautiful than sad, I guess. The sad situations explore the humanity of the characters.
WRT Charlaine Harris- I'm just venturing in to her other series now- but I like Sookie. The books are good cheese. Partially I think I like them because I have like ZERO natural creativity, so it's just interesting to get sucked in to an imagined world. Other than Harry potter and Charlaine harris and the occasional steven king book, I have rarely ventured in to any sci-fi or paranormal anything.0 -
I'm into vampire romance and absolutely LOVE LOVE black dagger brotherhood. 50 shades was also very good. Hunger games I enjoyed.
I will devoure most any book with vampire romance but have been known to dip in to werewolf romance with a little witchyness on the side.
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I'm into vampire romance and absolutely LOVE LOVE black dagger brotherhood. 50 shades was also very good. Hunger games I enjoyed.
I will devoure most any book with vampire romance but have been known to dip in to werewolf romance with a little witchyness on the side.
ahhh! I love the brothers! Have you read Lover Reborn? love love love! Tohrment was a bit of a d!ck in it though. And if you like Vamps I recommend the Dark-Hunter series by Sherrilyn Kenyon, it doesn't get much better than that right there!0 -
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Hi I am Colette and I'm a book nerd!
Love to read romance....serial killers....true crime and autobiographies!!
Do you read J.D. Robb?0 -
I love books and am always looking for more to read! I just finished the handmaid's tale by Margaret Atwood, and I really liked it.
My favorite books include:
Atonement - Ian McEwan
the Help - Kathyrn Stockett
the Book of Negroes: A Novel - Lawrence Hill
Life of Pi - Yann Martel
Harry Potter Series - JK Rowling
Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexander Dumas
Anything by Philip Roth (Portnoy's Complaint, Indignation, etc)
Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer
Do you have a goodreads account? If so, my account is: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3879922-kate0 -
Book nerd and proud right here -got the English degree to prove it ;-)
Oh, and my favorites are the epitome of geekdom: LOTR, and the entire collection by the Bronte Sisters ♥0 -
Night Circus.
I second this. I'm reading it now, and LOVE it.
Also, check out Divergent by Veronica Roth. It's the first in a trilogy, and Insurgent - the second - just came out. Both really, really good. Sadly, the third won't be out for about a year...0 -
And what do you think of Nora Roberts? I saw you love JD Robb. Some of Nora Roberts' books are paranormal-ish.0
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Kurt Vonegut is one of my favorite authors...Galapagos is a good one of his. Also, Chuck Palahniuk is my favorite author of all time. He's the guy who wrote Fight Club (if you liked the movie the book is so much better). Enjoy!!0
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Bump so that I can come back later when I have time and see what everybody's recommendations are, yay! 0
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NOOK does wonders a majority of the books i like are in series, saves on space. here are a few of my faves (some already mentioned) that i could think of at the moment.
In no particular order
--Rosemary Edgehill- the empty crown
--Stephen King-anything
--Laurel Hamilton- Anita Black Series
--Simon Green- Nightside series
--Patricia Briggs- Mercy Thompson/Alpha and Omega
--Amanda Hocking-Trylle Trilogy/Hollowland
--Phaedra Weldon- anything
--Kim Harrison- Rachel Morgan Series
--Steve Merrifield-Harvest (horror- you wont be able to put it down, seriously)
Has Potential:
--T C Southwell (read the queens blade- will probably keep going)
Im in the process of reading:
--Elissa Malchon (Deviations Series) and Suzanne Collins (Hunger Games Trilogy)0 -
And if you like Vamps I recommend the Dark-Hunter series by Sherrilyn Kenyon, it doesn't get much better than that right there!
i have read all the dark-hunter books and sherrilyn kenyon is a lovely woman who really appreciates her fans and will sit there for just hours after her signings are supposed to be over so she can talk to everyone who came. i actually really like those books and you know what's funny is at the same time i hate a lot of things about them. but i can't stop reading them. my theory is she dips them in crack before sending them out haha.I first read Barbara Kingsolver in HS too- but it was "The Bean Trees". I agree that she is an artist, and I have read everything since The Bean Trees voraciously, and most multiple times. Tootsanderson, you are on point with calling her books poetry- I've never thought about it before but it is so true! The way she uses words is so thoughtful, it is much more like a poet than a fiction writer.
Her books can be really sad, but I see them more as realistic and beautiful than sad, I guess. The sad situations explore the humanity of the characters.
WRT Charlaine Harris- I'm just venturing in to her other series now- but I like Sookie. The books are good cheese. Partially I think I like them because I have like ZERO natural creativity, so it's just interesting to get sucked in to an imagined world. Other than Harry potter and Charlaine harris and the occasional steven king book, I have rarely ventured in to any sci-fi or paranormal anything.
yeah, i think it was my very hard childhood that turned me against harsh reality in books. i've already done harsh reality and put it all behind me. i like happiness now lol. i chose to just embrace positivity. which is kind of a shallow way to live but it works for me haha. i think that's why i like comedies and romances now. i know what i'm getting and i don't need to think too hard in most cases. i love charlaine harris' 'grave sight' series.
sorry, everyone, my shift key is stuck. i'm sure i'm driving some people crazy with my lack of caps lol0 -
Terry Goodkind - Sword of Truth series - (Also made into a tv series but the books were WAAAY better.)
Brent Weeks - The Night Angel Trilogy
Laura K Hamilton - Anita Black Series
Kim Harrison - The hollow series
Cherl Sterling - What do you say to a naked elf?
Should I go on?
Also bump so I can look what others read later 0
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