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Post by taumbu on Mar 14, 2011 9:08:47 GMT -5
Two books that I loved are "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett and "Those Who Save Us" by Jenna Blum. Both great reads. Only problem is "The Help" is not in paper yet. You could probably get it in the library.
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Post by geezlouise on Mar 14, 2011 18:22:16 GMT -5
'The Red Tent' by Anita Diamant. Historical fiction. Gives voice to women that were denied theirs in the Biblical book of Genesis.
'Bright Shiny Morning' by James Frey ..... the author of A Million Little Pieces lets us in on L.A.'s dirty little secrets and little known truths.
'The Gargoyle' by Andrew Davidson. Davidson's debut novel of love that survives the fires of hell and transcends the boundaries of time.
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Post by lm2718 on Mar 17, 2011 16:54:36 GMT -5
I read The Thirteenth Tale and really enjoyed it. I don't know why, but I love books about books or ones that are set in creepy libraries. One of my favorites is Umberto Eco's The Name of Rose, a murder mystery set in a monastery in the 1300's. You guys sound like you read much more than I do, so don't count on many ideas coming from me. Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth was great. I read it when it was featured in Oprah's book club. A lot of people I know were scared off by the length -- don't be -- it's a page turner and I was sad when it was finished. His sequel World Without End was not as good. I loved The Thirteenth Tale and read both Ken Follett's sagas and I agree with you. World Without End is not as good as Pillars of the Earth. Based on Buder's recommendation I read Juliet Naked and really enjoyed it: www.amazon.com/Juliet-Naked-novel-Nick-Hornby/dp/1594488878It is a fictional story about a singers super fans and their encounter with reality  |
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Post by jamie on Mar 17, 2011 19:50:12 GMT -5
I read The Thirteenth Tale and really enjoyed it. I don't know why, but I love books about books or ones that are set in creepy libraries. One of my favorites is Umberto Eco's The Name of Rose, a murder mystery set in a monastery in the 1300's. is a great gothic book about a book. If you liked The Thirteenth Tale, I bet you'll love this. |
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Post by maitospf on Mar 26, 2011 21:35:08 GMT -5
Reading is my passion . . . at a pinch, I will read anything. The Temeraire series by Naomi Novik is one of my favorites. I think there are six books by now. For those of you who don't read fantasy, it might put you off if I told you there are dragons in this series. However, it is so well written and the characters so vivid and real that you will quickly be caught up in their world. I introduced the first book "His Majesty's Dragon" to my bookclub ( no other fantasy readers and long suffering objects of my book choices :  and got five of them hooked on the series. Hope some of you will give it a try - you are in for a treat! I finished reading the first book. I like the character development. I like when an author takes the time to carefully develop the people and the relationships. I like the first book enough that I will have to read the second. Why? I am interested in how the relationships develop between the humans and dragons. Most of the members of the Aerial Corp form somewhat symbiotic relationships with their dragons, but their seems to be an overall lack of awareness of the dragons as sentient beings with free will. These dragons talk, most are intelligent, they love mathmatics, music, art,etc. However, the aerial corp seem caught in between treating them as pets, service animals, or servants. I don't know how the series evolves, but I would hope that future story lines address these issues. I am intrigued. I love the character of Temeraire. The situation with Levitas was sad. What am I missing? You haven't missed a thing...the next books just get better and better... Will and Temeraire are in for some very eye-opening adventures. Happy reading! I'm off to try the "Thirteenth Tale"... |
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Post by sugaree on Mar 31, 2011 13:03:35 GMT -5
Don't know if anyone else here is a fan, but the final book in Jean M. Auel's Clan of the Cave Bear series was released on Tuesday. Land of the Painted Caves. Hubby is picking me up a copy at the airport as we speak. Can't wait! I usually never spring for the hard cover prices, but this one is an exception. If anyone else here is a fan, I'll be happy to pass it on.
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Post by readon on Apr 2, 2011 21:29:06 GMT -5
I finished reading the first book. I like the character development. I like when an author takes the time to carefully develop the people and the relationships. I like the first book enough that I will have to read the second. Why? I am interested in how the relationships develop between the humans and dragons. Most of the members of the Aerial Corp form somewhat symbiotic relationships with their dragons, but their seems to be an overall lack of awareness of the dragons as sentient beings with free will. These dragons talk, most are intelligent, they love mathmatics, music, art,etc. However, the aerial corp seem caught in between treating them as pets, service animals, or servants. I don't know how the series evolves, but I would hope that future story lines address these issues. I am intrigued. I love the character of Temeraire. The situation with Levitas was sad. What am I missing? You haven't missed a thing...the next books just get better and better... Will and Temeraire are in for some very eye-opening adventures. Happy reading! I'm off to try the "Thirteenth Tale"... I've been waiting for your response before I order the next set of books. Thanks. Off to amazon to purchase the rest of the series. You may be thinking, "Well, if you really liked the books why did you wait? I waited because there are so few posts in the reader's thread. I would like for the readers to have a conversation and I am willing to wait for those conversations to happen.  |
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Post by mszue on Apr 3, 2011 13:01:51 GMT -5
Don't know if anyone else here is a fan, but the final book in Jean M. Auel's Clan of the Cave Bear series was released on Tuesday. Land of the Painted Caves. Hubby is picking me up a copy at the airport as we speak. Can't wait! I usually never spring for the hard cover prices, but this one is an exception. If anyone else here is a fan, I'll be happy to pass it on. Too bad you are so far away sugaree....I would take you up on that. I haven't read anything from that series for years and years. After I finish up with the next 3 on my plate I will request that from the library...let me/us know how you liked it when you are done.... |
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Post by herovillain on Apr 11, 2011 15:03:16 GMT -5
Oh, oh... if you like Fantasy and Romance, check out Jean Johnson. She has some amazing stories. I looooooved, looooved "The Sons Of Destiny" series. Brilliant! |
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Post by cwl on Jan 13, 2012 12:42:52 GMT -5
hi guys! i'm such a huge book nerd, love love LOVE reading! even though i'm a not a teen anymore, basically all the books that i've read in the last year have been YA novels, i'm just such a sucker for those! but there just are so many great ones out there these days! like many of you, i would definitely recommend The Hunger Games trilogy, it's absolutely brilliant! a few months ago i read Delirium by Lauren Oliver. i would definitely recommend it to everyone, really unique writing, subject matter is different, even though it is set in the dystopian future, like almost every YA book nowadays seems to be, but i would say that this one is by far one of the best ones there is. there's a sequel coming this spring also for it! something totally different than YA, Retribution by Jilliane Hoffman, really well written legal/crime thriller, that was so real, that i seriously thought about leaving the lights on when going to bed :D haven't actually had a change to read her other books but they're definitely on my list of to-read! One Day by David Nicholls, if you've seen the movie that came out pretty resently, it definitely didn't do justice to the book. absolutely loved it, it was a bit hard to get into at first, but once it started rolling, it was fantastic. prepare to cry your eyes out thought  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2012 12:51:49 GMT -5
cwl, if you like The Hunger Games, check out The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by NK Jemisin. It is an adult fantasy take on the "young girl thrust into a competition" theme. The girl in question is competing for an empire in which gods have been enslaved. As a bonus, one of the gods is a tall, black-haired, brooding, sexually ambiguous type ... It's the first of a trilogy so if you like it there's a lot more to read. |
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Post by cwl on Jan 13, 2012 15:54:59 GMT -5
thanks for the suggestion juniemoon, i'll have to check it out |
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Post by QueeenAl on Feb 3, 2012 13:27:09 GMT -5
Since this (atop) is where I spend my off hours, I need to dump this here:
Anne Rice / The wolf gift
(release Feb 14)
Anne Rice seems to have released a new book. I have read her religiously for years, then she dried up, so did I. Hmmm. will be back with a report
Amazon says:
A daring new departure from the inspired creator of The Vampire Chronicles (“unrelentingly erotic . . . unforgettable”—The Washington Post), Lives of the Mayfair Witches (“Anne Rice will live on through the ages of literature”—San Francisco Chronicle), and the angels of The Songs of the Seraphim (“remarkable”—Associated Press). A whole new world—modern, sleek, high-tech—and at its center, a story as old and compelling as history: the making of a werewolf, reimagined and reinvented as only Anne Rice, teller of mesmerizing tales, conjurer extraordinaire of other realms, could create.
The time is the present.
The place, the rugged coast of Northern California. A bluff high above the Pacific. A grand mansion full of beauty and tantalizing history set against a towering redwood forest.
A young reporter on assignment from the San Francisco Observer . . . An older woman welcoming him into her magnificent family home that he has been sent to write about and that she must sell with some urgency . . . A chance encounter between two unlikely people . . . An idyllic night—shattered by horrific unimaginable violence, the young man inexplicably attacked—bitten—by a beast he cannot see in the rural darkness . . . A violent episode that sets in motion a terrifying yet seductive transformation, as the young man, caught between ecstasy and horror, between embracing who he is evolving into and fearing what he will become, soon experiences the thrill of the wolf gift.
As he resists the paradoxical pleasure and enthrallment of his wolfen savagery and delights in the power and (surprising) capacity for good, he is caught up in a strange and dangerous rescue and is desperately hunted as “the Man Wolf” by authorities, the media, and scientists (evidence of DNA threatens to reveal his dual existence) . . . As a new and profound love enfolds him, questions emerge that propel him deeper into his mysterious new world: questions of why and how he has been given this gift; of its true nature and the curious but satisfying pull towards goodness; of the profound realization that there may be others like him who are watching—guardian creatures who have existed throughout time who possess ancient secrets and alchemical knowledge. And throughout it all, the search for salvation for a soul tormented by a new realm of temptations, and the fraught, exhilarating journey, still to come, of being and becoming, fully, both wolf and man.
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Post by QueeenAl on Feb 3, 2012 13:33:21 GMT -5
Don't know if anyone else here is a fan, but the final book in Jean M. Auel's Clan of the Cave Bear series was released on Tuesday. Land of the Painted Caves. Hubby is picking me up a copy at the airport as we speak. Can't wait! I usually never spring for the hard cover prices, but this one is an exception. If anyone else here is a fan, I'll be happy to pass it on. squeeee *lotsofsmilies* I just discovered this thread, so excuse the delay This takes me back to my teeens ! I will sure check this out! M Auel saved my sanity more then once back then!!! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2012 14:37:26 GMT -5
Don't know if anyone else here was a fan, but I'm not ashamed to admit I shed a tear this morning when I learned of the passing of Ray Bradbury. Everyone's talking about Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles, both amazing books, but he wrote so much that I loved.
The Illustrated Man, The Halloween Tree, Something Wicked This Way Comes, A Medicine for Melancholy, I Sing The Body Electric ...
How many lonely hours as a kid were less lonely because this man lived?
I saw these words written in the comment section, of all places, on a blog about Bradbury's death and wanted to share them somewhere:
Somewhere in America, a boy tap-dances a on a tuned segment of discarded wooden sidewalk, calling his friends to run over the hills by moonlight...
Out on the Veldt, the animals pause for a moment, as though something unseen had passed through their midst...
Somewhere on Mars, a new silver fire is burning to welcome him...
By the river, a Book stops it's recitation for the day, to remember a fine man who wrote such fine, fine things.
Thanks be, for Ray Bradbury, who taught me that there could be poetry in prose.
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