Brenda's comments
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Brenda's comments from the The Next Best Book Club group.
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Peregrine wrote: "You might try A Christmas Carol; it's short, seasonal, and soooo good!"
I'd agree here - A Christmas Carol
Jamie:
I would recommend:
Wartime Lies by Louis Begley
White Teeth by Zaide Smith
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
November
26. Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar by Kathcart and Klein
27. The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
I really enjoyed The Caine Mutiny. Excellent character development, riveting plot.
4. Oceania, The Solomon Islands, The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk.
Thanks Fiona, I love lists! (Don't know if I put any weight on them though). My favourite on the list: White Teeth by Zaide Smith.
Our theaters here in Toronto, Canada are simulcasting his interview with the NY Times - it's an hour and a half long. I went to the show last night - excellent.
He actually read from Last Night in Twisted River, answered questions from the journalist and took audience questions. Very, very interesting. Sadly, there were only 4 people (myself included) at the movie.
October
25. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
still trying to get through The Snowball
I thought Dave Barry's: Babies and Other Hazards of Sex was hilarious, someone gave it to me as a gift after my son was born and it made me laugh out loud.
28 days ago, 02:26PM
If he's into poker, you might try Positively Fifth Street by James McManus. It tells about The World Series of Poker and the murder of Ted Binion.
My trip is starting to improve! I enjoyed The Birth of Venus - I'd rate it 3 stars.
3. Europe, Italy, The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
Thanks for the recommendation, Jennifer. I'm going to the bookstore tonight and will pick this one up. I'm just about finished The Birth of Venus, which I also enjoyed.
How about anything by Jerry Spinelli, especially Maniac Magee or Loser. I also think this author has a series out there too which is supposed to be good.
If he's a mature 13, I would recommend
The Chocolate War by R. Cormier
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by S. Chbosky,
but check these out first because of the content.
Hello Mary: I'm just catching up with this thread now, I've never seen Mad Men, (I assume the Mad is for Madison Ave?) so this book may not be quite what you're looking for but ... I have a great recommendation for a novel about the 1960's. It's called Crazy in Alabama by Mark Childress. It takes place in Alabama, but it is such a quirky, unique book about a woman trying to get to Hollywood to appear on TV (The Beverly Hillbillies) and her nephew, who is caught up in the civil rights movement. Funny and sad, it will make you laugh and cry.
Something completely off topic to what you have just read: The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga. It's excellent and a fast read.
Hello Carmen: I'm just catching up on this thread now, but noticed no one has mentioned my favourite historical novel I,Claudius by Robert Graves. It's an older book about first century AD Rome. It's teriffic history. It's written as Claudius' memoir, during the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius, and Caligula. Excellent story, the kind that takes slow deliberate reading to keep the characters straight.
Lots of intrigue, murder and revenge plotting. The sequel is Claudius, The God and His Wife Messalina.
Hello Eva: I just had recommended to me Baldwin Street by Alvin Rakoff - stories all connected to the goings-on in a street in Toronto, Canada. It's apparently really good...
Another disappointment, The Abstinence Teacher. I had heard good things about this one . Boring story,
boring characters...
Oh no... my trip is starting off very poorly....
15. I love how books never lose their value even if they're used. It's still the same story that holds as much value as the first reading of it.
16. I love when I read about fictional characters and find that I have ended up reading about myself.
