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I can recommend 'Haiku' by Andrew Vachss. It's my first Vachss book, so I have nothing to compare it to.
Recently finished THE LITTLE STRANGERwhich I really liked,particularly for the open ending...Also JULIET,NAKED was pretty good,not too sure if it has really helped attitudesto women though......
I’ve just finished the Poison Study Series as well as Storm & Sea Glass... LOVED them! Maria V. Snyder is a genius.
I just finished The Help by Kathryn Stockett and loved it! I've never done a book recommendation on GoodReads before but now I've sent one to almost all my friends here. Jo, I hope you don't mind that I sent one of them to you.
I understand. =) I get some I don't want to read, too. It's hard to know what other people will like.
DJ wrote: "Recently finished THE LITTLE STRANGERwhich I really liked,particularly for the open ending...Also JULIET,NAKED was pretty good,not too sure if it has really helped attitudesto women though......"
Hi DJ I think Juliet Naked had a positive spin to women. She had the guts to ditch a man she no longer loved and make a fresh start.
Most of the men came across as sexist or geeks/obsessives. The singer especialy seemed very sad in his relationships with women.
Hi Jason in general I agree with you and I really did enjoy it but it was marred for me by the way she deliberately was trying to get herself pregnant.I mean how long have women been getting a bad name over things like this and it wasn't even as though there was anything written into the book to show that she had made independent financial plans to support a child......I just thought it was a really irresponsible attitude to portray....
Jo wrote: "No thats fine :) I don't think i will end up reading it though because it doesn't really appeal to me. But thanks!"Jo...it's a great book. You should try it someday.
Do you ever listen to cd's? It was great that way!
I have recently finished A cool look at global warming and the climate caper both very good. Surprisingly they both had the same message even though the first one was written by a non scientist. The climate is getting warmer and to an unknown extent we are partly to blame. However its impossible to predict what the climate will be like in the future and a hundred years from now people will be wealthier so let them deal with it.
Did he whine about his accident a lot in the paper book? I listened to the audio book.
I just finished The Tenth Circle. I enjoyed it, got attached to the characters and really felt like there was a lot of analysis of life and relationships. Made me think about what honesty is, what we think we want honesty to be, and what truth really does in a relationship. I've enjoyed several of Jodi Picoult's books and this one is near the top of the list. An added bonus, although there was a bit of a surprise at the end, it wasn't the heart-wrenching "omg this changed my entire view of the story" kind of surprise. It flowed very nicely and I felt some closure. Unusual for one of hers.
Jo wrote: "No i've never tried to be honest. I'm not a member of any library so to get a cd would cost around the same, if not more, than getting a book."They are expensive...usually more...I get most of mine from paperbackswap or the library.
Kaliki wrote: "I just finished The Tenth Circle. I enjoyed it, got attached to the characters and really felt like there was a lot of analysis of life and relationships. Made me think about what hone..."I started this but didn't like the subject matter and quit...for some reason I don't seem to be a fan of her books...????
I should read the actual book at some point then. He read the audio book & he continually referenced his accident, as I recall. It was very irritating. I wouldn't mind just a section about it.
Shelli wrote: "Kaliki wrote: "I just finished The Tenth Circle. I enjoyed it, got attached to the characters and really felt like there was a lot of analysis of life and relationships. Made me think ..."Seems like people either really like them or really don't.
NORTHANGER ABBEY....Not sure if it willgo down as my most loved Austen but I could see the evolution of her work in it greatly....
This month has actually been a pretty awesome month for me reading wise. I absolutely loved Before I Fall and The Hunger Games.
John Dies at the End, Loved this book, definitely not for everyone but if you can get past some penis jokes here and there it's a great bizzaro read.
I recently finished
by Jeremy Clarkson, I have read most of his books and his on line reveiws, its witty and raw and incredably funny.
The thing with Clarkson is it isn't like reading a book, they are all short articles, usually between 5-10 pages that makes them easy to read and they are so funny, true to life but funny. The is one in another of his books where he talks about a collegue who takes his family on a business golf trip, the wifes condition was that he had to look after the children on the flight, clarkson describes this frazzled father and screaming child in a way that you have to laugh as at somepoint you would have either been in that situation or at least seen it. The best one I think is the previous one to this, it is his
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Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. I loved this just as much as the Hunger Games. I can't wait for Mockingjay! :)
What an artist takes as inspiration is amazing.LOL!
It reminded me more of menopause, but that lasts LOTS longer. A decade in our case. Thank the gods it's over.
Jo wrote: "I finished Unwind and loved it!"wait until you read measuring time or half of a ywllow sun.
Just finished off Dark Fire by C.J. Sansom. It's the second book in the Matthew Shardlake series and it was utterly engrossing. Read it all in one day because I just had to know how it ended.
Recently I have finished The Gargoyle which is just fabulous if you don't mind sometimes gruesome descriptions of severe burns and their treatment. I also really loved The Book Thief. I'd recommend that to anyone.
I second The Gargoyle its vidid descriptions are second to none! Jo I'm so excited to hear Unwind is good!
candy wrote: "The Kitchen House, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE. This is my new favorite. It has all the elements needed for a amazing novel; love, sex, drama. I was happy, sad, and intrigued throughout, the characters were a..."Candy...I added it to my TBR...thanks!
me too~! Just what I need, another book on my TBR pile-LOL! Thank you!!!
Just finished The Decoy Princess by Dawn Cook, I really enjoyed it! Not your typical fantasy book or your typical romance or your typical heroine! I found myself so anxious to see what would happen next that I'd be speed reading through a few lines. Had to take a deep breath and slow myself down!
Arms-Commander by L.E. Modesitt Jr.. This is about the 15th book in the Recluse saga & I loved it as much as the first.
i read Ice (by, Sarah Beth Durst), Beading Violet (by, Dia Reeves), and Perfect Chemistry (by, Simone Elkeles).Loved them all!! :)
Blackout by Connie Willis, Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, The Swan Thieves: A Novel by Elizabeth Kostova, and The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley.
Just finished Silent Partner - Jonathan Kellerman today.
Attempted to read The Bitch Goddess Notebook - Martha O'Connor and really can't get into going backwards and forwards between 3 characters. Now I need to think what sort of mood I am in to read.
well, I recently finished an amazing piece of cake my wife made...and yeah it was kinda like love :o)~As for books...I love The Nightmare Academy books...they are a lot of fun :o)
I just finished Sharpe's Prey. I was very impressed. We watched some of the movies years ago & liked them, but I'd never gotten around to the books. This is the 5th in the series, but I stumbled over it a year ago & finally got around to reading it. I waited too long! Now I'm getting the first 4. There are over 20 in the series, though.http://sharpe.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
has a good run down of them all & the movies.
I just finished The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson. I really liked it.
I finished up 2 books this weekend. Soulless by Gail Carriger and Academy 7 by Anne Osterlund. While I liked both books, I thought Academy 7 was really GREAT! Character development, world setting, plot... all very engrossing. I couldn't put it down. It's a YA Sci-fi book, but don't let that fool you. It's really good. The only problem I saw what that I truly wanted to read more about the characters. Their story has only just begun!
M. wrote: "I finished up 2 books this weekend. Soulless by Gail Carriger and Academy 7 by Anne Osterlund. While I liked both books, I thought Academy 7 was really GREAT! Character development, world setting, ..."I loved Soulless! Fun read! I am about to order the second one from Borders since my local store doesn't have it.
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Would I recommend it, well that depends on how much you like Historical Fiction and if you can handle 2 sides to a story over 800 odd years between them. Also swapping between the 2 characters as well. ONLY 1 character from the 2 ages connects them as well