Help! Need new reads

[[deleted user]]

I just joined and am excited to find some new books to read! I'm dying of boredom and bad books! Oh, by the way, I'm Libby. :)

[Lori, Super Mod]

Hi Libby. Welcome to the group. I can promise you will not be bored here, and there are TONS of great books being read RIGHT THIS MINUTE, check out the threads!!

[Jackie]

Welcome Libby! Lori is right...poke through the threads and you will find plenty of good books around here. Is there a certain genre you prefer?

[Efe]

Hi Libby, I'm new too and just discovered this group today. What genre of book do you enjoy? Or if that is too broad, can you name two or three books that you loved?

[Carol]

Welcome Libby. Check out the , what does your bookshelf or shelves look like. You will get a kick out of them. The pictures are great on that thread.

[jessi]

Welcome! Two books I read recently that I really enjoyed were Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates and The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Maybe you would enjoy them, too.

[Laura]

Welcome Libby!

They call me the pusher. Here's some great ones. Click on the titles to see descriptions of the book:

1. I Am the Messenger and

2. The Book Thief both by Markus Zusak

I recommend you read Messenger first, then Thief. They are both classified as YA (Young Adult) lit. Although they both could easily crossover to the adult shelves.

3. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. If you're looking for a feel-good read, something that feels like a black and white film where you just want to move in with the characters, this one's for you.

4. The Secret Life of Bees - this is about strong women, and the Civil Rights movement. Powerful, and beautifully written from the point of view of a 14-15 year-old girl.

5. The Count of Monte Cristo - if you're looking for a long book that will captivate you completely and totally, you've found it! And it moves so fast, you won't even believe you've read about 1300 pages when you're done. A thrilling read!

Those are some of my favorites from the past year. Never fear Libby - you'll never run out of book recommendations in this group.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Ahhhh.. the Count! Best month I ever spent with a book (well, ok, that and Brothers Karamazov!)

[Elizabeth of Silver's Reviews]

Laura wrote: "Welcome Libby!

They call me the pusher. Here's some great ones. Click on the titles to see descriptions of the book:

1. I Am the Messenger and



2. [book:The Book Thief|1906..."



These are all excellent reads.

[Mary]

Welcome, Libby!

It's hard to know what to suggest for your reading pleasure since I don't know anything about your preferrences so I'll just name a few books that have made an impression on me, OK?
The Crimson Petal and the WhiteA darkly amusing look at Victorian culture.
The Story of Junk A novel or possibly an autobiography about heroin addiction and the New York Scene in the '80s.
The Death of Vishnu The lives of a group of very different familes living in the same apartment building in Bombay as a homeless man slowly dies in the stairwell, lost in his memories and religious visions.

[[deleted user]]

Aw, thanks guys! I feel more loved here then at my church. (JK) I'll take you suggestions to heart and read them. (Adventure books or any funny fiction ones are my fav since someone asked)

[Amy]

Hi Libby,
Some books I like are The Nature of Jade
The Treasure Map of Boys
Life of Pi
The Playful Way to Serious Writing
Hope there's at least one on that list
that does not leave you bored!- Amy

[Katie]

Laura wrote: "They call me the pusher."

LOL, Laura. I think there are a few of your kind around here.

[Laura]

Yeah, we're a bit.....yeah, we're a bit overpopulated here....

:)

It's fun tho.

[Laura]

Elizabeth wrote: "Laura wrote: "Welcome Libby!

They call me the pusher. Here's some great ones. Click on the titles to see descriptions of the book:

1. I Am the Messenger and



2. [book:The Book ..."

Thanks Elizabeth!

[Laura]

Lori wrote: "Ahhhh.. the Count! Best month I ever spent with a book (well, ok, that and Brothers Karamazov!)"

I have to read Brothers K and Crime & Punishment too. Have you read that one yet Lori?

[Lori, Super Mod]

Crime and Punishment? No, but I do own it, and it is patiently waiting its turn. I just read The Double by him tho, and --well--uhm-- not a fan of that one at all.

[Laura]

Hmm...that's interesting.

Have you read anything else by Dumas? Did you read 3Musk yet?

[Lori, Super Mod]

Yes, 3 musketeers was great too! Not as easy to slip into as Count, and of course not as long of a commitment :)

[Suzanne]

How about 'The Poisonwood Bible'??!

[Lori, Super Mod]

Actually, I just picked up Poisonwood Bible at the salvation army today! a buck! I dont think I will get to it for the group read, but I do plan on getting to it sometime... uhm..soon...I hope!

[Pavel]

Lori, C & P and Double are so different. Double is one his first pieces of prose published, somewhat rookie writing, it was written even before death sentence, which influenced all his books, and his personality drastically. C & P is written 20 years after, there are dozen of books in-between, he only became D. as we know him by that time, and all other great novels (like karamazov Brothers, Idiot, the possessed were only laying ahead.

[Pavel]

... and Hi, Libby ^)

[Lori, Super Mod]

Well, Loved Bro's K, and own C&P, The Idiot and Demons, as well as some others. I am looking forward to giving them all a shot!