Our Top Reading/Book Lists

[Mandy]

I was one of those who just thought it was okay, didn't live up to the hype for me but I did like the way the story was told.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Kirsty, yikes, you know you are getting old as an actress when you are hired to play the GRANDMOTHER... haa haa.... I remember when Susan Sarandon was the hot little lady wearing nothing but her slip in ROcky Horror Picture SHow!!

[Kirsty]

Yeah but Lori, if I look that good when I'm 60 without having had cosmetic surgery then I'll be VERY happy!

[Chloe]

Seriously, Susan Sarandon is still one of the most desirable women in Hollywood. Did you see her in Alfie? Point Proven.

[Lorena]

I like that she's perceived as beautiful although she has none of the traits of the "holliwood beauty", not blonde, not supper thin, no surgeries (as far as I know), and her eyes are kind of funny. Still you can't help but look at her wherever she goes, and demands attention just by being. I love her interviews too, she's always so classy and smart. Another person that exhudes that kind of aura is Julianne Moore, IMO.

[Kirsty]

I think Susan Sarandon is stunning, and I agree with Lorena, it's refreshing that she doesn't particularly conform to Hollywood's idea of beauty.

I also love that she fights for what she believes in, something that more celebrities should be using their status to do...

Logan, I agree she looked hot in Alfie... (and that's coming from a straight woman!)

[Chloe]

Kirsty, I agree. I like the way in which Susan Sarandon uses her celebrity to advance various causes that she feels for. I also like Alicia Silverstone's outspoken support for PETA (even though I often find myself very much disagreeing with PETA). Pretty much the only celebrity I wish would stop getting behind causes is Sean Penn. He just tends to piss people off and turn them away from his causes.

[Nancy]

Nancy, most of my favs are SF/Fantasy also. I'll show you my list if you show me yours.

Logan, see my list of YA favorites under Message 24. I'll bet my list is bigger than yours! (Lorena, are you watching?)

[Chloe]

Eep! I can pretty much guarantee that your YA list is bigger than mine. Mine would be limited to the His Dark Materials trilogy. I'm going to go start a thread for my favorite SF/Fantasy reads.

[Nancy]

I haven't read Pullman's books yet, or seen the movie. Is it worth reading?

[Chloe]

The books are definitely worth reading. I read them over Christmas and devoured them in only a few days. I haven't seen the movie yet, but I haven't hear much good about it.

[Nancy]

I'll add them to my list...looking forward to your favorite SF/F reads.

[Macy]

Nancy - definitely check out the Pullman books - they are wonderful! The movie was entertaining but missed most of the points in the book. It was trying to fit so many things in that it ended up being too many scenes with not enough detail or character development.

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I read a book when I was 13 called Rogano, by Stephen Knight. I've never been able to find it, but I've never forgotten it.

[Linda]

Okay, I am sticking my toe in these waters.

Devil In The White City - Erickson
Suite Francaise - Nemirovsky
Charley's Web - Joy Fielding
First Mothers - Bonnie Angelo
Down River - John Hart
Die For Me - Karen Rose
Split Second - David Baldacci
Resistance - Owen Sheers

[Claire]

Here are some of my favorites (too many to list all here)!

Watership Down by Richard Adams
I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
The Shining by Stephen King
The Autobiography of Henry VIII by Margaret George
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
The Color Purple by Alice Walker

[Brenda]

Hmmm...I've been contemplating and I've decided to list the books that knocked my socks off.

River of Darkness by Rennie Airth
All Over But The Shoutin' by Rick Bragg
Maisie Dobbs by Jaqueline Winspear
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
Christy by Catherine Marshall
Outlander by Dianna Gabaldon
The Judge by Steve Martini
Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson
Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin
The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
The Wooded Sea by Jonathon Carroll

[Liesl]

Hi, All -- I'm new to this group which sounded perfect for me since I'm always looking for something new and interesting to read (in spite of having 70+ books on my TBR list). Here are some of my all time faves (in no particular order -- I love them all):

1. Hawaii by James Michener
2. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
3. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
4. Tully by Paullina Simons
5. Diana by R.F. Delderfield
6. It by Stephen King
7. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
8. From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
9. Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
10. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

[Jeane]

Katie that is a great idea!

Kristy, The lovely bones is for me one of the worst books iI ever read:-)