Tell me what to read!

[Sally, la reina]

Ok, so. I just finished a mad crazy hectic semester. It has been months and months since I've gotten into a really good book.
I read, and mostly liked, the Sookie books, the misogynist Tattoo Girl books, the Hunger Games series, all that trendy stuff.

I want something really good to read now. Something I can get from the library without going on the ridiculous 38 week waiting list. Something that will make me want to read when Leah goes down for naps. Something I'll think about all day long and yearn to pick back up again when I have a minute. Something like Lonesome Dove or An American Tragedy would be nice.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

The Jewel in the Crown

[Félix]

New York

[Brittomart]

The totally authentic A Million Little Pieces.

[Sally, la reina]

Liked that one Britt. Added those Larry and LG!

[Stina]

How about The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. It's just lovely.

[Sally, la reina]

Awesome, thanks guys! Now here's my new problem. I want to go to the library STAT and get started, or at least pick one up to take with me this weekend, and alas, Sweet Babe is down for a nice long nap and like hell if I'm going to wake her but conundrum! The library closes at 5 tonight for the holiday!

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Order it online and have it Fedexed same day delivery.

[Phoenix]

www.4shared.com

I'm just saying.

[Ken]

Secrets of Methamphetamine Manufacture 8th edition [Paperback]

[Arminius]

Washington, a life.

[Michael]

Not sure if any of these are in the library:
A Dangerous Man - Charlie Huston
Gun Monkeys - Victor Gischler
Election - Tom Perrotta
The Blade Itself - Marcus Sakey

[RandomAnthony]

Does it have to be fiction? I'm reading Almond's Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life because Pi liked it. So far it's pretty good.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/69...

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

If it doesn't have to be fiction, I'll recommend Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble and Coming of Age in the Bronx. It was a 5-star read for me.

[[deleted user]]

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

[Sally, la reina]

Oh, Jaye! One of my very favorite books ever. Ever ever.

Ken, Secrets of Methamphetamine Manufacture ??? For realz? What is it like? It sounds creepy and boring, if that combination is possible. Yet if it is anything like E! True Hollywood Story and/or Cops I'd be into it.

[Brittomart]

I got made so much fun of 'cause A Tree Grows in Brooklyn was MY SHIT for a long time.

[[deleted user]]

Britt-Britt wrote: "I got made so much fun of 'cause A Tree Grows in Brooklyn was MY SHIT for a long time."

that is sad ! who makes fun of that book?? for pete's sake

[Sally, la reina]

Right? Jerks.


(**pssst: Jaye: If you hold down the "shift" key whilst typing a letter it makes it capital.**)

[[deleted user]]

Sally wrote: "Right? Jerks.


(**pssst: Jaye: If you hold down the "shift" key whilst typing a letter it makes it capital.**)"

um. is this required? rats.
mine is sporadic at best.

[Michael]

Jaye wrote: "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"

Thanks for that recommendation! I remember seeing the movie years ago but I've never read the book.

[Michael]

A Confederacy of Dunces

[Sally, la reina]

Yes, one of my favorite books.

[Michele]

Jaye wrote: "Sally wrote: "Right? Jerks.


(**pssst: Jaye: If you hold down the "shift" key whilst typing a letter it makes it capital.**)"

um. is this required? rats.
mine is sporadic at best."

hi,jaye: me too.

[Aynge]

Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
The Bone People by Keri Hulme
Island of the Sequined Love Nun by Chris Moore
Lamb by Chris Moore
The Elvis Cole series by Robert Crais
The Riders by Tim Winton
The Kenzie/Gennaro series by Dennis Lehane
The Jeeves stories by PG Wodehouse
All of the Sherlock Holmes stuff
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
Naked by David Sedaris
The Secret History by Donna Tartt

[Michele]

"Macbeth",my favorite by the bard

[Michael]

Aynge wrote: "The Kenzie/Gennaro series by Dennis Lehane"

Up there with the best PI stories ever written, IMO.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

The Road

[Aynge]

I can't wait to read the new one! Took ten years but I had given up all hope.

[Michael]

Aynge wrote: "I can't wait to read the new one! Took ten years but I had given up all hope."

I'm looking forward to it but I'll probably wait for the PB to be released.

[Sally, la reina]

I'm really enjoying the jewel in the crown so far.I'm on page 42 or so.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

When you're done reading the whole series (4 novels) there's the BBC miniseries.

[Michael]

Speaking of a BBC miniseries, has anyone read the Red Riding Quartet by David Peace?
Nineteen Seventy Four

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

You might like Perlmann's Silence, published in German in 1995, translated into English recently. It's very long. A bit of a psychological thriller. A linguistics professor from Germany named Perlmann goes to Italy for an academic conference, even though he hasn't prepared a lecture. His Russian colleague has a visa problem, so Perlmann considers whether he should present his colleague's paper as his own. Don't read the book description, as it gives away the most major spoilers. But I will say that crimes are contemplated, murder and suicide are contemplated, he begins to have a mental or nervous breakdown, and reviewers have compared it to Crime and Punishment.