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Gentlemen and Players sounds really good. I've added it to my TBR. Thanks!I recommend The Mephisto Club by Tess Gerritsen
Mmmm... being in Iraq soured me on reading/watching any war related anthing. No thanks.
Valley of the Dolls by Jaqueline Susann
added to my TBR totally something i would read :)I recommed Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
hands down one of my favorite books ever
I definitely want to read Speak, but it's not at the top of my TBR list. Have you read Just Listen? A lot of people tell me it is very similiar.Okay..I'm going to shock everyone and NOT recommend A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels, and The Sweet Far Thing (read it). Ahem. I recommend Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson.
That one looks good - I put it on my TBR list! Which, btw, also includes A Great and Terrible Beauty and the others. :) I even have them on my shelf at home waiting to be read!They Did It with Loveby Kate Morgenroth
That book looks like a good read - I added to my TBR list. I can't wait to get to it. I loved Great and Terrible Beauty & Rebel Angels. Now I'm waiting on The Sweet Far Thing from the library.I really enjoyed Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella. It's a fun read between more serious books.
:D Thanks Jen and Natalya! Suite Scarlett is my second favorite Maureen Johnson book, I'm sure you won't be dissapointed!
Not really into amnesiacs.How about The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor? I love books of short stories where every story is interconnected.
It's been a long time isnce I read it. The stories were very intense and disturbing.War with the Newts
Sounds fun, creepy, and interesting all at once going to check it out. :)Great classic I finally read, the movie adaptions don't even come close:
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Ugh! I don't like animals in pain, and there was quite a lot of that in "The Island of Dr. Moreau", considering it's so short... Although it is a good book about what it means to be "human", and I do think everyone should read it... Sorry! Ranting!The Dante Club A Novel
Added to my TBR sounds interesting!Oh, believe me I can't stand mistreatment of animals in the slightest {small rant to follow}
My hubby and I adopted a senior dog from the local no kill humane society a year and a half ago. She had been found beaten, abandoned, and abused on the army post and they wanted to put her down so the animal shelter took her in. She was so terrified of men she would flatten out on the ground and shake when any man got near her. For a while certain objects would do the same to her ie. bringing out a fly swatter to get a fly and she would be in terror. Made me irate at the thought of people hurting her especially because she is such a sweet, loving, grateful little girl.
Anyways, sorry sometimes rants must be done and that was short for me!
The Man Who Heard Voices Or, How M. Night Shyamalan Risked His Career on a Fairy Tale
I am more into autobiographies and memoirs than biographies, particularly of famous people so I will pass on this one. I did like The Sixth Sense movie though.For a somewhat scary memoir, particularly in these times when terrorism is a large concern, how about The Radioactive Boyscout by Ken Silverstein.
I'll give anything a try.
New Ballads by Rod McKuen (poetry)
New Ballads by Rod McKuen (poetry)
I don't read much poetry, but I wouldn't say that I'd never read it.Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley
Flags of Our Fathers was a so-so movie, but I'd give the book a shot.For poetry I recommend Native Guard. It won the Pulitzer Prize a couple of years ago. Particularly interesting in light of the election of our first African-American President.
Added to my "To-Read" books.Okay, from poetry to pets. How about Dog Is My Co-Pilot Great Writers on the World's Oldest Friendship by the editors of Bark Magazine. A nice compliation of stories about dogs and people. The sequel, Howl A Collection of the Best Contemporary Dog Wit, just came out in paperback and is waiting for me in my TBR pile.
If it's not too late, I'd like to keep this list going. I love getting tons of new books for my TBR list!I actually adore stories about the relationships between people and their dogs. Marley and Me remains one of my favorite books ever.
How about Blink The Power of Thinking Without Thinking?
Don't usually read 'self help' type books, sounds interesting though.I would like to recomend - year of wonders by geraldine brooks
I found it for $1.00 at a library sale and am looking forward to reading it. When God Looked the Other Way An Odyssey of War, Exile, and Redemption
Nancy, that sounds great - I hadn't heard of it, but now am interested in searching for it!The Miracle Game, Josef Skvorecky.
Oooh, this sounds good, El! My Czech penpal sent me one of his books and I can't remember the exact title. Detective stories about Lieutenant Boruvka, I think.I found When God Looked the Other Way An Odyssey of War, Exile, and Redemption while I was at a bookstore in Poland, but the hardcover price was ridiculously high, so I just wrote down the title and author and got it through my library.
Trash Sex Magic
Never heard of it. But putting it on my TBR list! Looks great! Hard Times by Charles Dickens
I've only read A Tale of Two Cities and am not sure if this would be my first choice, but it does sound interesting.Tender Morsels
Dont't know Tender Morsels (author??), but will look for it for my TBR list. I'm recommending Fifth Business by Robertson Davies (a Canadian).
Just click on the link, Brenda. You will see the book and author.
The blurb on Fifth Business just didn't catch my interest.For someone who likes fantasy, how about Rhapsody Child of Blood by Elizabeth Haydon?
I've had it on my shelf for some time and just haven't got around to it. Fiend The Shocking True Story Of Americas Youngest Serial Killer
Not the kind of book I'd be interested in reading. Sorry. I recommend Before You Knnow Kindness by Chris Bohjalian.
I hear good things about Chris Bohjalian and loved the one book of his I've read. I'll add it.Big Stone Gap
Sounds like it would be worth a go.I found I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Joanne Greenberg to be an interesting read.
I read I Never Promised you a Rose Garden in school a hundred years ago. I remember it being sort of the Girl Interrupted of the 60s.On that theme, but non-fiction, I recommend Lauren Slater's Prozac Diary.
Proza Diary - not sure. I recommend One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus
It looks kinda interesting, but I hate reading books strung together by journal entries...but the premise sounds great. A bunch of women sent by the government to marry the Indians. So I say yes, if you don't mind reading journal entries.Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin.
Debby wrote: "Not the kind of book I'd be interested in reading. Sorry. I recommend Before You Knnow Kindness by Chris Bohjalian. "
Good suggestion. I have enjoyed most of Bohjalian's books. Also read "Skeletons at the Feast", by the same author.
Hmm. I really enjoyed Midwives, so I will look up both of these. :)I love J. California Cooper and one of my all time faves is:
The Wake of the Wind A Novel
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BIG STONE GAP is not written by Bohjalian!
Barbara I think JG is recommending Big Stone Gap as her recommendation. Someone recommends a book and the next persons says whether they would read it or not and then the recommend a book.
I'm am all confused at where we are, but I've added The Wake of the Wind to my to-read list!How about The Blue Girl by Charles de Lint?
I like Charles de Lint, so I'd read it.Staying with YA urban fantasy, how about Tithe A Modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black.
I read "Tithe" and liked it OK, but it wasn't one of my favorites.For horror fans I would recommend:
Dead Sea by Brian Keene
I like horror, but I don't think I've ever read a zombie book. I'd give it a try, at least until nightmares start!I recommend The Name of the Wind as a good new fantasy book. (Not to be confused with the book, The Shadow of the Wind)
Don't know that book but looks promising.
For a little bit of fantasy and a little bit of horror all woven in around a basic tale of romance I recommend: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
For a little bit of fantasy and a little bit of horror all woven in around a basic tale of romance I recommend: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
The Historian=LOVED it.If you love Pride and Prejudice, you have to check out North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Sadly, haven't read either of them but am starting to think that I need to correct that deficiency!Think you can't train a cat? Outwitting Cats Tips, Tricks and Techniques for Persuading the Felines in Your Life That What YOU Want Is Also What THEY Want by Wendy Christensen may change your mind!
Never heard of it.I was going to recommend the Historian, haha, so I'll say Yes Means Yes Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape
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