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lipglossjunky73 Posted: Mar 10, 2007 03:04 PM+

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Posted: Mar 10, 2007 03:04 PM

OK - need a good book to read while I still have some time....

I temporarily dropped out of my book club since I wont be able to make meetings for a while, and am not too interested in the recent book they selected anyway, so I need a good book of substance that I can read in the next 3 weeks....

Stephanie - you know what I like, but I am not into chick lit... I like good stories that really grab you right away - no slow beginnings unless its really worth it....

I have read and enjoyed the following:

Kite Runner
Bel Canto
Running with Scissors
Namesake
Red Tent

Stuff like that...

lacey&mark Posted: Mar 10, 2007 03:25 PM+

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Posted: Mar 10, 2007 03:25 PM

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i haven't ready any of the books you mentioned, but i would recommend books by Jodi Picoult. I LOVE her books. My Sister's keeper is my fave. I want to read her new one, 19 Minutes, its about a school shooting and its vicitims and the shooter.

ant n tilde Posted: Mar 10, 2007 04:02 PM+

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Posted: Mar 10, 2007 04:02 PM

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Zadie Smith - On Beauty
Amazing book!

PUSH - Sapphire.

lipglossjunky73 Posted: Mar 10, 2007 04:17 PM+

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Posted: Mar 10, 2007 04:17 PM

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Wow - Push is hardcore! I read that quite a while ago - I like Sapphire a lot - she wrote a great book of poetry as well

I read my sister's Keeper - I liked it until the stupid ending, which made me wind up hating the book....

I'll look up On Beauty

ant n tilde Posted: Mar 10, 2007 04:30 PM+

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Posted: Mar 10, 2007 04:30 PM

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Posted by lipglossjunky73

Wow - Push is hardcore! I read that quite a while ago - I like Sapphire a lot - she wrote a great book of poetry as well

I read my sister's Keeper - I liked it until the stupid ending, which made me wind up hating the book....

I'll look up On Beauty

yeah Push is no joke - i should have put a warning with that one lol. The poetry is also amazing!

oooh and my favorite Zadie Smith book is White Teeth! i always get them confused. On Beauty was good too but White Teeth is much better!

Ruth Kluger Still Alive is another hardcore book but its also great.

imas98 Posted: Mar 10, 2007 06:40 PM+

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Posted: Mar 10, 2007 06:40 PM

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These are my favorite books from our bookclub....you might like these:

Stolen Lives - Malika Oufkir
Confideracy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
Interpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri
******* out of Carolina - Dorothy Allison
Life of Pi - Yann Martel
The Color of Water - James McBride

nickipa Posted: Mar 10, 2007 07:56 PM+

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Posted: Mar 10, 2007 07:56 PM

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have you read The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon?? based on what you said you liked i think you would enjoy!

nmagel Posted: Mar 11, 2007 12:27 AM+

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Posted: Mar 11, 2007 12:27 AM

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The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova
Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
The Other Boleyn Girl - Phillipa Gregory

cherilicious16 Posted: Mar 11, 2007 12:34 AM+

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Posted: Mar 11, 2007 12:34 AM

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EAT PRAY LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(I feel very strongly about this recommendation....

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lipglossjunky73 Posted: Mar 11, 2007 10:47 AM+

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Posted: Mar 11, 2007 10:47 AM

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Cool - thanks ladies - I'll check these out on Amazon and see if any story lines grab me - I had Life of Pi for the longest time and never got to it - now its in a box somewhere from moving....

stephanielyse Posted: Mar 11, 2007 01:19 PM+

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Posted: Mar 11, 2007 01:19 PM

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lipglossjunky73 Posted: Mar 11, 2007 03:36 PM+

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Posted: Mar 11, 2007 03:36 PM

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Posted by stephanielyse

Liza, read The Time Traveler's Wife. I'm super serious.

SUPER serious, huh?

hmpena Posted: Mar 11, 2007 10:37 PM+

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Posted: Mar 11, 2007 10:37 PM

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I know This Much is True- Wally Lamb

The Secret Life of Bees

An oldie, but my favorite book of all time is Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.

LuvMyAlfonse Posted: Mar 12, 2007 10:44 AM+

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Posted: Mar 12, 2007 10:44 AM

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Posted by hmpena

I know This Much is True- Wally Lamb

Great read! Long, but worth it.

Also, The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman.

greenfreak Posted: Mar 12, 2007 10:45 AM+

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Posted: Mar 12, 2007 10:45 AM

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Posted by stephanielyse

Liza, read The Time Traveler's Wife. I'm super serious.

I liked that one too. Got a little hard to keep track of at times, but it was good.

I know This Much is True- Wally Lamb

The Secret Life of Bees

Are you in Oprah's book club or something?

Those are good though, I've read them too. The Secret Life of Bees was great.

I have to catalog my books one day and make a list of the best ones. And sell the rest. I have a ton of books that were pure crap.

If you haven't seen the movie yet, try In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner. I like the movie too.

I've been into mystery thrillers lately and am working my way through all of Jeffrey Deaver's books and Douglas Preston/Lincoln Child's books.