NWR : Books QOTD

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Posted by xcalystax

I love Isabella Allende novels. I read ANYTHING I can get my hands on! However lately there has been no time! I think the last book I read was :Everything is Illuminated. I also looooved the 5 people you meet in heaven. I was in the middle of the airport waiting for my plane and getting all teary eyed reading it!

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I've been reading Allende since HS!!! LOVE her....

I just started Everything is Illuminated...

I guess my top 5 would be:

1. The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
2. The Kite Runner (forgot his name)
3. Secret Life of Bees
4. All the Harry Potters (I know - I'm cheating - its more than 1 book)
5. The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver

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Posted by lipglossjunky73

1. The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

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This book had me bawling (not just crying, but bawling), but it was so good. Loved it.

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Posted by seta

A really fun author that I also like is Marian Keyes...she is british and her charecters are young/single in London...they are funny, tragic, have drama and are a good read.

Some are:
Watermelon
Angels
Rachels Holiday

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I like Marian Keys also...great writer

I like ann Rice, Nicoles Sparks and All the Harry poter.


did any one read the memouires of a Gasha Girl????

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Posted by SuzBride

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Posted by lipglossjunky73

1. The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

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This book had me bawling (not just crying, but bawling), but it was so good. Loved it.

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I didn't cry, but this was a great book!
I am reading alot of historical fiction right now about the Tudor dynasty. I am really enjoying books by Philippa Gregory.
I also really love the Harry Potter Books. I was into 'chick lit' for while, but got tired of it.

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Posted by hsacks23r

did any one read the memouires of a Gasha Girl????

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I read it ages ago and absolutely loved it. I've been meaning to reread it.

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Posted by sarahbelle

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Posted by hsacks23r

did any one read the memouires of a Gasha Girl????

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I read it ages ago and absolutely loved it. I've been meaning to reread it.

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I would like to read it 1st so then I can go and see the movie...I will never see the movie and then read the book.

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Posted by conigs25

Ok I know there is a thread for this but i know none of my 06 girls will yell at me for bringing a NWR topic here,

Dont you love the feeling of reading a book and wanting so bad to go and read more??

So.....
what are your top 5 'cant put it down' books?
Mine are: (not in any order)

1. 'The Guardian' and 'Bend in a Road' Nicholas Sparks
2. 'The Saving Graces' by Patricia Gaffney
3. 'Here on Earth' by Alice Hoffman
4. 'Three Wishes' by Barbara Delinsky
5. 'Diary of a Mad Bride to Be'

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'Diary of a Mad Bride to Be' was that good???

Top 5 Books:

1. THe Kite Runner
2. Girl with a Pearl Earring
3. THe Bluest Eye
4. The Lovely Bones
5. THe DaVinci Code

anything by Michael Cunningham
secret life of bees
good grief by lolly winston

what a great thread! i LOVED the kiterunner, but since a lot of people have said it, i'll add different things.
1) anything by ian mckewan, especially amsterdam and atonment
2) the fortress of solitude
3) bel canto
4) the known world (not done with it yet)
5) anything by amy tan

1. DaVinci Code
2. Summer Sisters - good one
3. The Saving Graces
4. Bridget Jones Diary - another easy read, but I did love it.
5. The Guardian - although I thought this started slow, the ending was well worth it.

FH just bought me Memoirs of a Geisha.


ETA - How I could I forget? Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas - after DaVinci code, my all time favorite! Talk about a tear jerker!!

1. Valley of the Dolls
2. Franny and Zooey (and anything by JD Salinger)
3. Appointment in Samarra
4. Jane Eyre
5. Harry Potter Series

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Posted by xcalystax

I love Isabella Allende novels. I read ANYTHING I can get my hands on! However lately there has been no time! I think the last book I read was :Everything is Illuminated. I also looooved the 5 people you meet in heaven. I was in the middle of the airport waiting for my plane and getting all teary eyed reading it!

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OMG I thought I was the only person in the world that read her! She's my favorite author...I have read most, if not all, of her novels in Spanish. She rocks!

Anyway, I like to read in Spanish if the book was written in that language...I have way too many books that I love, but these are my faves that I've re-read a few times over.

1) Eva Luna - Isabel Allende (my favorite book ever! made a huge impact on me when I was 13)
2) Cronica De Una Muerte Anunciada - Gabriel Garcia Marquez (anything by him, really)
3) Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom
4) When I was Puerto Rican - Esmeralda Santiago
5) How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents - Julia Alvarez

I loooove all Harry Potter novels
Ann Rice's Beauty Trilogy (WOW)
A Million Little Pieces very realistic and vividly portrayed,
Native Son and all VC Andrews books!!!!!!

wow almost forgot Dan Brown's Angels & Demons and the Da Vinci Codes, anything by Zane ( Sex Chronicles ) and ANYTHING by Eric Jerome Dickey!!!

trying to read the Alchemist now but Im having a hard time starting

1. 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' Gabriel Garcia Marquez - easily the best book I've ever read in my entire life
2. 'Les Miserables' Victor Hugo - slow start, incredible story
3. 'The Outsiders' S.E. Hinton - when I can't sleep at night, I turn to this book for comfort
4. 'Til We Have Faces' C.S. Lewis - great twist on the myth of Psyche
5. 'Less Than Zero' Brett Easton Ellis - brutal and brilliant

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Posted by psf80

anything by Michael Cunningham
secret life of bees
good grief by lolly winston

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I just read Good Grief last month - great book!

1. 'Princess Bride'
2. 'Blue Blood' by Edward Conlon
3. Any of the 'Cat Who...' Mysteries by Lillian Jackson Braun
4. Alot of the books by Linda Howard - like the Mackenzie series

I cant think of 5 absolute favorites - but i'd love to read 'diary of a mad bride to be' i never heard of that before.

ETA: 5. The outsiders!!!! I have so many books i love but i'm drawing a blank and tend to post before i read the rest of the posts
(i know its a very bad habit)

ETA: also To Kill a Mockingbird - and I know why the caged bird sings by Maya Angelou - I picked up my first Nick Sparks book the other day but havent gotten around to it yet.

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Posted by psf80

anything by Michael Cunningham
secret life of bees
good grief by lolly winston

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secret life of bees that was a good one

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Posted by nygirl77

Oh boy - this is a toughie.

1. Janet Evanovich Stephanie Plum series - all 11 were great!
2. Nicholas Sparks - love his stuff too...wouldn't say they are all books you can't put down...but I love him.
3. Marian Keyes - lovin' her books too!
4. Sophia Kinsella - Shopaholic series!
5. Judy Blume - Summer Sisters! Love, love, love this book!
6. Harry Potter!!

I used to be a big Mary Higgins Clark fan - but started getting tired of her books...her old stuff is great though!

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I too loved all of Janet Evanovichs books
Summer sisters is one of my faves
and you are so right about mary higgins clark..
wow we are on the same page..LMAO