OK - need a good book to read while I still have some time....
lipglossjunky73
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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
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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
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Zadie Smith - On Beauty Amazing book!
PUSH - Sapphire.
lipglossjunky73
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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
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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
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.
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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
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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
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The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides The Other Boleyn Girl - Phillipa Gregory
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(I feel very strongly about this recommendation.... )
lipglossjunky73
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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....
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lipglossjunky73
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Liza, read The Time Traveler's Wife. I'm super serious.
SUPER serious, huh?
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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.
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I know This Much is True- Wally Lamb
Great read! Long, but worth it.
Also, The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman.
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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.
