Favourite/Suggested Read

[Reckless Roselia]

What is your favourite read or author? Which genre inspires you and why? Which book/s will you suggest others to read and why?

[Reckless Roselia]

My suggested read would be Naughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman.

[Reckless Roselia]

I'm gonna start reading the Black Dagger Brotherhood series by J.R. Ward. He's the best selling paranormal romance author and I want to experiment with that genre.

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I like books by Joyce Meyer. I like her straightforward talk and approach. I think "Battlefield of the Mind" was an amazing book and i have even purchased copies of it for other people.

[Reckless Roselia]

Hi Shooby,

Thank you for that book. I shall read it.

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I don't what kind of books you like but i prefer non fiction. If you like Christian themed books, then another really good book is "The Bait of Satan" by John Bevere.

[Reckless Roselia]

I prefer reading both fiction and non fiction - but as a form of escapism then it's purely fiction. I prefer reading the genre crime - romance I like too.

Are there no bookworms on this board?

[mox]

I am getting to read the Marcus Samuelsson book ("Yes, Chef")...the HANDSOME, TALENTED chef on "Chopped." Such an interesting story.

[mox]

"In the Shadow of the Banyan" by Vaddey Ratner is another one I have on hand. Excellent reviews.

[Artemis Windsong]

I have read several Anita Shreve books - Testimony, The Weight of Water, and The Pilot's Wife.

I am in a book group so I get some good suggestions. Our next book is One Thousand White Women. The author escapes me for now.

I just requested Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks. I also read 3 weeks with My Brother.

I have a list from another book group if anyone is interested.
Not So Wild a Dream by Eric Severeid

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Postcards from Tomorrow Square by James Fallows

Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Your Inner Fish by Neil Schubin

Citizens of London by Lynne Olson

The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

Still Alice by Lisa Genova [This made a profound impact on me and I do remember it.]

[mox]

Thanks, Artemis. Taking notes here...

[mox]

"Your Inner Fish"

[mox]

"A Turn In The Road," by Debbie Macomber.

[chiver78]

I'm in the middle of "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel. it's taking me longer than I'd like, but it is still interesting.

in the same B&N order, I picked up "The Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns" both by Khaled Hosseini. both were excellent, and I highly recommend them.

my guilty pleasure books lately are Nicholas Sparks, those are single-sitting, case of Kleenex (usually) reads.

I've got a more academic stack of books waiting to be read, recommended by my sis - a rather unconventional HS English teacher. she rarely fails me, I'll post back when I get to 'em if there's anything really good

[mox]

"The Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns"

I read the first and saw the movie, not the second though...

[mox]

I really liked Steven Tyler's autobiography. He is quite intelligent, gifted. He had a really neat childhood too! Loved reading about summers at his family resort. Sorry, the title was something like "Can You Hear The Voices In My Head?" I think...

[chiver78]

I liked the second one better, actually - the main characters were two women married to the same awful man. I was very impressed with their strength and will to survive.

[mox]

"I liked the second one better, actually - the main characters were two women married to the same awful man. I was very impressed with their strength and will to survive."

I better get it then. Thanks!

"Gone Girl" is a good read...I heard.

[saveinla]

Aug 26, 2012 18:32:20 GMT -5 Artemis Windsong said:

Still Alice by Lisa Genova [This made a profound impact on me and I do remember it.]

and the Thousand Splendid Sons was really good too.

[chiver78]

Aug 26, 2012 19:21:40 GMT -5 saveinla said:

Aug 26, 2012 18:32:20 GMT -5 Artemis Windsong said:

Still Alice by Lisa Genova [This made a profound impact on me and I do remember it.]

and the Thousand Splendid Sons was really good too.

I don't know how I missed this quoted post before, but I totally concur on "Still Alice"

I can't imagine losing myself to something so awful as Alzheimer's, and I'm not even in a position to understand exactly what's going to happen to me over time and long enough away that I won't understand while it's happening. very impactful read, good call.

[Artemis Windsong]

"The Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns"

Yes, I read these. Very good books and I saw the Kite Runner movie.

The Memory Keepers Daughter was a good book and movie.

I read The Christmas Box and just happened on the one showing of the movie on TV last Thanksgiving.

[Sum Dum Gai]

"Men are From Sperm, Women are From Eggs" is great!

I mostly read fiction though, specifically fantasy/sci fi. Song of Ice and Fire, The Lord of the Rings, pretty much anything Neal Stephenson writes, that kind of thing. I'm pretty sure we own every book David Gemmell ever wrote as well.

[mox]

"The Memory Keepers Daughter was a good book and movie."

I just saw the movie a few weeks ago...didn't read the book. Good movie.

[Loopdilou]

What Dark said. I read whatever sf/f the publishers send me for review/author interviews on my podcast. I get a lot of variety within those two genres.

I also love Clive Cussler and owe myself a read through of all the Dean Koontz novels.

[mox]

"all the Dean Koontz novels."

Those are good...James Patterson too.

[Reckless Roselia]

I picked up "The Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns" both by Khaled Hosseini. both were excellent, and I highly recommend them.

One of my dearest friends suggested I read The Kite Runner when we'd first met. He said I'd like it.

[Artemis Windsong]

A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson is funny.

At Home - a story of private life is the history of rooms in a house and how they came into being.

[Artemis Windsong]

DH reads Jack Reacher books by Lee Child.

Both of us have read a lot of Clive Cussler.

State of Fear by Michael Crichton started us on the adventure fictions.

[swamp]

I love PJ o'Rourke.

[Peace Of Mind]

Aug 26, 2012 21:56:25 GMT -5 @mox said:

"all the Dean Koontz novels."

Those are good...James Patterson too.

Those are two of my favorites. I also love Stephen King, Maeve Binchey (sp?), John Grisham, M. Scott Peck, M.D. The Road Less Traveled and The Road Less Traveled and Beyond (I love psychology and how the mind works - or doesn't), Michael Crichton and tons others...