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| Lucia Corak
New member Username: luciacorak Post Number: 39 Registered: 05-2008 |
Hello all, I was wondering if anyone out there had read any interesting books recently that they would recomend for summer reading? I just finnished Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen which I found to be a beautiful and thoroughly engaging read, and am currently in the middle of Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos which I would also highly recomend. Cheers! LC (Message edited by Luciacorak on June 25, 2008) "Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood." ~T. S. Eliot | ||
| Rania S. Watts
Intermediate Member Username: cementcoveredcherries Post Number: 760 Registered: 04-2008 |
Dear Lucia, What kind of books do you like reading? Based on what you like, I could definitely recommend something for you. But, for now I will leave you with two of my favourites; "A Prayer for Owen Meany" By: John Irving & "Fall on your Knees" By: Ann-Marie Macdonald. Both really good reads! Cheers, (Message edited by Cementcoveredcherries on June 25, 2008) Rania S. Watts "You will hardly know who I am or what I mean" ~ Walt Whitman Cement Covered Cherries | ||
| Fred Longworth
Senior Member Username: sandiegopoet Post Number: 4144 Registered: 05-2006 |
I am currently reading: What Happened by Scott McClellan Willful Blindness - A Memoir of the Jihad by Andrew C. McCarthy The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene Change Your thoughts - Change Your Life by Wayne Dyer I also read lots of thrillers - entirely for entertainment, not for insight or perspective. My latest author of interest is Lee Child. I just received the latest edition of The American Poetry Review Fred Unofficial Forum Pariah -- recent victim of alien abduction -- I'm running out of places to store the bodies. | ||
| Mariah Wilson
Intermediate Member Username: mariahwilson43 Post Number: 723 Registered: 11-2007 |
I am currently reading: The Good Guy by Dean R. Koontz (my favorite author of ALL time) Hiding From the Light by Barbara Erskine I just finished: The entire Anne of Green Gables series (my childhood favorite...good for a nice venture back in time now and then) A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon I also suggest: The Sword of Truth Series by Terry Goodkind (12 books in total) Eragon and Eldest by Christopher Paolini The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas Anything by Dean Koontz but especailly-By The Light of the Moon-False Memory-From the Corner of His Eye-Odd Thomas-Forever Odd-Brother Odd-Watchers-Twilight Eyes-The Husband- You are invited to view my new blog at http://www.fragmentsoffractals.blogspot.com | ||
| ~M~
Board Administrator Username: mjm Post Number: 30503 Registered: 11-1998 |
I am currently reading, rereading, or have just read: Novels/Collections/Non-fiction: "Whistling in the Dark" by Lesley Kagen "The Girl with a Pearl Earring" by Tracy Chevalier "The Wishbones" by Tom Perrotta "Breathing Lessons" by Anne Tyler "The Family Tree" by Carole Cadwalladr "Sicilian Summer" by Brian Johnston "Pilgrims" by Elizabeth Gilbert "Night" by Elie Wiesel "On Persephone's Island" by Mary Taylor Simeti "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" by Tom Wolfe "Sometimes a Great Notion" by Ken Kesey "The Distinguished Guest" by Sue Miller "A Theory of Relativity" by Jacquelyn Mitchard "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers "Dream When You're Feeling Blue" by Elizabeth Berg "The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters" by Elisabeth Robinson "Waiting to Surface" by Emily Listfield On the poetry side: "Amplitude" by Tess Gallagher "Saying the World" by Peter Pereira "God Particles" by Thomas Lux "In the Next Galaxy" by Ruth Stone "Strike Sparks" by Sharon Olds "Facts About the Moon" by Dorianne Laux "Sailing Alone Around the Room" by Billy Collins "Given Sugar, Given Salt" by Jane Hirshfield "Teahouse of the Almighty" by Patricia Smith "The Book of Light" by Lucille Clifton Various chapbooks by Oregon poets For pure fun and entertainment, I read a lot of chick-lit authors. My favorites are Emily Giffin, Jane Green, Marian Keyes, Carole Matthews, Anna Maxted, Jennifer Weiner, Lauren Weisberger, and Lolly Winston. Any of these ladies make great light summer reading if you want a woman's perspective on life. Love, M P.S. Yes, I really do read this much. It's a nasty addiction -- like breathing.  | ||
| Brianna
Valued Member Username: shkethtmnymkrhorsey Post Number: 218 Registered: 12-2007 |
Twilight- By Stephenie Meyer. There's a post on it a few threads down on it with what it's about posted, if you want you could check that out.... It's a series, the first book is Twilight, the second, New Moon, the third, Eclipse and the fourth, Breaking Dawn is coming out August 2. Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver. They're teen novels though since I'm only 13, but they're reallllyy cool fiction books. You might like them, especially Twilight it's my favorite of all time. Bri ...I heard a neigh. Oh, such a brisk and melodious neigh as that was! My very heart leaped with delight at the sound. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne "Before you, Bella, my life was like a moonless night. Very dark, but there were stars --points of light and reason....And then you shot across my sky like a meteor. Suddenly everything was on fire; there was brilliancy, there was beauty. When you were gone, when the meteor had fallen over the horizon, everything went black. nothing had changed, but my eyes were blinded by light. I couldn't see the stars anymore. And there was no more reason for anything." -Edward Cullen -Twilight "5 bucks she throws up." "I don't think so, she runs with vampires." -Jared & Embry -Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Time passes. Even when it seems impossible. Even when each tick of the second hand aches like the pulse of blood behind a bruise. It passes unevenly, in strange lurches and dragging lulls, but pass it does. Even for me.-Bella -Twilight | ||
| W.F. Roby
Intermediate Member Username: wfroby Post Number: 318 Registered: 03-2008 |
I'm doing a "thang" this summer. Trying to hit the high points of the Bible (could start a riot answering exactly WHAT I figure are those high points). Kinda boring I know. | ||
| Ros Badcoe (Rosemary)
Intermediate Member Username: endolith Post Number: 392 Registered: 03-2008 |
Nick Lane: Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life or, same author, Oxygen: the molecule that made the world. Both very highly recommended, for non-scientists as well as scientists. Very readable. Listening to Beowulf, trans by Seamus Heaney. Also very good so far. | ||
| Laura Ring
Advanced Member Username: laura Post Number: 1097 Registered: 05-2007 |
I recently read "A Fraction of the Whole" by Steve Toltz and "Kafka on the Shore" by Haruki Murakami. Both were fabulous. I highly recommend them. As for poetry, I just read Sarah Manguso's book "Siste Viator" and absolutely loved it. Cheers! Laura | ||
| Anna Brown
Member Username: tissuetoyou Post Number: 97 Registered: 11-2007 |
W.F. Roby, trying to do the same thing. Not exactly for entertainment, but just a think I know I need to do. As you will see below, I love A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin. Those things will last you all summer, I bet. They're huge. Only four are out so far, and it took me a whole two weeks to read each of them. They're totally worth it, though, and as of now, they're my favs. Have a good summer! Anna _________________________________________________ Every Imp could be a bastard, but not every bastard need be short. George R.R. Martin - A Game of Thrones | ||
| Ann Metlay
Senior Member Username: wordsrworthy Post Number: 4434 Registered: 08-2007 |
For complete escape there's Jodie Picoult. She gets her characters into very interesting predicaments. I am paying attention to small beauties, whatever I have--as if it were our duty to find things to love, to bind ourselves to this world. (Sharon Olds) | ||
| David C.
Intermediate Member Username: david_shay_mish Post Number: 442 Registered: 07-2007 |
Hey WF, I've been doing the same thing myself, on and off - mostly off - for a few years now. I'm trying to be even-handed about it, so I'm part way though Isaiah at the moment and I'm just about to start Luke. My rough rule of thumb so far is, anything with too much smiting, forget it. | ||
| W.F. Roby
Intermediate Member Username: wfroby Post Number: 321 Registered: 03-2008 |
David -- Some of the smitings are, by far, my favorite passages! There's a point where some kids get mauled by bears sent by God for just such a purpose. | ||
| sue kay
Intermediate Member Username: suekay Post Number: 824 Registered: 11-2005 |
OK here is my bedside stack. 1. The Senator's Wife by Sue Miller 2. Eastward to Tartary by Robert Kaplan 3. A House for Mr. Biswas by V.S. Naipaul 4. The Collected Short Stories of Flannery O'Conner by..... 5.The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. 6. Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg 7. American Fascists by Chris Hedges 8. Nobody's a Fascist by Nonie Theabov. The "New Yorker" summer fiction issue. The last six months of "Poetry" Here, Bullet by Brian Turner The Poetry of St John of the Cross. The last month's issues of "The Economist" The last month's Issues of "People" Two issues of "In touch" And for those who like the Tony Hillerman, which I do, I would recommend Bankok 8, and Bangkok Haunts, by John Burdett. If you like Jim Chee you will like Sonchai Jitpleecheep. It's mystery with an exotic flavour. regards Sue | ||
| Lucia Corak
New member Username: luciacorak Post Number: 41 Registered: 05-2008 |
Wow, I've gone away for a week and this whole thread has exploded into a literary wedding cake! I'm absolutly amazed by how much some of you folks read (yes M, I'm looking at you!), but that's okay because I'm not much different. Rania, I originally meant this as a place where people could trade ideas and titles, not specifically for me. But since you asked, I'm a huge fiction person but I've recently started getting into auto-biographies. For instance, right now I'm reading Benazir Bhutto's second (and last) book which is fascinating, as expected. Happy reading! LC "Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood." ~T. S. Eliot |
