I’m headed to the library today in hopes that I can find some good books! I LOVE to read! I’m a big fan of the Oprah-Book-Club books, I also absolutely LOVE VC Andrews (but unfortunately I’ve read all her books now), I also really like Mary Higgins Clark, but I’ve ALSO read all of her books lately.
I’m not much of a fan of Sci-Fi. It just doesn’t hold my interest… If anyone could give me some recommendations, I’d REALLY appreciate it!!
All opinions appreciated!
:):)
Try some of these, Breezy:
Christina Schwartz’s Drowning Ruth
William Lashner’s Veritas
Nancy Thayer’s Family Secrets
Deborah Churchman Cross a Dark Bridge
They should appeal to the V. C. Andrews fan in you.
I loved The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. I believe it was one of Oprah’s choices, so it may strike your fancy.
I just finished reading The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood and it was fabulous.
Fantazius Mallare by Ben Hecht.
A long-suppressed novel by the famous American playwright. Printed in a limited editon of 2,000 copies in 1922, it was confiscated by the federal government as obscene.
My edition was published by Harcourt Brace in 1978.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!
Since I FINALLY paid off my late fees at the library, and can check out books again, I’ve been going through them like crazy! I tallied up the pages of the books I’ve read since Sunday, and I I’ve read about 1,170 pages. haha Ifinished my last book today!! I was hoping some of you Dopers could help me out with what books to check out next!!!
Keep the recommendations coming, by the way!!
And, if anyone’s interested, I recommend ‘Here On Earth.’ It was an Oprah book quite a while ago, it’s SUCH a good one!
AND, if there’s anyone out there (who likes to read~~duh) who hasn’t ever read VC Andrews, I highly recommend her Flowers In The Attic series. The Dollanganger (sp?) Series is what it’s really called, I think. She’s a wonderful writer. Her ghost writer is doing all her novels now, because she’s passed away. I’d say you can definately tell it’s somebody else writing them now, but they are still pretty good! I finished the Hudson Series today on my lunch break.
Thanks again!
:):)
The Great Arc: The Dramatic Tale of How India was Mpped and Everest was Namd by John Keay:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060932953/qid=1004063187/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_11_1/002-1567122-6333629
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Inanity, and the Making of the Oxford nglish Dictionary by Simon Winchester
Medusa: Solving the Mystery of the Gorgon
(Sorry – couldn’t help myself)
I really have to learn to preview. This is a tale of insanity, not inanity.
KneadToKnow - Veritas is the only one of your four picks that I’ve read, but it’s a great choice for someone who’s looking for stories about evil, conniving families. Are the other three books like that too?
Ike, I went looking for the Hecht book. Amazon had no info on it so I googled, and the book is on line. !! I got all excited for a minute, until I remembered how much I hate reading fiction on line. So I’ll go find a copy somewhere. But at least I have an idea what it’s about.
Breezy – I scanned my shelves looking for something that would appeal to a V. C. Andrews reader, and I think you might like Power in the Blood by Greg Matthews.
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver.
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen. It’s Oprah’s latest choice and it seems to deviate a little from her usual fare. It is tragically funny, basically the story of a family and the "protagonist"s quest to get back a manuscript for a screenplay with way too many breast descriptions, to an agent whose secretary happens to be the girlfriend who just left him because of a manuscript with too many breast descriptions.
LOL, Ike, that choice stuck me as a tad un-Oprah Winfrey-like. Are you sure you don’t want to add Joris-Karl Huysmans’s “Against the Grain?” to your suggestion?
The Day After Tomorrow, By Allen Folsom. Every year of school I got an award for perfect attendance, except for the one year in which I skipped a day to read this book. IMHO It’s a work of art.
ahem
::clearing traffic on both sides::
ENDER’S GAME!!!
I know you don’t like Science Fiction. Read this book anyway. Trust me. You will love it.
Anyway, non sci fi, how about Shogun? Guy crashes his boat on 1600 Japan and must survive not knowing the language or the culture. Very good and a great introduction to early Japanese culture.
Non fiction? I just finished Guns, Germs and Steel which is quite excellent and a real eye opener as far as human history is concerned.
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
What a fantastic read! You get to learn about a fascinating culture and follow a gripping story with wonderful, colourful, compelling characters. And you’ll want to strangle Hatsumomo every step of the way. It’s great!
Nick
Ha! Googled.!
My prediction: This verb would be added to Oxford Dictionary pretty soon.
Anything by LaVyrle Spencer. Except Separate Beds. That one was kinda boring. But all her other stuff is great…I can read her books over and over.