Book Club

[AnewKINDofFEELIN 0]

I highly recommend Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah. While you're on the Bach kick, read Jonathon Livingston Seagull, as well. Very short, but extremely moving.

The last one I'll recommend is Ape and Essence by Aldous Huxley.

[Ban Hammer 14,269]

recommended by peejay or ls, can't remember which, but it's a good book.

[Mags 112]

I recommend Christopher Moore. I've just finished reading Bloodsucking Fiends and Practical Demonkeeping (of which the first chapter had me laughing out loud) and I've just purchased You Suck, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff - Christ's Childhood Pal and Fluke: Or, I know Why the Winged Whale Sings.

It's not often that an author comes along where I'm so eager to read his books, but Christopher Moore is absolutely brilliant.

Edited January 19, 2008 by Mags

[Ms. Squirrel 11]

Last book I read was The Road by Cormac McCarthy - fantasticly written, but don't read it when you have a bad day, it's just too apocalyptic and dark and you might go on a food binge afterwards for instant comfort.

For easy girly reading, Lisa Jewell is awesome. Ralph's Party was a really entertaining book and Vince & Joy I read in 12 hours on the way from Dubai to Melbourne. It is not as bad as the classic chick flick, but almost as bad.

Other than that I can recommend any John Irving book He's my all time favourite author, Hotel New Hampshire being my favourite book written by him, because it's so twisted. Crazy family, drama, tragedy, comedy and sex - what more can you want. And Irving's books are big, I love reading 500 pages and more.

Oh, and Laurie Notaro's books - the first one The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club being the best one. That woman is funny and I felt surprisingly sane after reading the short stories about her every day life, because she is definitely crazy.

[JVKn'CVO 11]

I just started reading "Henry Adams and the making of America". Has anyone read it?

Saludos,

Caro

[Nessa 23]

Some day I'll read a book

actually I used to read alot. Now I cannot even sit still long enough to read the whole journal.

Same here, I used to read at least 1 book/week, but it's been like over a year I just can't read anymore. It's like I exhausted my patience to actually sit and do something, my anxiety level is the highest ever, I can't sit quietly for too long.

[Alex & Rachel 78]

Add me to the 'used to read a book a week, now hardly read at all' camp. I usually only read now when I have a long train or plane journey.

On my way back from the US this month I read Bellwether by Connie Willis and Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. Both were very decent reads. Bellwether was a secret santa present and I am not usually a fan of science fiction but I found this very engaging and with the factual information presented in an interesting way.

Water for Elephants I picked up at the Chicago airport bookstore because it sounded right up my alley (historical fiction? Yes. Crime/mystery thriller? Yes!) and I was not disappointed; although I wouldn't say it entirely lived up to the claims on the back cover it was a fast paced, well-told and exciting story.

I have a bookshelf of unread books waiting for me at home. Alex wants me to read What Dreams May Come so that will probably be next.

Edited January 22, 2008 by Alex & Rachel

[Carlawarla 1]

I'm a voracious reader. I read about 5 books a week. I would say novels, are a favourite of mine.

I just finished two books this weekend that I'd recommend. Blue Water by A. Manette Ansay (author of Vinegar Hill), and Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier (author of Girl with a Pearl Earring). Both wonderful books, thought provoking.

My favourite book of all time is A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry. An incredible book that I cherish.

My favourite books are those with very very good character development. Coming-of-age, coming-of-menopause... are enticing books.

[*JG* 2]

I am reading "Saving Fish from Drowning" by Amy Tan. It's a little hard for me to get into. Friends tell me to hang in there and it will pick up. I sure hope so.

"No One Gets Out of Here Alive" Jim Morrison biography, "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Seabold, and "A Piece of Cake" by Cupcake Brown are the books that always come to mind when I think of books that touched me long after I read them.

[Steve'sGirl 0]

Just started "The God of Small Things". After reading "The Inheritance of Loss" I felt like reading yet another book by an Indian author.

I am reading "Saving Fish from Drowning" by Amy Tan. It's a little hard for me to get into. Friends tell me to hang in there and it will pick up. I sure hope so.

I read this book a few months ago. I agree, it takes a while to get into and to connect with the characters, but it was definitely worth it. Good book!

[Alex+R 0]

Just started "The God of Small Things". After reading "The Inheritance of Loss" I felt like reading yet another book by an Indian author.

I love that book. A lot of people say Arundhati Roy is a hack, but I don't think so. It was a moving book as far as I'm concerned.

[Danno 1,228]

I love reading books which relate to history.

One of the most interesting little books I have ever read was a collection of interviews done of still living e-slaves. You will get more information about slavery... from slaves than you can get from any history book. The book is called;

*We lived in a cabin in the yard"

Their everyday type recollections are remarkable. and at this moment it can be had (used) for .23 cents on amazon

http://www.amazon.com/We-Lived-Little-Cabi...0370&sr=1-1