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Posted: 5/18/2007 7:56:05 PM | I just finished another Alan Moore work, "V for Vendetta" which was superb.
For anybody who loves comic books and/or physics, I recommend "The Physics of Superheroes" by James Kakalios.
I was almost ready to give up on mysteries when Rex Stout and John D. MacDonald died, but the "...in Death" series by J.D.Robb has revived my interest. They're really more crime drama than mystery, but worth reading. Each book deals with a complete case, but the entire series is also one ongoing, continually developing story. Anybody who knows that Robb is really romance writer Nora Roberts might be reluctant to try this series for that reason - as I was. That was a mistake, and I'm very glad that I finally gave it a try.
Also, for those with a little occult interest - and a sense of humour - try "it's happy bunny - What's Your Sign?" by Jim Benton. | |
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Posted: 6/26/2007 2:17:41 PM | The man in my basement -- Walter Mosley, Coming of age in Mississippi -- Anne Moody.
The first one because it was extremely entertaining and the second I liked because I learned a bit of history that I would not have had I not read this book ... it's also a very easy read. | |
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Posted: 5/18/2009 4:25:11 PM | | i recommand "The Shack" by William Paul Young...when a man met god...fiction...we want this book to be true | |
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Posted: 5/19/2009 11:15:28 AM | | I completely agree Bonjour...I read that book over the thanksgiving weekend last fall and was totally blown away. I just finished Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes (can't believe I never read it before) and also recommend Christopher Moore's Lamb: The gospel according to Biff, a book that made me laugh out loud, cry and think. I recently bought and returned Charlotte Roche's Wetlands because I thought it was some important feminist work but was so disappointed after 150 pgs that I returned it the next day. Maybe someone can explain to me why it's supposed to be so great? I just thought it was vulgar and disgusting, not in the least bit erotic. I mean, a book that starts with the line: "I've always suffered from hemroids" then spends the next 70 pages describing them? I'm pretty "out there" with regards to sexuality so I was surprised that I really did not "get" this one. Ah well! To each his/her own. | |
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Posted: 5/19/2009 11:16:22 AM | I just bought "The Shack" last week. Haven't gotten into it yet, but my friends tell me it's excellent. The meeting God part is quite good, shows us that we shouldn't make snap judgements, and to expect ANYTHING from God. What a presentation the Master gave, wish I'd been there. Yes, I agree, we wish this story were true, and who's to say it isn't??????
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Posted: 5/21/2009 11:15:57 AM | I'm glad this forum is back...
I read many, many books. Some of my new and old favs are:
~ Charlaine Harris - Sookie Stackhouse novels (I'm on book 6 of 9), now a tv series on HBO and very funny
~ Fern Michaels - Sisterhood series (light and very fast read)
~ Brian Lumley - vampire/necroscope/horror, very hard to find, got most of mine second hand stores, his take on the whole vampire genre is amazingly fresh
~ James Rollins
~ Steve Berry | |
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Posted: 5/21/2009 12:48:22 PM | I've recently discovered a couple of new-to-me SF authors. One is Robert J. Sawyer, whose novel Calculating God is blowing me away right now. Another is John Ringo, author of military-SF novels. If you can overlook the laughable/pathetic right-wing propaganda with which the books are laced, they're quite good.
Not long ago, I read Understanding Power, a collection of excerpts from Noam Chomsky's articles, interviews and lectures. It's really fascinating, and vital to any real understanding of how our world works. | |
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Posted: 6/28/2009 11:08:32 AM | | Hey, i'd suggest Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett, its a great read if you like historical novels set in 12th century England. | |
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Posted: 7/28/2009 9:23:42 PM | | I finally started reading some of the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett, and now I wish I'd started on them years ago! They're a marvelous blend of comedy and fantasy. Imagine a fusion of J.R.R. Tolkien and Charles****ns with a strong hint of Monty Python. I haven't enjoyed any fantasy as much since my first ventures into Piers Anthony's Xanth series - which, with no disrespect intended to Pratchett, remain my favourites. | |
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Posted: 7/30/2009 5:39:36 AM |
Imagine a fusion of J.R.R. Tolkien and Charles****ns with a strong hint of Monty Python
I would love to read such an author, Dr.WTF all of those mentioned being favorites of mine in a peculiar way. At the moment I'm reading a new version of the Bible. This one really is written in modern day language and is so great to read! It's just the New Testament(I wish for the Old Testament in this format) but well worth the time to read. It's easy reading, and it's fascinating in this form. I'm finding answers to questions and understanding them better now than I ever have before.
My all time favorite will always be The Secret, with Alice in Wonderland coming in a close second. For heavier stuff I like Stienbeck even though he puts me to sleep. Maybe that's why????? | |
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Posted: 10/31/2009 8:30:43 AM | | I recently read The Portable Atheist, an anthology compiled by Christopher Hitchens and containing selections from the writings of Benedict de Spinoza, Mark Twain, Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, John Stuart Mill, Bertrand Russell, Karl Marx, Carl Sagan, Salmon Rushdie, Penn Jillette, and many others. Although primarily aimed (obviously) at nonbelievers, it's good reading for anybody. | |
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Posted: 11/1/2009 8:11:21 PM | | Finally got around to reading Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman and must say it was one of the most enjoyable reads I have ever had. | |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 10:21:36 AM | | I too am reading the discworld series by Pratchett...Thanks to you Mr.M. I figured you seem like a man who knows his literature. I was sceptical at first but now well into it, I'm really enjoying it. Thanks so much! | |
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Posted: 11/3/2009 7:13:05 AM |
I too am reading the discworld series by Pratchett
I was sceptical when I started the series, too - I'm glad you're enjoying it! It seems we do think alike in some things. Pratchett's understanding of human nature and society is incredible. Aside from being highly entertaining, these novels could almost be used as textbooks in psychology, sociology, civics and political science! Sadly, I am now almost finished the second-last Pratchett book in our library's stock, so in another few days I'll be going into withdrawal... | |
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Posted: 11/3/2009 11:16:42 AM | | That's disappointing: I got my discworld copy at our library as well. So far, his tongue-in-cheek sarcastic humor reminds me of Christopher Moore a fair bit, another writer quite lacking in our library's shelves. | |
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Posted: 11/3/2009 9:52:43 PM | | Discworld is an amazing series. I am waiting on the next book I have managed to track down and own the entire series now. I am just glad to see there are others out there who have discovered this great series. | |
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Posted: 11/4/2009 2:57:39 AM | Those may be wonderful, but I've just finished three that were absolutely captivating!!
Treasure In The Toilet, by I.P. Nickles
Rusty Bed Springs, by I.P. Nightly
and this Asian classic:
Spots On The Wall, by Hu Flung Dung
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Posted: 11/4/2009 10:05:08 AM | A post by the illiterate...how fitting! Try it: you'll like it. | |
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Posted: 11/4/2009 2:54:59 PM | Sorry UG, was just trying to be funny, and was in a giddy mood when I posted that.  | |
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Posted: 11/4/2009 4:46:52 PM | | Yeah...I was a little snippy. Sorry. It probably WAS funny. I'm just short on humor today. Peace! | |
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Posted: 11/5/2009 8:45:57 AM |
I was a little snippy. Sorry. It probably WAS funny
I don't think you were being snippy at all, or that you have anything to apologize for. "Jokes" like that might have seemed funny when we were eight years old, but some of us have grown up a little since then. There was no humour at all in that post, and your first reaction was right on the mark. | |
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Posted: 11/5/2009 11:48:48 AM | Yep it was dumb and adolescent I agree, and I don't always act my age of 44... Was just trying to have fun and thought it may be funny, or at least it was funny to me... Anyhow just my humor I guess... Back to the books, enjoy | |
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Posted: 11/8/2009 6:59:47 AM | Well, I for one thought it was funny. Nothing wrong with injecting a little bit of humor in my opinion. And it kinda sorta was on topic
I'm a voracious reader. I started off with Douglas Adams and the Hitchhiker series (kind of leery about the sixth book in the trilogy since it wasn't written by Adams) and progressed in to Jean Auel and her ilk, such as the husband/wife team, the Gears. Then on to C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Toilken, and Edgar Cayce.
Over the last few years however, I've found myself more drawn to the memoir genre. Not biographies of "famous people"; I'm talking about people that have had lives outside the norm.
I highly recommend Augusten Burrough's memoirs, he's written three of them so far, one of which was adapted in to a movie, Running With Scissors. The other two, Dry and A Wolf at the Table are pretty good reads as well.
I found another memoir on the sales table at Chapters one day. As soon as I can find it (if I haven't loaned it to someone and never had it returned) I'll let you know. It was about a young man who was going blind and was addicted to drugs and/or alcohol.
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction by David Sheff was powerful. His son, Nic Sheff, wrote the book Tweak, about his addiction to meth. I've been meaning to get Nic's book.
I also like Canadian author Miriam Toews. Her books are thoroughly enjoyable. Another author along the same lines is, hang on, gotta check the pile, Sue Miller.
Ami McKay's Birth House was a good book too. The Secret Life of Bees and The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd are highly recommended.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (which was published in 1943, surprisingly) and The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (a memoir) are wonderful reads.
Really, if I listed all the books I've read, have enjoyed and highly recommend, the PoF police would probably cite me for taking over.
I'll add more as I go through the five banana boxes and various stacks of books I have all over the place.
The best/worst day of my life was when I donated over five hundred books to a book sale raising money for literacy
edit: I almost forgot Mitch Albom. I've never read Tuesdays with Morrie, but The Five People You Meet in Heaven and For One More Day were fricken tear jerkers, let me tell ya. I want to get his book Have a Little Faith. | |
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Posted: 11/8/2009 7:56:31 AM | Alice Sebold, I can't believe I forgot about her. Her novels The Lovely Bones (made in to a movie which I didn't see) and The Almost Moon are powerful reads. Her memoir about her rape, ironically enough called Lucky, was one of the best I've ever read.
The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini were good too.
Jodi Picoult's book My Sister's Keeper made me cry. It was such a good book. I've read a few of her others, but unfortunately, once you've read one, you've basically read them all, in my opinion.
Robert Walker is an author who appeals to me because of the straight-forward way he has. He wrote The Bridges of Madison County and Slow Waltz Around Cedar Bend, which was the first book to make me cry.
Okay, I now have a pile of books that I want to reread. I've got to stop or I'll be reading them all again.
Wait, easy reads: the Harry Potter series (yes, I'm really 42) and books by J. D. Robb (pseudomyn of what's her face, Nora Roberts, whose books I don't really like). I also like the alphabet series by Sue Grafton and really anything by Janet Evanovich, especially the Stephanie Plum series. And I'll pick up a Deathlands book by James Axler every once in a while.
Are you sick of me yet?
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Posted: 11/11/2009 4:32:56 PM | The ILLUSTRATED Karma Sutra: Ananga-Ranga and Perfumed Garden - The Classic Eastern Love Texts (Paperback); Captain Sir Richard F. Burton
The Little Bit Naughty Book of Kama Sutra Positions (Hardcover); Ann Summers
Just Say No! : A Novel (Hardcover); Omar Tyree | |
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