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cherylpf
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 Posted: 03/13/06 - 11:39 Post subject: best book you've read recently
I need book suggestions
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Pug
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Posted: 03/13/06 - 11:42 Post subject:
Wicked, by Gregory Maguire.
Otherwise, I'd think about either the Best American Short Stories 2005 and the Best American Sports Writing 2005. That's all that's really worth recommending if you don't read science fiction or fantasy.
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 03/13/06 - 11:45 Post subject:
What do you typically read/what are some things you have enjoyed?
I've read some fantastic stuff lately:
The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
You Shall Know Our Velocity! - Dave Eggers
Natural Novel - Georgi Gospodinov (probably hard to find... it's Bulgarian)
Snow - Orhan Pamuk (definitely an interesting book, particularly relating to Islam, radicals, westernizing Turkey - Pamuk is Turkish)
And I'm currently reading The Path to the Spiders' Nests - Italo Calvino. So far I really like it.
Or, you could go with the Riff Raff Book Club March Pick - Peyton Place
I might be able to recommend some more stuff based on your reply...
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crazyfrog
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Posted: 03/13/06 - 11:46 Post subject:
i had brain surgery, whats your excuse?
i picked this up the other day. im onlly about a 1/4 of the way thru it but its pretty entertaining. its about this woman who learns that she has a brain tumor and her impending surgery and recovery. its got little illustrations and side notes about what was going on in the authors head.
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Posted: 03/13/06 - 11:48 Post subject:
I enjoyed Jimmy Carter's "Our Endangered Values"
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purple hayes
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Posted: 03/13/06 - 11:49 Post subject:
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
It's 100% true and very shocking! 
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 03/13/06 - 11:55 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
It's 100% true and very shocking! |
I think Oprah is reeling from that book club selection and moving back to traditionally "safe" classics (latest one is Night by Elie Weisel). Hopefully she'll be less predictable with the picks in the future... there's nothing special about a list of classics.
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keltic63
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Posted: 03/13/06 - 12:04 Post subject:
| bburgoyne26 wrote: | | I enjoyed Jimmy Carter's "Our Endangered Values" |
I've been thinking about getting that one! I am reading Bruce Bawer's Place at the Table right now.
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Posted: 03/13/06 - 12:06 Post subject:
Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard
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Posted: 03/13/06 - 12:15 Post subject:
I'll have to speak against Mech's pick of the Dave Eggers book. Hated it. I'd go with his memoir (!) A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Shutter Island - Dennis Lehane
Generation Kill - Evan Wright
Rainlight - Alison McGhee
Bel Canto - Ann Patchett
The Human Stain - Philip Roth
The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy
Animal Dreams - Barbara Kingsolver
Black Hawk Down - Mark Bowden
Fast Food Nation - Eric Schlosser
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
Girl, Interrupted - Susanna Kaysen
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Posted: 03/13/06 - 12:15 Post subject:
The FairTax Book by Neal Boortz and John Linder.
It'll get your blood boiling. It did mine, at least.
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Pug
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Posted: 03/13/06 - 12:16 Post subject:
| MechEngDropout wrote: | | purple hayes wrote: | A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
It's 100% true and very shocking! |
I think Oprah is reeling from that book club selection and moving back to traditionally "safe" classics (latest one is Night by Elie Weisel). Hopefully she'll be less predictable with the picks in the future... there's nothing special about a list of classics. |
Except that Oprah will get people to read the classics who wouldn't have.
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Posted: 03/13/06 - 12:24 Post subject:
Pug - What was so terrible about YSKOV!? I know it hasn't gotten great reviews, but I thought it was fantastic... again (as with The Catcher in the Rye) I can attribute a good part of my liking the book to association - being able to read page after page knowing exactly what is being said. And that association gives so much more depth to the characters (shallow character development is one complaint I've seen). Seriously, there was a 3 page section where I've had almost the exact same conversation - nearly word for word - with a friend of mine.
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Posted: 03/13/06 - 12:52 Post subject:
If I read books I wouldn't be able to get to the gym enough.  
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Posted: 03/13/06 - 13:29 Post subject:
| MechEngDropout wrote: | | Pug - What was so terrible about YSKOV!? I know it hasn't gotten great reviews, but I thought it was fantastic... again (as with The Catcher in the Rye) I can attribute a good part of my liking the book to association - being able to read page after page knowing exactly what is being said. And that association gives so much more depth to the characters (shallow character development is one complaint I've seen). Seriously, there was a 3 page section where I've had almost the exact same conversation - nearly word for word - with a friend of mine. |
It bored me. I didn't like the characters and nothing about the execution of the plot was interesting. Interesting idea for the story, poor execution. I find that Dave Eggers make a much better editor than novelist.
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