Books u'd recommend..or currently reading

[natty]

lol thooktha.. you really are a reader!!! i have my own mini library and just added a whole new wall of bookshelves that is a quarter full now.. lol.. here's a cheap website where you can order some books for up to 75% off.. there's limited books tho.. http://www.bookcloseouts.com/default.asp?N=0

very rarely do i order books online cus i like to get them that day so i can read them and finish it that day too lol..

sign up for borders email list..they send you coupons every month or so..

 

[MaNang]

for those who loves science fiction and lord of the ring stuff.. i totally recommend Terry Brooks.. but for those who loves romance vamipires and greek mythologies.. i totally recommend Sherrilyn Kenyon

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OMG natty you read Sherrilyn Kenyon too??? that's so cool! I totally recommend Sherrilyn Kenyon also, she has a great sense of humor and has really good plots and I'd also recommend Cherry Adair for people who like intrigue, action and a little romance and Lori Foster for sweet and sexy stories. Hehe, I need to recommend something besides romance novels right? but that's all I read! :wub:

 

[natty]

OMG natty you read Sherrilyn Kenyon too??? that's so cool! I totally recommend Sherrilyn Kenyon also, she has a great sense of humor and has really good plots and I'd also recommend Cherry Adair for people who like intrigue, action and a little romance and Lori Foster for sweet and sexy stories. Hehe, I need to recommend something besides romance novels right? but that's all I read! :wub:

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lol yes i read sherrilyn kenyon.. have all her vampire series.. i just recently found her.. actually started with sins of the night.. and i loved it soo much that i read it in like 3 hrs then i went and hunt down the rest of the series right after lol..in the romance genre, i also read karen marie monning, amanda ashley, christine feehan, emma holly, julie garwood (all time fav. author), jude deveraux, judith mcnaught, jill barnett, catherine coulter, heather graham, lavyrle spencer, stephanie laurens, kathleen woodiwiss, and lisa kleypas. in sci-fi/fantasy/horror i read terry brooks, jk rowlings, terry goodkind, dean koontz, c.s lewis, and john saul

 

[marduk]

You know, I wonder something. Why read at all? You know whats the best way to know if a book is good? If it becomes a movie. So I say wait for the books to be a movie and just watch it. That way, you know it was a good book and you dont have to waste your time trying to imagine the scenes.

In other news, Sartre est un fou and Paris est incroyable.

Adios.

 

[karenyang]

i'm reading From the Heart by Nora Robert...it's a very nice romance book....and the spirit catches you and you fall down by anne fadiman is a very interesting book.....

 

[Thookatha]

lol thooktha.. you really are a reader!!! i have my own mini library and just added a whole new wall of bookshelves that is a quarter full now.. lol.. here's a cheap website where you can order some books for up to 75% off.. there's limited books tho.. http://www.bookcloseouts.com/default.asp?N=0

very rarely do i order books online cus i like to get them that day so i can read them and finish it that day too lol..

sign up for borders email list..they send you coupons every month or so..

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hahaha...yes i am a reader. shhhhh. a nerdy one too.

hey, thanks for link, girl!

 

[sooks]

They Cage the Animals at Night ... i forgot who wrote this michael jennings perch? but this book is sad and mite make you crie. seriously..

 

[KhanaVang]

A girl with a pearl earing.....dont know Authur

 

[KhanaVang]

Reckless love....Dont know Authur..hahhah

Mistress....Authur Nora....Recomended by my sister SARAH

 

[lola]

oooh readers...voilala. i love those books posted up there.
mines below:

praisesong for the widow /by Paule Marshall
enders shadow /by orson scott (from ebooks, i'm a ebookworm too)
bao phi's poetry /can't remember the title
ishle park's poetry /can't remember the title
catcher in the rye /by jd salinger (read this every year)
the little prince
we real cool /by gwendolyn brooks

i like poetry. as u may have noticed

ps. khanavang: i like ur way bottom sig...nice design with the pic. spicy shtuff!

 

[simple-e]

I haven't read very many books...but from the ones I've read...I would say Ransom by Julie Garwood is a must read.

 

[Muddie Murda]

I've read soooo many books this semester (for fun)....

I've never read so much.

Anyways, uhh...i can't tell you what they're called because it'll scare you.

Tootles!

 

[natty]

I haven't read very many books...but from the ones I've read...I would say Ransom by Julie Garwood is a must read.

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oohh ransom is good too.. i also like the bride.. and the secret..

 

[Muddie Murda]

^ The bride was my favorite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I read it over and over and over! It's so sweet T_T

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the ne'k in there...she was a strong mofo. haha

 

[pii-nky]

books! ahah- how fun. yea, i don't read alot; but for school guess you gotta =) ones i recommend that are good would be CAUCASIA- by Danny Sanza, TANGERINES- by Edward Bloor & Harry Potter Series of course =)

 

[tang071]

Mama’s Girl
By Veronica Chambers
The color of water: A Black man’s tribute to his white mother
By James McBride
Lanterns: A memoir of mentors
By Marian Wright Edelman
Having our say: The Delaney Sisters’ first 100 yearsThe other side of the river
By Alex Kotlowitz
Open wide the freedom gates
By Dorothy Height
Black Elk Speaks
By Nicholas Black Elk
From the Deep Woods to Civilization
By Charles A.Eastman (Ohiyesa)
Grandmother’s Grandchild: My Crow Indian Life
By Alma Hogan Snell
I Am Woman: a Native Perspective on Sociology and Feminism
By Lee Maracle
Indian Boyhood
By Charles A. Eastman
Life Lived Like a Story: Life stories of three Yukon Native Elders
By Julie Cruikshank
A Son of the Forest and Other Writings
By William Apess
With My Own Eyes: a Lakota Woman tells her People’s History
By Susan Bordeaux Bettelyoun and Josephine Waggoner
Women in a world at War: Seven dispatches from the front:
By: Madeleine Gagnon
Fireweed: A political autobiography
By Gerda Lerner
We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families
By: Philip Gourevitch
Hope dies last
By Studs Terkel
Moving Violations: War zones, wheel chairs, and declarations of independence: A memoir
By John Hockenberry
The Middle of everywhere: The world’s refugees come to our town
By: Mary Pipher
In search of Fatima: A Palestinian Story
By Ghada Karmi
I saw Ramallah
By Mourid Barghouti Translated by Ahdaf Soueif
All but my life: A memoir
By Gerda Weissmann Klein
Edith Stein: The untold story of the philosopher and mystic who lost her life in the death camps of Auschwitz
By: Waltraud Herbstrith
Hamlet’s Dresser
By Bob Smith
In Pharaoh’s Army
By Tobias Wolff
This Boy’s Life: A Memoir
By Tobias Wolff
An Open Book: Coming of age in the Heartland
By Michael Dirda
My Path Leads to Tibet: The inspiring story of how one young blind woman brought hope to the blind children of Tibet
By: Sabriye Tenberken
The spiral staircase
By: Karen Armstrong
The Liar’s Club: A memoir
By Mary Karr
The Storyteller’s daughter
By: Saira Shah
Wild Swans: Three daughters of China
By Jung Chang
Childhood Years: A memoir
By Junichiro Tanizaki (tr. By Paul McCarthy)
Asian American Dreams
By : Helen Zia
Red Scarf Girl: A memoir of the cultural revolution
By: Ji Li Jiang
When I was a Puerto Rican
By; Esmeralda Santiago
Almost a woman
By: Esmeralda Santiago
Angela’s Ashes
By: Frank McCourt
‘Tis
By: Frank McCourt
The Road from Coorain
By: Jill Ker Conway
West with the night
By: Beryl Markham
Another bullshit night in suck city
By: Nick Flynn
Naked in the promised land
By: Lillian Faderman
The Twelve Little Cakes
By: Dominika Dery

^^sorry for the overwhelming list but has anyone read these books yet or have heard of them....i was wondering if anyone could recommend me a book from this list....

 

[KhoOnxNouxWanxJai]

Mama’s Girl
By Veronica Chambers
The color of water: A Black man’s tribute to his white mother
By James McBride
Lanterns: A memoir of mentors
By Marian Wright Edelman
Having our say: The Delaney Sisters’ first 100 yearsThe other side of the river
By Alex Kotlowitz
Open wide the freedom gates
By Dorothy Height
Black Elk Speaks
By Nicholas Black Elk
From the Deep Woods to Civilization
By Charles A.Eastman (Ohiyesa)
Grandmother’s Grandchild: My Crow Indian Life
By Alma Hogan Snell
I Am Woman: a Native Perspective on Sociology and Feminism
By Lee Maracle
Indian Boyhood
By Charles A. Eastman
Life Lived Like a Story: Life stories of three Yukon Native Elders
By Julie Cruikshank
A Son of the Forest and Other Writings
By William Apess
With My Own Eyes: a Lakota Woman tells her People’s History
By Susan Bordeaux Bettelyoun and Josephine Waggoner
Women in a world at War: Seven dispatches from the front:
By: Madeleine Gagnon
Fireweed: A political autobiography
By Gerda Lerner
We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families
By: Philip Gourevitch
Hope dies last
By Studs Terkel
Moving Violations: War zones, wheel chairs, and declarations of independence: A memoir
By John Hockenberry
The Middle of everywhere: The world’s refugees come to our town
By: Mary Pipher
In search of Fatima: A Palestinian Story
By Ghada Karmi
I saw Ramallah
By Mourid Barghouti Translated by Ahdaf Soueif
All but my life: A memoir
By Gerda Weissmann Klein
Edith Stein: The untold story of the philosopher and mystic who lost her life in the death camps of Auschwitz
By: Waltraud Herbstrith
Hamlet’s Dresser
By Bob Smith
In Pharaoh’s Army
By Tobias Wolff
This Boy’s Life: A Memoir
By Tobias Wolff
An Open Book: Coming of age in the Heartland
By Michael Dirda
My Path Leads to Tibet: The inspiring story of how one young blind woman brought hope to the blind children of Tibet
By: Sabriye Tenberken
The spiral staircase
By: Karen Armstrong
The Liar’s Club: A memoir
By Mary Karr
The Storyteller’s daughter
By: Saira Shah
Wild Swans: Three daughters of China
By Jung Chang
Childhood Years: A memoir
By Junichiro Tanizaki (tr. By Paul McCarthy)
Asian American Dreams
By : Helen Zia
Red Scarf Girl: A memoir of the cultural revolution
By: Ji Li Jiang
When I was a Puerto Rican
By; Esmeralda Santiago
Almost a woman
By: Esmeralda Santiago
Angela’s Ashes
By: Frank McCourt
‘Tis
By: Frank McCourt
The Road from Coorain
By: Jill Ker Conway
West with the night
By: Beryl Markham
Another bullshit night in suck city
By: Nick Flynn
Naked in the promised land
By: Lillian Faderman
The Twelve Little Cakes
By: Dominika Dery

^^sorry for the overwhelming list but has anyone read these books yet or have heard of them....i was wondering if anyone could recommend me a book from this list....

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READ THEM ALL!! lol just kidding, but wow thats a pretty impressive list of reading .. Personally I prefer Jane Austen and Stephen King stuff, but the stuff you have up there .. the ones ive read anyways are all pretty good.. from the list .. If I had to read any of them or re-read any of them i would probably chooseThe Storyteller's Daughter, or life lived like a storyHope that helps :wub:

 

[gs]

currently reading:

the communist manifesto by karl marx and engles
today's isms -socialism, capitalism, fascism, communism, libertarianism by alan ebenstein
Global capitalism - its fall and rise in the twentieth century by Jeffry A. Frieden
The life and death of Adolf Hitler by James Cross Giblin
Karl Marx : a life by Francis Wheen
Max Weber by Donald G. Macrae
The legal 100 : a ranking of the individuals who have most influenced the law by Darien A. McWhirter.

 

[an la]

I awhile back I was really addicted to the historical romances, I read so many it is hard to keep track. I have a mini library in my room. My favorites are Julie Garwood, Jo Beverly, Theresa Mediros, Julia Quinn, Christina Dodd, Jude Deveraux, and Judith McNaught. For the ultimate romance lovers I recommend The Pride of Lions by Marsha Canham, it is a blend of history, romance, tragedy. It was super good and then read the sequel Blood of Roses.

Childhood books:

The Giver- Lois Lowry
Tuck Everlasting- Natalie Babbitt
Ella Enchanted- Gail Carson Levine (book is way better than the movie)
A Wrinkle in Time- Madeleine L'Engle

Although I don't read as much as I used to, currently reading Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens.

 

[SunStar]

those are all very good authors... but i don't read much myself... but since i work in a bookstore, i can recommend some very good authors i've heard about...

-Dan Brown (great historical fiction writer)
-Janet Evanovich (comedy/mystery writer)
-James Patterson (suspense/mystery writer)
-Mary Higgins Clark (many types...)
-Nora Roberts aka J.D. Robb...(great romance/mystery writer)
-Jane Austen (Pride & Prejudice, Emma....classics)
-John Grisham (wrote The Firm, The Juror, and all those books turned to films)
-Jodi Piccoult (life writer...HER BOOKS ARE GOOD!)

those are the only authors i can think of right now... so far... they have great ratings for their books... and i've enjoyed some of them too....