Books I'd recommend
#236142 - 01/06/06 03:47 AM
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cailin
Reged: 08/12/04
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Loc: Dublin, Ireland
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I've done a ton of reading recently and thought I'd share the names of some books that I have really enjoyed to any other avid readers out there:
1. We need to talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver
Written from the point of view of a mother of a teenager who carries out a Columbine style killing- fabulous writing, a book to really make you think, not light hearted though so definitely won't cheer you up!
2. Small Island by Andrea Levy
Great storytelling in this one, about a jamaican man and wife living in London after WW2, plots interweave very well.
3. The Kite Runner
Finished this last night, about a man who grows up in Kabul and escapes to America with his father when the Taliban take over. A real pageturner.
Hope some of you get to enjoy these too.
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Thanks Sinead. I think I'll look for the first one, sounds very interesting.
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I agree, I'm interested in the first one you listed.
I recently finished My Sister's Keeper.. a real tear jerker, but I really enjoyed it. You should check that out.
I also just finished Million Little Pieces, about a man who was an alcohohic and drug abuser at the age of 23. THe book itself was graphic, but I did enjoy it.... Until the end. I was soooo dissapointed in the ending. It kept me up all night and I couldn't stop thinking about it.
Anyone else read it and feel that way?
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I read My Sister's Keeper on honeymoon too. Another "makes you think" book- I really enjoyed and great ending too.
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S.
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i was getitng an English degree, and now I can't read novels for fun, because I don't ahve that deadline. Silly huh?
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Getting my degree and even teaching have totally killed my reading habit! I only read when I'm not working on attending grad school, which is just about never!
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Christine
Those who can do; those who want it done better teach.
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college actually made me appreciate pleasure-reading more. i had to read so much for class that when i finally (on break, over the summer) could read for fun, it was even more of a treat. i've always been a completely voracious reader. mmm, books.
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jaime
ibs-a (mostly d) // vegetarian
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....'The Time Traveller's Wife' I forget who it's by but it's sooooo good. Do NOT read it if you're very empathic (like me) tho....it got me so sad I was depressed for a week and I still can't think about it without getting sad!  Definitely the sign of a good book tho if it can get under my skin THAT badly. It couldn't put it down!
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Case Histories by Kate Atkinson. Just finished this, great book. Don't know quite how to describe it. Part mystery/thriller, but very dramatic and heart wrenching too. (Not a cheesy mystery). It was great, and different.
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it's audrey niffenegger. and a *wonderful* book. got under my skin, too. completely addictive and so compelling.
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jaime
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