BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS- Page 2

[Gothampc]

Posted: 6/3/10 at 9:27am

I'm currently reading "A Suitable Boy" by Vikram Seth. It's a long, long book, so you have to be prepared to stick with it. It takes place in India right after the Partition. It's quite interesting from a culture viewpoint, things like arranged marriages and other customs.

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 6/3/10 at 3:40pm

Believe it or not, I'm reading Uncle Tom's Cabin and really enjoying it. It's a bit dry, though. Other than that I would recommend

The Bell Jar - Plath
Jazz - Toni Morrison
Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen

[sabrelady]

Posted: 6/4/10 at 12:30am

Just finished The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest and loved it. Sad there aren't any more Salander books.
In Search of Lost Time is a big undertaking but once you get past figuring out who everyone is, it gets a bit easier. But don't dare scan pages as I promise you will lose track- when something you scanned will be referenced 10-15 pages later and you have to go back and re-read!
I wanted to like The Help by Kathryn Stockett more than I did- just not sure about a white Southern woman writing in a Black Southern woman of the 60's voice.
Disappointed w Conroys South of Broad - It was like he just took the characters out of Beach Music switched a couple of things from one character to another and went as over the top in the( main) plot as possible. Heck- his gay character reminded me of a drag version of Tennessee Williams.
Starting Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky next- heard good things about it.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 6/4/10 at 1:47am

I loved both South of Broad and The Help. Oh well. Different strokes.

[philly03]

Posted: 6/4/10 at 3:03am

My summer read is REBECCA. It's a musical now (and a great old movie!) that will be on Broadway in the next few season .

Other reqs: The Woman in White (yes, turned into a musical by ALW) and The Moonstone, both by Wilkie Collins. Both are mystery stories told in narratives cleverly!

[wendilin622]

Posted: 6/4/10 at 5:44am

Thanks again everyone. I kept seeing Water for Elephants at Barnes and Noble and picking it up, but never got it. But I just ordered that and the 2nd Tattoo book off of Amazon. I read the first one and while it was slow at times, I really did enjoy it.

I had no idea Rebecca was being made into a musical. I'll have to reread it, its been years since I read it. I can't remember if I liked it....

[StockardFan]

Posted: 6/4/10 at 7:26am

Ooooh, I'm now reading a book called "In The Woods" by Tana French. It's really good! I couldn't put it down last night.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 6/4/10 at 7:26am

I read Proust one summer, and got all the way through it, with some judicious skipping in THE FUGITIVE: just a few too many descriptions of French country churches. But when it works, it really works, and it works often enough for me to have plowed through the entire series.

I'm currently finishing up CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, and not really getting what all the shouting is about. I'm just not as blown away by this as I was expecting to be.

[silversurfer2]

Posted: 6/4/10 at 7:50am

I will be starting THE PASSAGE by Justin Cronin when it comes out next Tuesday--heard it's awesome.{ And another Doorstop of a book, well over 700 pages}

[Gothampc]

Posted: 6/4/10 at 8:26am

I am determined this summer to get through either "Remembrance of Things Past" or "Pepys Diary (all of it)." This has been my summer's resolution for several years, although I just joined Netflix so I don't know if I'll make it.