Good Reading Material ?

[Victoria Grant]

Good Reading Material ?#0

Posted: 4/13/04 at 11:37pm

Anybody have any good books their reading right now?
I just finished reading Wicked, It was awesome!

[etoile]

re: Good Reading Material ?#1

Posted: 4/14/04 at 1:35am

Some of my favorites are still those I read as a kid. The original DRACULA. Sure we all saw the movie. But the book, to me, was riveting. And AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS is an all time favorite. Also I enjoy the Dorothy L. Sayer Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries. My all time favorite is King's SALEM'S LOT. He is SO underestimated as a master storyteller.

Last week finished John Saul's THE MANHATTEN HUNT CLUB. Creepy. It will change how you view the subway system.

Rest in peace, Iflitifloat.

[JohnPopa]

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Posted: 4/14/04 at 8:48am

DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? by Philip K. Dick.

That's writing.

[redhotinnyc2]

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Posted: 4/14/04 at 8:57am

A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving ( one of the best books ever written if you have an ounce of spirituality in you)
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!" Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!

[robbiej]

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Posted: 4/14/04 at 10:17am

I'm currently reading UNCLE MAMA, the biography of Edward Everett Tanner III (aka Patrick Dennis). Fascinating read.

I always recommend the TALES OF THE CITY series.

"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."

[Borstalboy]

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Posted: 4/14/04 at 1:03pm

If you're looking for a good thriller, check out THE SECRET HISTORY by Donna Tartt and NO NIGHT IS TOO LONG by Ruth Rendell/Barbara Vine....and then just try to put them down.

I also read and love an offbeat historical romance called THE PASSION by Jeanette Winterson...LOVED IT!!!!!!

Also re-reading a children's book from my wee childhood called THE SILVER CROWN by Robert C. O'Brien. Still good...surprisingly wierd and almost Jungian in it's dreaminess. Read it!

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ~ Muhammad Ali

[mominator]

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Posted: 4/14/04 at 1:12pm

At the moment I am re reading "The Hobbit",and "The Da Vinci Code" Have to go in search of some good summer reading. I 'll keep a look out on the board.

"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen." Conan O'Brien

[SueleenGay]

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Posted: 4/14/04 at 2:01pm

Robbiej, I believe you mean UNCLE MAME! (not Mama). I heard that Kelsey Grammer bought the rights to that fascinating story to film. I think he would be great.

PEACE.

[Mister Matt]

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Posted: 4/14/04 at 2:34pm

I'm currently finishing She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb. I've been enjoying it quite a bit. One of my favorites is Entries From a Hot Pink Notebook by Todd D. Brown. I've read it twice and will probably read it again soon. For some fun, humorous and light reading, I highly recommend one of the two collections of novels by Daniel Pinkwater. Both are wonderful. They are stories for Jr. High kids, but are still just as entertaining for adults. Try Alan Mendleson, the Boy From Mars or The Snarkout Boys and the Avacado of Death.

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

[Benzy92]

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Posted: 4/14/04 at 3:10pm

Life of Pi

[b-waygirl]

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Posted: 4/14/04 at 5:00pm

i'm reading READING LOLITA IN TEHREN, COLD SASSY TREE, and BREAKING THE TONGUE right now, all of which are amazing!!! i would recommend all of them

parking for drive-thru service only. thank you.

[citylights]

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Posted: 4/14/04 at 5:58pm

I just finished Secret Life Of Bees which was a great book, worth reading. Da Vinci Code is also good, I couldn't put it down! Angels and Demons is good, but extremely similar to Da Vinci Code (scientist Robert Langdon discovers influential old man has been killed, teams up with man's beautiful smart daughter to solve mystery using art history and symbols...)

[BroadwayDiva]

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Posted: 4/14/04 at 6:33pm

DA VINCI CODE was the best book I've ever read. ANGELS AND DEMONS was also fantastic- the second best book I've ever read. For all you lovers of those two books, go to danbrown.com, go to where it says "secrets" then take the challenge- it's tons of fun! Also, DIGITAL FORTRESS was really good- it's also by Dan Brown.


THE LAST JUROR by John Grisham was really good. Actually, anything by Grisham is really good. THE LAST JUROR was probably one of my favorites though.

I have my books and my poetry to protect me...

[luvtheEmcee]

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Posted: 4/14/04 at 6:37pm

When I first saw this topic, I immediately planned to recommend Wicked. But, seeing as you've already read that.... I'm reading The Da Vinci Code now, and I love it. I also just finished reading Angels in America... also amazing.

*thinks*

Anything else I've read in the recent past has been for school (i.e. The Picture of Dorian Gray, - which I LOVED - Sula, Invisible Man) so they're aren't really things I'd recommend reading for leisure.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

[newyorkuniq]

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Posted: 4/14/04 at 9:08pm

I recommend

She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
and The Secret Life Of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

[Zola Q. LaPlaya]

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Posted: 4/14/04 at 9:11pm

Dry by Augusten Burroughs
The Perfect Wife by Ann Gerhart

Stop worrying about what I'm doing -- focus instead on what you're eating.

[StraightToHeaven]

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Posted: 4/14/04 at 10:21pm

Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom is an amazing book.
Also, The Seccret Life of Bees (forget the author) and Lance Armstrong's autobiographies. He has an amazing story.

[MyNameInLights]

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Posted: 4/14/04 at 10:27pm

The Secret Lives of Bees
White Oleander
The Lovely Bones

"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."

[lassy]

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Posted: 4/15/04 at 1:39am

One of my co-workers told me last week he attended Citadel for two terms. So now I'm rereading Pat Conroy novels.

A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY is among my favorites, right up there with To KILL A MOCKINGBIRD.

I'm also buying and borrowing London tour guide books. I'm traveling there this fall.

[iflitifloat]

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Posted: 4/15/04 at 6:33pm

Against All Enemies by Richard Clarke. Well written and *very* enlightening.

Sueleen Gay: "Here you go, Bitch, now go make some fukcing lemonade." 10/28/10

[Ruffian]

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Posted: 4/15/04 at 6:44pm

I don't even like mysteries, but "Da Vinci Code" was just way cool, & I just finished "Angels & Demons"

Can't wait for the next Langdon in the series, hope he sets in in Venice

[DofB5]

Good Reading Material ?#21

Posted: 4/15/04 at 7:15pm

Dune by Frank Herbert

I have Da Vinci Code on my PDA. I'm saving it for my trip to Utah.

D

[MusicMan]

re: Good Reading Material ?#22

Posted: 4/15/04 at 10:44pm

Yes, but are any of them a musical? No knee-jerk reactions, please--think about it a second. Would it make a GOOD musical?

[wildparty20]

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Posted: 4/20/04 at 10:12am

I have to agree with a couple other people on the board...

"A Prayer for Owen Meany" by John Irving is my all time favorite book. Beautifully written and heartwrenching as well. Spiritually uplifting. A wonderful read. I also enjoyed The DaVinci Code and Angels & Demons, but they are a different kind of read. Reads kind of like an action movie, fast and episodic. I really enjoyed "Middlesex" too (which I think would make a very um... interesting... musical!)

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