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Post by reformeddruid on May 31, 2010 5:50:49 GMT
I just finished a very long read by Dan Simmons "Drood". It's all about the last few years of Charles Dickens life from the view point of his friend Wilkie Collins. It's an odd tale, very good. Working on "The Time Traveler's Wife" right now, also good.
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Post by stama on Jun 4, 2010 18:15:47 GMT
Rugirl, it's really a great book, thanks!!!  |
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Post by dirtygirldiva on Jun 12, 2010 16:42:28 GMT
Right now I am reading "Teaching Hope" by the Freedom Writers Teachers and Erin Gruwell. I have been thinking lately that instead of majoring in Design, that I could major in Education and eventually teach High School...Quarter life crisis I think..lol
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Post by wichiwoman on Jun 14, 2010 16:11:42 GMT
(DGD, my youngest just changed his major from Chemistry/Education to English/Education. He wants to teach high school as well. Are you two drinking the same bottled water?  ) I just finished "Doomsday Key" by James Rollins and "Deception" by Jonathan Kellerman. Both are good books and coincidently both have characters with dogs named "Rufus". LOL!! |
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Post by nell on Jun 14, 2010 16:56:20 GMT
I've not read these that recently as I've been working through the Zen Series and numbats work is keeping me quite busy too ! But has anyone read Victoria Hislop - The Island. I really enjoyed this. It was her first novel, the 2nd novel The Return I could not get into however.
In February I read Erica James - Tell It To The Skies. It's partly based in Venice so I took it there to read. Quite a moving story I thought. I've read quite a few of her's they are usually quite light. Suitable for holiday reading.
Some years ago I read Alex Garland's - The Beach. Even if you've seen the film I'd recommend this as a good read. It's also a bit different to the film. If you want to read the book & see the film I'd recommend watching the film first. I did this & thouroughly enjoyed both. You'll notice that the film had a bit of the Hollywood treatment but I didn't actually mind. I recall the ending was changed too. I can't remember how so may have to read it again too ! If you're going to Thailand take it with you.
I love reading books in the locations they are set in - in case you haven't guessed !
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Post by judypatooty on Jun 14, 2010 19:35:07 GMT
Just last week I started reading The Passage by Justin Cronin. I had read an article about him in the local paper (he's a creative writing professor here at Rice University) and thought it was really cool that he said he wrote the book based on a suggestion from his young daughter. She told him she thought he ought to write a book in which a girl saves the world.  Well, he did, and it's turned out to be extraordinarily successful. (Oh, and Ridley Scott's production company has bought the movie rights for something like $1.75 million.) This book was WAY too long (750+ pages) and WAY too intense for me to read casually (the way I read most novels) ... a little bit here, a little bit there. I had to put it down to save it for a long weekend so I could read it straight through. Maybe when I have my next 3-day weekend. The first few chapters I did read were amazing. If you liked The Stand by Stephen King, you'll love this book. |
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Post by dirtygirldiva on Jun 15, 2010 4:04:08 GMT
Wichi...I think I've just watched "Dangerous Minds" too many times..lol
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Post by kygal on Jul 14, 2011 23:06:19 GMT
My mom got me started on a series of books. She mentioned to me that if it ever became a series or movie, Rufus would be perfect for the role. See... I have given my mother Rufusitis! I saw on a Rufus google that another woman said the same thing...that Rufus would be a perfect Roarke. I am refering to the J D Robb "In Death" series. Anyone else familar with this series and agree?
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Post by judypatooty on Jul 14, 2011 23:44:26 GMT
Oh yes! The "In Death" series is really good. Did you realize that J D Robb is a nom de plume of Nora Roberts, the best-selling romance novelist? I think that's why the relationship between Eve and Roarke is portrayed so beautifully. And I totally agree that Rufus would make an amazing Roarke.  (I've been listening to the Audible versions of the series because the narrator -- a woman -- does such a great job with the various characters.) |
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Post by Petruchio - Good God on Jul 15, 2011 4:40:00 GMT
finished ALVH (LOVE IT) again and started with a german criminal author called "Petra Oelker" who writes fantastic historical criminals in my hometown Hamburg in the late 1700 ....
After this I will read one of my fav' vampire books again .... either "J.R. Ward" or "Lara Adrian" ....
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Post by kissmekate on Jul 15, 2011 7:01:56 GMT
Wah ... maybe I shouldn't have ignored J.D. Robb for so long - a friend of mine is a great fan but somehow the descriptions of the books didn't appeal to me too much. But if there's a Rufus character in there ... This is a lovely thread, thanks, kygal, for bumping it back up! My most recent favourites (recent meaning that I've read them in the last months, not necessarily that the books are really new on the market) apart from the Zen novels were an excellent Thomas More biography by Peter Ackroyd called "The Life of Thomas More" - a demanding read because he quotes loads of original sources in old-fashioned English, but very well written and very interesting - and the latest instalment in (Welshman ) Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next series, "One of our Thursdays is missing". That series is rather weird and certainly not everybody's cup of tea, but I love it. Thursday Next is a literary detective in charge of keeping order in the Book World, as characters tend to stray from their home books and cause chaos elsewhere. The books are full of crazy people and events and loads of literary allusions. This year's highlight so far was "Extremely loud and incredibly close" by Jonathan Safran Foer, a very, very moving story about Oscar, a boy trying to deal with the loss of his father in the Twin Towers. I've hardly ever read a book that was so hard to digest and so beautifully written at the same time. |
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Post by kygal on Jul 15, 2011 10:56:37 GMT
Judy, my mom listens to audio books. I have heard the reader. She is good. Wasnt sure I would like the books, have only read a couple ,but have enjoyed thinking of Rufus as Roarke.
Check them out KMK.
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Post by kissmekate on Jul 15, 2011 11:24:57 GMT
Just had a glimpse at the series at amazon. I surrender, ladies. However, could anyone please tell me which one's the first in the series?
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Post by judypatooty on Jul 15, 2011 13:12:59 GMT
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Post by kissmekate on Jul 15, 2011 13:22:45 GMT
Gosh, I could have thought of that myself  Thanks a lot, Judy! I'm going to have a closer look at the series very soon. (As if almost one hundred unread books in my study/"library" aren't enough ;D ) |
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Well, he did, and it's turned out to be extraordinarily successful. (Oh, and Ridley Scott's production company has bought the movie rights for something like $1.75 million.)
