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OT--Good Books
chandraandamanda
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What are some of your favorite books? I am looking forward to Winter term ending, and being able to read for fun--un-TTC related. Some of my favorites are--Geek Love (Katherine Dunn), She's Come Undone (Wally Lamb), A Dangerous Woman (Mary McGarry Morris), and **** Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison). So, what are some of the books you have read, and really enjoyed?
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Sh*t my Dad says - by Justin Halpern
Jonathan Livingston Seagull - by Richard Bach
The Little Prince/Le Petit Prince - by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (MY FAVORITE BOOK...for children but so deep everyone should read it!)
Others:
Born to Run - by Christopher McDougall
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - by Stieg Larsson (Book 1 of 3 - The Millenium Trilogy)
Desert Flower - by Waris Dirie
Just some I'd recommend...
October 2014
Harry Potter series
Anything by Emily Giffin is good (really girly and sappy)
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
I have just recently started reading a book by Jodi Picoult, it's called House Rules, and it is really good.
Anything by Nicholas Sparks too. He also falls into the girly sappy love story section.
Joyce Carol Oates - Foxfire, Bellefleur, anything she writes
Ann Patchett - Bel Canto
A. M. Homes - Music for Torching
Jose Sarmago - Blindness
Laurie King - The Beekeeper's Apprentice
Tolstoy - Anna Karenina
Happy reading!
I also like The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon and re-read all 7 books back to back once every two years or so.
Anything by Johnathon Kellerman for the mystery/psychological thriller aspect that I like so much
Stephen King and John Saul, because they are awesome.
A few others I have read that stick out are: the secret life of bees, a million little peices, and the shack, which I would recommend, but I don't remember who any of them are by!
I read way too much... 2000pages a week or more
Need to update a ticker, Silas Anthony Jordon born Oct 11, 2013. 6th baby, so much love!
Maybe we should set up a book swap on here? Might be fun to share our favorite books?
Anyone who is reading it knows how addicting it can be...
And how sad is it that I've had it sitting on my bedside table for two months, waiting to pick up the story again? I'm on book 4 I believe.
Any moment now there will be time to read...
~ Sandy
Need to update a ticker, Silas Anthony Jordon born Oct 11, 2013. 6th baby, so much love!
~ Sandy
Some of the many, many books I love:
Cold Sassy Tree--Olive Ann Burns
Five Smooth Stones--Ann Fairbairn
Wicked, Son of a Witch, etc. --Gregory Maguire
Anything by Zora Neale Hurston
Anything by Ayn Rand, but my 2 favorites are Atlas Shrugged (reading that right now might be an eye opener, given the state of our country today) and The Fountainhead.
For super light and fun reading, anything by Fannie Flagg--Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe is the most famous one, but they are all good.
I could go on for weeks and weeks and never run out of titles to recommend or discuss!!
The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
If I were trapped on a deserted island and could only have two books, those would be the ones I'd want.
*giggle* to each their own!!
Need to update a ticker, Silas Anthony Jordon born Oct 11, 2013. 6th baby, so much love!
Ruthless Game
The Rookie Club
Cold Silence
Chasing Darkness
Savage Art
Goobie- Have you read the Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare? Teen lit, super quick read, super addictive! I have read a few other teen lit series that are really good but I will have to rummage through my shelves for names.
I really want to go kindle but have not been able to make the change, I am a self-proclaimed book whore! I buy a book almost every where I go and have to touch at least 10 others while I am shopping. I have a fantasy of a library in my own home... some day, after I win the powerball! LOL
great thread, going to have to look into some of the above, thanks!
I am so going to have to write some of these down and the the bookstore when we are away for Tim's moms wedding (going to a big city, woohooo!)
Thanks for starting this thread!!
editted to add teh word NOT... eek, I can't believe I dropped that the first go round!! I could NOT go paperless!
Need to update a ticker, Silas Anthony Jordon born Oct 11, 2013. 6th baby, so much love!
Amanda and Chandra
I just turned 50 and fabulous!!! Enjoying life with my amazing family!!
Mom to Rachel 33, Bethany 30, Rebekah 30, Zachrey 20 and several angel babies
Grandma to Larissa 11, Brittney 11, Trevor 11, Destiny 7, Jayvin 6, Jackxon 3, Kaleb Joshua Rian 1. Grandbaby #8, Sariah Grace born 11-17-16