I like to read more during the summer months. I don't know why, maybe reminiscent of being a kid on vacation, maybe the longer days. Either way, it's time to interspers my Netflixing with some good books.
What all your all-time favourites?
(Please don't say Harry Potter. I get it. He's a big deal. But this muggle hates Harry Potter.)
I like to read more during the summer months. I don't know why, maybe reminiscent of being a kid on vacation, maybe the longer days. Either way, it's time to interspers my Netflixing with some good books.
What all your all-time favourites?
(Please don't say Harry Potter. I get it. He's a big deal. But this muggle hates Harry Potter.)
I just can't. You go to the corner and think about your life choices, young lady.
I LOVE anything by Wally Lamb. I Know This Much is True hooked me into him.
11/22/63 was awesome.
For quick reads I like James Patterson, specifically the Women's Murder Club series.
I started Outlander but this reading for my certification took over so I'll start that again in a month or two.
I know you weren't looking for suggestions but one day if you need something to read, a local author, Jason F Wright, reminds me of Wally Lamb's style. But keep in mind, I've only read one Wally Lamb book so I could be way off.
I LOVE anything by Wally Lamb. I Know This Much is True hooked me into him.
11/22/63 was awesome.
For quick reads I like James Patterson, specifically the Women's Murder Club series.
I started Outlander but this reading for my certification took over so I'll start that again in a month or two.
I know you weren't looking for suggestions but one day if you need something to read, a local author, Jason F Wright, reminds me of Wally Lamb's style. But keep in mind, I've only read one Wally Lamb book so I could be way off.
A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry I know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou A Man Called Ove - Frederick Backman The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver The Pillars of the Earth Series - Ken Follet
Post by ladymary11 on May 26, 2016 12:47:28 GMT -5
London you've got to be kidding me with this Harry Potter hate. Here I was, thinking we could be friends... Do you dislike most fantasy books?
Margaret Atwood- Alias Grace or the handmaid's tale Gabriel García Márquez - Love in the time of Cholera Aldous Huxley - Brave new world The games of thrones series (fantasy obv) John Connolly - the book of lost things (fantasy) Maurice Druon - the Accursed kings Mitch Albom- Tuesdays with Morrie David Sedaris- Me talk pretty one day (short stories)
If french is a possibility; Alexandre Jardin - l'île des gaucher (that one might be translated) Dominique Demers - le pari
Guilty pleasures: Emily Giffin's books Mindy Kaling's is everyone hanging out without me?
ladymary11 haha ohhhh this is awkward. Yeah. I don't like the fantasy genre. I'm too literal for my own good.
Edit. For example, Not fantasy per se but I get annoyed at vampire/zombie books or movies. The rules are different in all of them (can they go in sunlight? What kills them? Can they go in water? How did they get here in the first place?) and it drives me nuts.
ladymary11 haha ohhhh this is awkward. Yeah. I don't like the fantasy genre. I'm too literal for my own good.
Edit. For example, Not fantasy per se but I get annoyed at vampire/zombie books or movies. The rules are different in all of them (can they go in sunlight? What kills them? Can they go in water? How did they get here in the first place?) and it drives me nuts.
I'm not even sure how to cope with this... I'll get over it I guess... Can we get some of your suggestions? ETA-gotta agree on vampires being overrated though. There might be hope for us afterall
Post by crystaleyes138 on May 26, 2016 13:16:15 GMT -5
I Stephen King, so I'm loving all this 11/22/63 love. I am almost done watching the mini-series and it is OK, but I liked the book more.
My fav. of his is The Shining. I read it before I watched the movie and I am glad I did. The movie, while artsy, was an awful depiction of the book.
Is it sad that my favorite book is a children's book? LOL. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster will always have a special place in my heart. If I have another kid, and it is a boy, I would want his MN to be Milo, but DH won't get on board to that.
ladymary11 haha ohhhh this is awkward. Yeah. I don't like the fantasy genre. I'm too literal for my own good.
Edit. For example, Not fantasy per se but I get annoyed at vampire/zombie books or movies. The rules are different in all of them (can they go in sunlight? What kills them? Can they go in water? How did they get here in the first place?) and it drives me nuts.
I'm not even sure how to cope with this... I'll get over it I guess... Can we get some of your suggestions? ETA-gotta agree on vampires being overrated though. There might be hope for us afterall
My most favourite of all time is To Kill A Mockingbird. I have read it probably 20 times.
The majority of my reading is non-fiction which is not everyone's jam, but here are some other London-classics:
- Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides - Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen - The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver - Bossypants - Tina Fey - Anna Karenina - Tolstoy - Robert K Massie biographies
These might be more in your interest- Have you read Antonia Fraser's biography on Marie Antoinette? It was really good. I like Fraser's biographies generally.
Also for non fiction I love Mary Roach's Stiff: the curious lives of cadavers
The poisoners handbook: murder and the birth of forensic medicine in jazz age new York
And don't laugh but I liked this non-fiction book a lot- If walls could talk: an intimate history of the home (Literally a history of rooms and their functions)
Ohhhh the Marie-Antoinette one sounds fantastic, and so does that last one!!!
One of the best ones I have read lately is A First Rate Madness, which looks at displays of mental illness in historical political leaders (Kennedy, Lincoln, Gahndi, etc.)
Post by charliefox on May 26, 2016 17:10:41 GMT -5
This thread is making me jones for some me time and a good book.
I'm not in classes this summer so hopefully I'll have time to dive into what's on my kindle. I've been waiting to read The Paris Wife so nice to hear it's recommended!
Eta: usually I'm a whore for your basic chick-lit and, randomly, all the Tony Hillerman books which are about a Navajo policeman. I'll have to go through my good reads and come back with some suggestions.
I Stephen King, so I'm loving all this 11/22/63 love. I am almost done watching the mini-series and it is OK, but I liked the book more.
My fav. of his is The Shining. I read it before I watched the movie and I am glad I did. The movie, while artsy, was an awful depiction of the book.
Is it sad that my favorite book is a children's book? LOL. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster will always have a special place in my heart. If I have another kid, and it is a boy, I would want his MN to be Milo, but DH won't get on board to that.
I also love Stephen King! One of my favorites is his short story book Everything's Eventual. While pregnant with Val u read Dr. Sleep which is the story about the kid from The Shining as an adult.
I enjoy fantasy books as well but also not a fan of Harry Potter.
ugotstarbucked, re Me Before You. Are you excited for the movie or wary? I'm on the fence. Loved the book so naturally worried the movie won't do it justice
ugotstarbucked, re Me Before You. Are you excited for the movie or wary? I'm on the fence. Loved the book so naturally worried the movie won't do it justice
Wary but will watch it anyway because I adore Emilia Clarke.
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