No Davinci Code, please. Just tell me anything you have read lately that you couldn't put down until you finished it.
I'd appreciate any answers.
gem
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One of the most well written books I've read in awhile is the The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. It's one of those books where you really hate to put it down, but then you don't want to rush it either! Very well written, and I learned a lot about Afghanistan too (pre-Russian invasion).
Wow...I just found this while trying to search for some background info on the book! It looks like they may be making it into a movie!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419887/
Here's the author's web page:
http://www.khaledhosseini.com/writing/index.php
If you haven't read it yet, I highly recommend it!
If you are looking for a book that you'll get some laughs from...read Marley and Me by John Grogan! Still makes me laugh when I think back! Very well written too.
M360
I just finished Three Weeks With My Brother by Nicholas Sparks
which isn't a book that leaves you wanting more but will make you think of life. It tells of a trip with his brother around the world and how they became who they are today. When reading this you will laugh, cry, and reflect on your own family and draw upon the similarities in life that we all have and also the differences. Made me stop and think about family and how to make time because you never know what tomorrow will hold.
I'm reading 1421 by Gavin Menzies right now. It's a true story on how the America's were discovered before Columbus was even born. Interesting research and some facts that no one even speaks about. I personally like to read books where people have proven recently that history as we thought has now been proved to be somewhat different, like before Columbus also the Vikings were inthe North Eastern part of the US and now they have proof from artifacts found and carbon dated.
Have sitting next to me which I hope to read starting tomorrow the new John Irving novel Until I Find You, haven't read anything by him since The World According to Garp.
My 12 year old loves science fiction and just finished Onion Girl and Blue Girl by Charles De Lint which is a book for adults. But she reads over 300 books a year and she asked me to read these. I usually don't ever read these type of books but I want to know what my children are reading so I will read these. So that we can discuss books together. She said these were two very good Sci Fi Books, if you like that type of book?!
She just finished last week Bleak House by Charles Dickens which she thinks everyone should read.
Oh and here is one that a family member bet that no one would finish so I had to which is The Magus by Fowles. They thought it was a hard read, for some strange reason I enjoyed it.
Qchan05
Watership Down, by Richard Adams. Seriously, it's a wonderful book that's sure to become a classic. I really enjoyed reading it.
I've also been reading the Chronicles of Narnia again, but I'm sure that being an avid reader, you've already read all of those. I've also just finished The Golden Compass, and plan on starting on The Subtle Knife soon.
I also enjoyed reading The Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson. It's about the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, and the serial killer H. H. Holmes. It reads sort of like a novel, but is non-fiction, and I really enjoyed it.
There are tons of books out there.
Roadpizza
The Expendables by James Alan Gardner, he's got a bunch of them in the same world, but not really a series, start with Expendalbes, though -If you're into Sci-fi. I just finished the latest one. Real page-turners.
Snow Crash and Zodiac by Neil Stephenson.
Anything by Terry Pratchett.
If you don't like Science Fiction, The World's Most Dangerous Places by Robert Young Pelton is great.
Spiritual stuff & easy reading: Illusions, by Richard Bach.
Anonymous
Fiction, I'd say give Patrick Suskind's "The Perfume" a try. Also, Umberto Eco's "Baudolino" was an excellent read. Vargas Llosa's "The War of the End of the World" is another I recommend. Those books are in German, Italian and Spanish in the original, but it's easy to get (great) translations. All three are considered quite important in modern fiction.