Originally Posted By alexbook "The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova -- highly recommended by our book buyer
Originally Posted By Kala New Moon Book 2 of the twilight series. I'm surprised at how much I like these books. I have all 4 and can't wait to read them all. DH is on the 4th and thoroughly enjoys them. It's nice to sit with a cup of tea and read our books alone yet together. Awww a bonding moment indeed.
Originally Posted By MissCandice <<<"The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova >>> Alex, I have this book but have not read it. Let me know how it is. LP's own 3U2 recommended it, but what does she know? <-----running away to hide.
Originally Posted By Kira <I've only read Jodi Picoult's "My Sister's Keeper" and thought that it was great, although quite tragic as well. My boss read it on my recommendation and hated it! > Right now I am working on Sarah Dessen's 'Lock & Key', as soon as I'm done I'll either start on My Sister's Keeper or The Tenth Circle. I haven't decided yet! ^_^
Originally Posted By mmaus1962 I'm reading "People of the Book" by Geraldine Brooks. From Amazon: "One of the earliest Jewish religious volumes to be illuminated with images, the Sarajevo Haggadah survived centuries of purges and wars thanks to people of all faiths who risked their lives to safeguard it. Geraldine Brooks, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March, has turned the intriguing but sparely detailed history of this precious volume into an emotionally rich, thrilling fictionalization that retraces its turbulent journey. In the hands of Hanna Heath, an impassioned rare-book expert restoring the manuscript in 1996 Sarajevo, it yields clues to its guardians and whereabouts: an insect wing, a wine stain, salt crystals, and a white hair. While readers experience crucial moments in the book's history through a series of fascinating, fleshed-out short stories, Hanna pursues its secrets scientifically, and finds that some interests will still risk everything in the name of protecting this treasure. A complex love story, thrilling mystery, vivid history lesson, and celebration of the enduring power of ideas, People of the Book will surely be hailed as one of the best of 2008. --Mari Malcolm " I'm about 100 pages into it and I'm really enjoying it.
Originally Posted By Tinkeroon I hear Sarah Dessens books are great too! Also good for young adult. I've been selling LOTS of Jodi Picoult books lately. I just brought one of hers home to read called Plain People dealing with the Amish and the murder of a newborn. Will start it shortly. Just finished Water for Elephants. It was very good and very sad but I did like the ending. I've just started The Honk and Holler Opening Soon by Billie Letts.
Originally Posted By sarahwithbaloo ^^ Did you read all the Outlander series or are you on a break. Still reading Gone with the Wind just had no time recently. Loving it though.
Originally Posted By WDWdreamin The Female Quixote by Charlotte Lennox - it's really interesting. It makes fun of this woman who lives 1730-1750ish but bases her actions on the women from ancient love stories.
Originally Posted By Tinkeroon <<^^ Did you read all the Outlander series or are you on a break>> sarahwithbaloo...I am taking a little break for a while. The books are so good but I need to read a few different types. Have so many people telling me I need to read this or that, so I am humoring them but enjoying it myself very much. All the books I've read recently have been great! Glad to hear you are enjoying Gone With the Wind. Did you finish all the North and South Series by J. Jakes?
Originally Posted By sarahwithbaloo I read all of the North and South Trilogy a year or so ago I am reading the Kent Family Chronicals in the same way as you are reading Outlander I have read the first 3 and I will go back to them latter. I was just worrid that 'The Fiery Cross' (I think that was the one you said you were reading last) put you off as to me that is the slow one.
Originally Posted By Tinkeroon I thought the Fiery Cross started out slow too, but it got really good about half way in and ended up like that.(And yes, it was the last one I read in that series) I was thinking North and South was part of the Kent Family Chronicles. See how much I know?! ) I'm now about half way through "The Honk and Holler Opening Soon" and it is a great easy read.
Originally Posted By TiggerPooh1973 I just finished Twilight this morning in record time I think. What a great book. I just went and bought the next three in the series this morning. So tonight I will be starting New Moon.
Originally Posted By alexbook Just picked up an advance copy of "Fool" by Christopher Moore. It looks like a retelling of "King Lear," from the fool's point of view. Not sure what to expect.
Originally Posted By disneylandfan8 Just finished Nicholas Sparks' "Nights at Rodanthe". Saw the movie trailer and it looked like a good movie. Typical NS book. Great, yet the ending wasn't what I wanted!
Originally Posted By Tinkeroon I agree, disneylandfan8. His books are always wonderful but so often the endings are not the happily-ever-after kind. I read the book quite some time ago and did enjoy it, but I wanted things to end differently.
Originally Posted By disneylandfan8 My favorite Nicholas Sparks book is "The Wedding". No book has ever really & truly made me cry - in a happy way!
Originally Posted By geniesjoy Well, it's a combo of the good, bad & the ugly. GOOD: HOLY COW by Sarah MacDonald, An Indian Adventure, SCIENCE OF MIND, (every day) & DISNEYLAND DETECTIVE, (we all know this one) by Kendra Trahan. Holly Cow is about a young woman's travels thru India where she explores all the different regions & religions. Informative & totally hilarious! THE BAD & THE UGLY: THE USA NEWS....ARGH!
Originally Posted By DAR I'm in the middle of reading some books about the trials and tribulations of getting a Hollywood film made. Right now: The Greatest Sci/Fi Movies Never Made. Upcoming: Tales from Development Hell, then a book about some of the greatest flops, I can't think of the name right now and finally a book that traces just how much of a chore it's been to bring Superman to the screen.
