Pick my next book, please

Re: Pick my next book, please

• littlestjerry member

  May 2014

  Never heard of it, but just googled and it sounds like something I'd like for sure! Sounds a little similar to Middlesex, have you read that one?

  
  

  
  

  
  

  

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  "I realize I say the word fuck a lot, and I'd like to apologize but I don't give a shit." -Lewis Black

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• myskyegirl member

  May 2014 edited May 2014

  I just finished reading A Discovery Of Witches.  It's series with witches, and vampires and gushy love.  I personally liked it better than Twilight.  But I'm also reading another series, the main character is a war nurse in WWII and she becomes involved in series of murders.  It's The Bess Crawford series.

  
  

  @crazycornball, I loved The Passage, I could not get through book 2 though.  I am going to attempt it again though, I have a friend that loved 2 and urged me to try again.

  
  

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• billybumbler member

  May 2014

  I won't say The Road is not depressing, but you should really read it, it's one of my favorite books ever.

  
  

  I'm reading Salt, Sugar, Fat, very interesting if you like food and nonfiction.

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• Karbird5 member

  May 2014 edited May 2014

  I've been considering The Road for a while, too. Have you read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks?

           

  

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• billybumbler member

  May 2014

  @karbird5, I have and it's AMAZING. 

  
  

  I swear I don't love all the books, it's just this thread mentioned two that are truly worth it, The Road and Henrietta Lacks.

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• littlestjerry member

  May 2014

  I'll have to try The Road, then. I've heard of Henrietta Lacks, but not read the book. That one is nonfiction, right? I'm going to look up the rest of these. Probably just try to read every one mentioned!! Thanks so much!

  
  

  
  

  
  

  

                                       DS is 1DAF
  

  
  

  "I realize I say the word fuck a lot, and I'd like to apologize but I don't give a shit." -Lewis Black

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• billybumbler member

  May 2014

  @Little Jerry‌ yes Henrietta is nonfiction

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• littlestjerry member

  May 2014

  Yes, @bearsbearsbears‌, saw that one mentioned on reddit recently and really want to read! Also, Escape from Camp 14, also about N. Korea.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  

                                       DS is 1DAF
  

  
  

  "I realize I say the word fuck a lot, and I'd like to apologize but I don't give a shit." -Lewis Black

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• Snapdragon750 member

  May 2014

  Prince of Tides was one of my favorite books.  You should try Beach Music, it's also good by him but of course Prince of Tides is better.  

  
  

  Also I'd read anything by Trevanian, but try Shibumi for a slam dunk.

  
  
  
  

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• blueyd1 member

  May 2014

  From a non-fiction angle, try "Sin in the Second City" by Karen Abbott. It's the story of the Everleigh sisters who started the first "clean" brothel in Chicago (the girls were educated, didn't drug/rob the men, etc...) and all the crap they endured from the competition, politicians and the church. Very interesting read!

  

  

  
  

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