NTTGPR: Book Recommendations

longhornwino0907 · September 2014

I'm a book fanatic and always asking for book recommendations from people. I'm finishing up The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley right now. It was a random find in Barnes & Noble a while back, the description sounded interesting, so I gave it a try. But it's sorely lacking in plot, so I'm gearing up for my next read and wondering what y'all would recommend.

My recent faves:
Gone Girl
Delirium
Divergent series
Reconstructing Amelia
Brain on Fire

maggie515 · September 2014

I really loved The BookThief, 11/22/63, These is my Words, and pretty much all the books you just listed.

longhornwino0907 · September 2014

I keep forgetting that Book Thief is sitting on my shelf, waiting to be read! Of course, it's sitting there with probably hundreds of other books waiting to be read...

longhornwino0907 · September 2014

Fault in Our Stars had me crying all the tears! So good!

longhornwino0907 · September 2014

Haha @rainbowsandunicorns, HP has been read and reread more times than I care to admit!

longhornwino0907 · September 2014

@rainbowsandunicorns, I DO love Dan Brown! But I've only read the Robert Langdon books, so I'll have to check out Deception Point. Thanks!

mandy522 · September 2014

If you liked Divergent, read the Legend series. Kind of similar but better.

Gizmo36 · September 2014

Dbarar said:

@rainbowsandunicorns, I DO love Dan Brown! But I've only read the Robert Langdon books, so I'll have to check out Deception Point. Thanks!

I really liked Dan Brown's Digital Fortress too.

I also enjoyed the Discovery of Witches trilogy.

divinemsbee · September 2014

Do you read memoirs that are hilarious? If so, I recommend anything that Jen Lancaster writes, specifically Such A Pretty Fat and The Tao of Martha.

For easy reads, with recipes, I like Stacy Ballis, Good Enough to Eat, Out to Lunch, and Off the Menu.

Recently I've read The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan, I really liked it.

Also, the Cousins' War series or the Tudor books by Philippa Gregory are fun reads.

Wine&Cupcakes · September 2014

What about Gillian Flynn's (Gone Girl) other books? I just finished Dark Places and Sharp Objects and they were awesome!

Wine&Cupcakes · September 2014

I'm currently reading The Husband's Secret and it's good so far!

longhornwino0907 · September 2014

Wine&Cupcakes, I feel like it's the first day of Kindergarten and I'm about to ask you to be my best friend because we both like wine and cupcakes. It's logical, yes? Seriously, though, I think I could live off wine and cupcakes alone. And be perfectly content.

Also, I have been searching high and low for Flynn's other books at our local used book stores. But they're never there! I'm going to have to break down and pay full-price for them. Or break down and get a new library card because I know mine has got to be expired!

ETA: I'm really bad at tagging, guys! Why I no can tag you, Wine&Cupcakes??

SpartanChick88 · September 2014

The Red Tent... I will always recommend The Red Tent

longhornwino0907 · September 2014

Another one that's been sitting on my shelf for a long time now, @SpartanChick88! That good, huh?

SpartanChick88 · September 2014

Dbarar said:
Another one that's been sitting on my shelf for a long time now, @SpartanChick88! That good, huh?

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I think I've read it 4 or 5 times. It's amazing

ramaholic · September 2014

I'm going to assume you've read the Hunger Games, yes? Lemme recommend the Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld.

Also, I feel like you're lurking, but I'm paging @DarcyHermione and @bibliothecary anyway.

DaikokuJess · September 2014

Every time this thread comes up, I will recommend Til We Have Faces until someone finally reads it.

longhornwino0907 · September 2014

@bibliothecary‌, that is definitely a strategy I use and often. That, Pinterest book boards, and just random down-the-rabbit-hole Amazon searches! But I love hearing recommendations from people about what their favorites are, what they're currently reading, etc.

@DaikokuJess‌, Till We Hace Faces is on my shelf, too! I've never heard anyone recommend it, though, so I'm excited to have it recommended now! It'll move up my to-read list for sure!

Elizabethcv · September 2014

@JustinsLovo

I love how you italicized the book titles!

=;

I love all of Lisa Gardner's books.....if anyone knows a similar style author please let me know. Also, Gone Girl was an excellent read! I'm sure the movie won't be nearly as good but when are they ever?

SwivelChair5 · September 2014

If you like Divergent, you may like the City of Ember series by Jeanne DuPrau.

rphillips21 · September 2014

I am reading the eragon series and I Also like the series that starts with a book name horde. Give horde a few chapters and then it gets good.

my favorite book of all time is the giver but don't watch the movie.

3houlagirl · September 2014

If you're wanting something Halloween-ish, I just read Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier. Beautifully written and delightfully macabre!

SwivelChair5 · September 2014

hobbesgal said:

SwivelChair5 said:

If you like Divergent, you may like the City of Ember series by Jeanne DuPrau.

This is one of my favorite dystopian series.

Me too! I don't know why this isn't as popular as some other series. I think the terrible movie with Bill Murray a few years ago did a real disservice to this series.

mandy522 · September 2014

rphillips21 said:
I am reading the eragon series and I Also like the series that starts with a book name horde. Give horde a few chapters and then it gets good. my favorite book of all time is the giver but don't watch the movie.

Are you thinking of the Razorland trilogy? Ann Aguirre?

fmf5 · September 2014

@Dbarar‌ I was just going to tell you about the divergent series until I seen you had that as a recent fav. Did you read all the books? I'm on the 2nd one right now about half way through. Also I heard the hunger games series are real good I might start reading those when I'm done with the divergent series.

Wine&Cupcakes · September 2014

Dbarar said:
Wine&Cupcakes, I feel like it's the first day of Kindergarten and I'm about to ask you to be my best friend because we both like wine and cupcakes. It's logical, yes? Seriously, though, I think I could live off wine and cupcakes alone. And be perfectly content.

Also, I have been searching high and low for Flynn's other books at our local used book stores. But they're never there! I'm going to have to break down and pay full-price for them. Or break down and get a new library card because I know mine has got to be expired!

ETA: I'm really bad at tagging, guys! Why I no can tag you, Wine&Cupcakes??

It's the ampersand (&) and yes, wine & cupcakes are where it's at!

I got the books on my kindle. One was $9.99 and the other was $2.99!

longhornwino0907 · September 2014

@fmf5‌ I've read the entire Divergent series and it is amazing! I'm jealous that you're getting to experience it for the first time! And yes, read Hunger Games for sure if you like Divergent. Maze Runner was great, too (really only the first one, the others dragged a little too much for my taste, but overall, it's good)!

fmf5 · September 2014

@Dbarar‌ Oh wow I didn't know Maze Runner had a book!! I was just asked to go see the movie and it looks awesome! I do really like the divergent series and I'm actually proud to say that's the first book I actually read since elementary school

So of course now I'm into reading when I used to be like reading?? Lol no thanks

kayway85 · September 2014

I liked gone girl but I preferred flynns other novels better, sharp objects and dark places.

Into the wood by tana French is a great, suspenseful murder investigation.

Fall on your knees by Ann Marie macdonald is my favorite book.

Anything by Sarah waters, but I especially liked the fingersmith and tipping the velvet.

DawnLilly · September 2014

hobbesgal said:

SwivelChair5 said:

If you like Divergent, you may like the City of Ember series by Jeanne DuPrau.

This is one of my favorite dystopian series.

Along this same line is a series called Shadow Children by Margaret Peterson Haddix. The books are short and actually written for preteens but they are so good. I reread the whole series every couple of years.

SwivelChair5 · September 2014

@Dbarar‌ I thought the first Maze Runner book was really great too, and was so disappointed in the sequels. I think I am going to save that movie for Netflix sometime next year. I just read the whole Divergent series this week, including the Four short stories. And then I watched the movie yesterday. I thought I wasn't going to like Divergent at all - for some reason I thought it was like a Hunger Games Lite - but I loved it. I want to watch the movie again, but my husband suggested I wait at least 24 hours before watching a 2 1/2 hour movie again.

longhornwino0907 · September 2014

@SwivelChair5‌ Divergent is one of the best series I've read in a while. My DH has only seen the movies and he prefers Divergent over Hunger Games. We just watched Divergent again last night. So good! I'll be retreading the whole series before the Insurgent movie comes out, like I did with the Harry Potter series when the movies were coming out.

As for Maze Runner, we're seeing it tonight. I'm fully prepared to not like it very much, but I really loved the book, so I want to see the screen version. Don't really care if they do Scorch Trials or Death Cure movies, though.

holliberry28 · September 2014

@SpartanChick88, that'll be my next book to read!

I love the Discovery of Witches Trilogy by Deborah Harnkess. Read the first two, and excited to start Book 3.

ayo82 · September 2014

I loved "The Perfume Collector" by Kathleen Tessaro and "An Inconvenient Wife" by Megan Chance. Both of these had very different endings than what I thought they would be.

I also recommend "The Crimson Petal and the White" by Michael Faber. Epic book. I read that or "Madame Bovary" when I'm in between library books.

Peaseblossom55 · September 2014

I just finished Sharp Objects (By Gillian Flynn) this week, it was good. I also read her other one that was good too. I enjoyed Book Thief, 11/22/63, and last week I read The Maze Runner. I enjoyed that.

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DNA Results (7/1): DH is NOT a carrier for my genetic disorder!

7/3: Metabolic clinic gave the green light to TTC - holy crap!

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7/3: Metabolic clinic gave the green light to TTC - holy crap!

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