| 1. | Nothing too heavy? In her Shoes? It's chick lit...what can I say. |
| 2. | Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. It's bizzare and the hero is not someone many of us would be friends with in real life, but I find myself rooting for him anyway. Plus, its long, and will fill the time nicely. A fun and silly read, but still thinky enough to satisfy. |
| 3. | Beats the shit out of me; I don't get to read that much anymore with two kids. |
| 4. | Davinci Code - makes you think about what really goes on inside the Louvre. |
| 5. | I'd recommend: *Generation X by Douglas Coupland: It's a great book that's very deep and interesting, which leaves you with many things to ponder and think about and lessons learned. *Sex and the city by Candace Bushnell: It's funny, candid and true and a good analysis of not only love and relationships in Manhattan, but everywhere. Besides, it's nice to see where everything originated from. *Kitchen, by Banana Yoshimoto: It's one of the best books I have read this year. What a beautiful story and way of telling it, it will make you smile and be touched. It includes as well a novella called "Moonlight shadow", which is wonderful and very sad. That's all I can think of right now. |
| 6. | Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis De Bernia (spelt ever so slightly wrong!) is brill-i-ant. But heavey. Try the one above! Go travelling with her...whilst she travels! (She has a man in every port too, which makes it nicely naughty.) |
| 7. | I have been reading the third Lord of the Rings book for three years now, I don't think I'm the person to answer this question. |
| 8. | The Time Travellers Wife was a brilliant read, I couldn't put it down.
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Piccoult (I am on a roll),
and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer which made me want to cry but was also incredibly engaging. |
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| 10. | zora neale hurston "their eyes were watching god" |
| 11. | The Eight by Katherine Neville. It's my favorite book and when I started it I was certain I was not going to like it and would not finish it. I was VERY WRONG! |
| 12. | I would recommend the one above, because it'll be unlike anything you've read before. |
| 13. | umm.. I don't read enough.. lol.. maybe harry potter? lmao kidding.. I dunno |
| 14. | I am lousy at recommending books. One of my favourites is To Say Nothing Of The Dog, by Connie Willis, it's an homage to Jerome K. Jerome and his Three Men In A Boat. At least twice I laughed so hard that tears came out of my eyes. So that's my best stab at it |
| 15. | I'm not a big book reader and I'm picky about what I read so I'd suggest Wicked and Son of a Witch or maybe Mirror Mirror |
| 16. | I've heard confessions of a shopaholic by Marion Keyes are quite good. |
| 17. | Um... I might need to think about this. You seem to like things a bit heavier than me (I like thinking womans chick lit, books that make me laugh and what my mother refers to as "blood and thunder" books) so not sure what to reccommend. I laughed out loud repeatedly reading hte reluctant landlady, but possibly becasue I know the industr well (it's about an actress, darhlings). I don't get a chance to read much these days, but will think about it for you! |
| 18. | Depends, I love anything by Gita Sereny, her book The case of Mary Bell (a child murderer in the 70's, she was a child as well as the victim being children) is fabulous, if you like that sort of thing, also her studies into Albert Speer (Hitlers architect) is fascinating even if I don't always agree, for fiction you could try Caleb Carr's The Alienist, for real light relief anything by Stephen Fry always cheers me up. Also Perfume is a good book but I can't find it on my shelves and can't remember his name.... |
| 19. | I loved Poisonwood Bible and I tend to love books that spin a long interesting tale. You might enjoy any of the following:
Barbara Kingsolver's 'The Bean Trees'
Michael Chabon's 'Adventures of Cavalier and Clay'
Paul Auster's 'Moon Palace' or 'Mr. Vertigo'
Julia Glass' 'Three Junes'
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| 20. | Orson Scott Card-Ender's Game. It was one of the only books that when I finished it I turned it over and started it for a second time. |
| 21. | The Other Bolyne Girl. It's a total page turner and I like historic novels (when they're well done). |
| 22. | How To Be Good- Nick Hornby. Lighter read on a deep subject by an excellent author. |
| 23. | Dang. I read a lot, but it's mostly nonfiction. |
| 24. | Uh, uh.... I don't know. |
| 25. | My God! Anything I could recommend to you would be completely "unheavy" compared to those three novels. I haven't read any of the following yet, but they get great reviews and seem to fit your reading patterns: "Beautiful Somewhere Else" by Stephen Policoff; "A Complicated Kindness" by Miriam Toews; "Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters" by Mark Dunn. The last one might be a bit less "dark" than you prefer, but read about it at Amazon.com. Finally, "An Alien Heat" by Michael Moorcock is definitely not "heavy." It is, however, the most hilarious and one of the most socially/philosophically/religiously significant novels I've ever read. I don't know if it is your style or not, but it is only 152 pages long (U.S. hard-cover version). |
| 26. | the most interesting book i've read lately was the "davinci code" if you haven't already read it. yes, it's long, but it's very good. |
| 27. | Dan Brown, "The DaVinci Code", "Angels and Demons", "Deception Point" or even "Digital Fortress". Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - then go see the movie. :) |
| 28. | Naked by David Sedaris is a great and fairly easy read. I am currently in the middle of Bee Season by Myla Goldberg and it is really interesting, funny and sad at the same time. |
| 29. | Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris. Its a bunch of short essays about his childhood, living in Paris, America, etc. Very funny. |
| 30. | books i have liked: everything by isaac asimov because he's thinking man's sci-fi. the house of leaves because it's spooky. ballards 'crash' because it's kinky. this book 'hadrian vii' by some nutty british guy, which is a fascinating study of self-involvement. melmoth the wonderer was pretty good, a gothic novel about the inquisition and how it corrupted men's souls. |