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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:57 AM Original message |
Can you recommend some books to me? |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. i also sometime enjoy light fantasy, like the edding belgariad series |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. i also sometime enjoy light fantasy, like the edding belgariad series |
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givemebackmycountry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. Try some Richard Brautigan. |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. You beat me to it |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. William Gibson (I like Pattern Recognition best) and Valerie Martin. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. thank you so much |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 12:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
38. In a similar vein to Gibson, Neal Stephenson |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. Anything by Ann Patchett |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. "How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack". |
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Rabblevox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
9. try "Game Of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin... |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
10. The Story of Edward Sawtelle. |
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Phentex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I loved this book and also The Art of Racing in the Rain... |
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MiddleFingerMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
11. Tom Robbins... light/heavy, fun/funny, irreverent/raunchy, etc. etc. |
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Rabblevox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 08:53 AM Response to Reply #11 |
33. You can never go wrong with Tom Robbins. I'd nominate Jitterbug Perfume as his best. /nt |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:37 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. DUer JitterbugPerfume would surely agree. |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 08:53 AM Response to Reply #11 |
34. "Still Life with Woodpecker" is on my summer re-read list. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
12. In no particular order... |
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GermanDem (65 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
13. Stieg Larsson!! |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
15. Random Acts of Senseless Violence by Jack Womack |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
16. You've run out of Terry Pratchet? Doesn't he write 500 books a year? |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 08:30 AM Response to Reply #16 |
31. Pratchett was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's a year or two |
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Rabblevox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 08:59 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. wow. thanks for ruining my morning (nothing personal)... |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. !?!?! |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Sadly yes |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
17. Let's see |
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MiddleFingerMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
18. Did anyone actually LIKE either movie based on "The Handmaid's Tale"? |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
19. If you want to laugh...I mean really, really laugh hard, you have to read |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 08:48 AM Response to Reply #19 |
32. YES! YES! YES! |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
20. Yes |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
21. Try something by Walter Mosley.....nt |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
22. Nonfiction here. |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
23. True Grit. Just finished it. Great read. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
24. I just read Maya Angelou's "A Mercy." I thought it was brilliant. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:06 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. What was I thinking? Toni Morrison wrote "A Mercy" |
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yankeepants (602 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
25. Between the Bridge and the River by Craig Ferguson |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
26. Terri Gerritsen |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. Also known as Tess Gerritsen |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. You're right. i'm sorry.... |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:41 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. And speaking of Hawai'i writers, I am compelled to put in a plug for dear friend Lois-Ann Yamanaka |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
27. My favorite novel: "The Seed And The Sower" by Sir Laurence Van Der Post. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
28. Sue Miller is a great writer..... like butter. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
29. "The Unnamed" by Joshua Ferris. |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
35. Making Our Democracy Work |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
39. If you like Pratchett, you'll love Neil Gaiman |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
41. Anything by Jasper Fforde |
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edbermac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
46. Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Idiot. |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
47. You might enjoy Jim Butcher |
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ornotna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
48. The Wind's Twelve Quarters |
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