From Warren...
-fiction AND non-fiction of Scott Turow
-To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
-Letters from Home, Carolyn Hart
-Nickeled and Dimed to Death
-Snow in August, Pete Hamill
-Seance in Sepia, Michelle Black
-The Smell of Rain & Lightning, Nancy Pickard
-Dead I Well May Be, McKinty (graphic)
-On Writing, Stephen King
Carl...
Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card (easy read, best sci-fi novel of all time)
Speaker for the Dead, Orson Scott Card (sequel to Ender's Game)
The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, Mark Haddon
Kurt...
Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro
Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
Peggy...
Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro
Seabiscuit
Snow Falling on Cedars
Snow in August
The Hunger Games Trilogy, Suzanne Collins
Ape House, Sara Gruen
The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
I am the messenger, Markus Zusak
Matt Bull...
Infinite Jest, David Forster Wallace
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, David Forster Wallace
Siddharta, Herman Hesse (short, easy)
The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoyevsky
Elegant Universe, Brian Green
The Bhagavad Gita
Dennis...
East of Eden, John Steinbeck
Empire Falls, Richard Russo
The Human Stain, Philip Roth
The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell
Children of God, Mary Doria Russell
The Reader, Bernard Schlenk
There's a start. Please add more and elaborate. Happy New Year!!!
am loving 'The Ice House' by Minette Walters. Dark but intriguing mystery. Miss you all. Happy new year!
ReplyDeleteMy recent literary conquests generally fall into one of two categories: books that really draw you in, making it hard to put them down; and those which I just relish in the prose and writing style.
ReplyDeleteIn the latter category, my main vices are PD James and Kazuo Ishiguro. James is a prolific English mystery writer that rivals Agatha Christie (and wins); Ishiguro is an English writer born in Japan who favors engaging, flawed characters who battle with fallible and unsure memories. If you prefer film, I suggest the recent adaptation "Never Let Me Go" with Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley, and Andrew Garfield- it's superbly done. Anything by James is great; potential favorites are 'A Certain Justice' and 'A Shroud for a Nightingale.'
In the former category, the Hunger Games trilogy reigns supreme, which is almost impossible to put down regardless of your age. Similarly hard to put down (but in a much different way) was 'The Pillars of the Earth' by Ken Follett. It's about 1200 pages long and surrounds the building of a Cathedral in 13th century England. 'Water for Elephants' by Sara Gruen also transports you to the world of the early days of the traveling circus; in this case the film is not NEARLY as good as the book.
I'll wrap up my thoughts with an elaboration on the final novel listed in my section above, *Curious* by Mark Haddon. The story is written from the perspective of a young boy on the Autism Spectrum. It's quick, refreshing, insightful, and quirky- makes you think about how we think, and a lot of fun to read.
It was great to see most of you this week. For those that couldn't make it this time, hopefully we can see you next December. Happy New Year!!!