Sheenster303 0 #26 February 29, 2004 Oh my gosh! The Dave Pelzer books are soo awesome! They are very well written and it's almost as if you become the child. It's so sad to think that it is an actual true story. I definitely recommend these books if you've never read them. If you have a sensitive soul, they will make you cry.I'm so funny I crack my head open! P.M.S. #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gary350 0 #27 February 29, 2004 Fiction: Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov Reading again (again, again. . . ) Favorite fiction ever, hands-down. Non-Fiction: Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, Jared Diamond Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wendybird 0 #28 February 29, 2004 Tuesdays With Morrie was wonderful. Went straight from that to Ken Alibeks "Biohazard". Makes for some interesting albeit scary reading, though his stories seem to get a little larger the longer he's in the States. Still, a great read.Wendy "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used u Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hobbes4star 0 #29 February 29, 2004 stephan king "from a buick 8" good book i can't wait to start on the next dark tower.if fun were easy it wouldn't be worth having, right? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #30 February 29, 2004 This is what I'm reading My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gary350 0 #31 February 29, 2004 QuoteThis is what I'm reading OMG - Causality loop! I'm freaking out! Hey lawrocket - how is your wife? Big? Beautiful? Glowing??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bbarnhouse 0 #32 March 1, 2004 Ovr The Edge~ Greg Child. About time I got to this one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andybr6 0 #33 March 1, 2004 Its a book for my course but its very good: Vladimir Bukovsky, To Build a Castle: My Life as a Dissenter Actualy it was so good i read it all in a day. ------------------------------------------------ "All men can fly, but sadly, only in one direction" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CornishChris 5 #34 March 1, 2004 D-Day, 6th June 1944 "I like football and porno and books about war..." Dennis Leary CJP Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dropoutdave 0 #35 March 1, 2004 Just finished Jarred Diamond - Guns, Germs and Steel and just starting Noam Chomsky - Understanding Power. ------------------------------------------------------ May Contain Nut traces...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #36 March 1, 2004 QuoteQuoteThis is what I'm reading OMG - Causality loop! I'm freaking out! Hey lawrocket - how is your wife? Big? Beautiful? Glowing??? Gary, you are a gentleman. We went maternity clothes shopping today, since now she's starting to get too big to fit into her regular clothes. Still, she's stunning, and she does have "the glow." I'm a lucky man! SHe's quite stunning. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
misskriss 0 #37 March 1, 2004 QuoteWe went maternity clothes shopping today Let her look at this link.. Very cutesy maternity clothes.http://www.apeainthepod.com/home.asp?Media=CJ120x60 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpinjackflash 0 #38 March 1, 2004 Wolves of the Calla Stephen King Good stuff, but you want to read the entire Gunslinger series prior to reading this one... peace, jjfIt's a gas, gas, gas... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lainey 0 #39 March 1, 2004 I just finished The Time Travellers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. I really enjoyed it. Easy read, finished it in a few days. I'm reading Porno by Irvine Welsh, I love his books but they definately aren't for everyone, this one follows the lives of some characters from Trainspotting years on. And you shed not a single tear for the things that you didn't need 'Cause you knew you were finally free - Death Cab For Cutie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #40 March 1, 2004 QuoteQuoteWe went maternity clothes shopping today Let her look at this link.. Very cutesy maternity clothes.http://www.apeainthepod.com/home.asp?Media=CJ120x60 Thanks, Misskriss. I already knew plenty about pea in the pod. Cute. Nice. And an absolute rip-off with prices, at times. Today's shopping was at Ann Taylor. Nto specifically maternity, but getting some larger sizes that can fit and grow in to. She ordered some Gap maternity that she doesn't fit into...yet. So, she'll have some of that. As I said, she's truly stunning right now. She doesn't feel that way. Dang hormones. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crbizri 0 #41 March 1, 2004 Just finished: "The Dive From Clausen's Pier" by Ann Packer - it's a quick read - but not bad. Am in the middle of two books: 1. The Corrections - Jonathan Franzen (hard to get into but once you're there it's pretty good) 2. The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory (am loving this book and having a hard time putting it down!) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
misskriss 0 #42 March 1, 2004 QuoteShe ordered some Gap maternity that she doesn't fit into...yet. So, she'll have some of that. Gap Maternity has the cutest clothes. And you are right about Pea in the Pod... Very cute, but very expensive. I'm always looking out for the cute maternity clothes even though I am not pregnant yet.. You are so devoted and that is so precious and sweet. Take care of her as I know you are. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tbrown 26 #43 March 1, 2004 QuoteOne Hundred Years of Solitude-- Gabriel Garcia Marquez (you'll escape to another world). I'm a huge Garcia Marquez fan, the man has one of the most vivid imaginations ever written onto a page. And think, we're just reading the English translation! If your Spanish is good enough, go for the original. "Solitude" won a Nobel Prize. Also fantastic books by the same author are "Love in the Time of Cholera", and his brand new autobiography, "Living to Tell the Tale". Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites misskriss 0 #44 March 1, 2004 My Spanish is definitely not good enough, but "Love in the Time of Cholera" is next on the list. I have completely escaped into his wold of Macondo. The characters are amazing and unforgettable, although keeping all the names straight is hard.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Girlfalldown 0 #45 March 1, 2004 QuoteWolves of the Calla, Stephen King Good stuff, but you want to read the entire Gunslinger series prior to reading this one... I'm almost finished with "Wolves of the Calla"! Every time he releases a new dark tower I re-read the first ones again. I've read the Gunslinger so many times I almost know it by heart! I love how King intertwines all his books in some subtle way. Anne Rice does it too. She's another one of my favorites. I have her 2 most recent just waiting to be cracked open. It's ka...or comala. -------------- (Do not, I repeat DO NOT, take my posts seriously.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites peacefuljeffrey 0 #46 March 1, 2004 QuoteDefinitely read "Jack the Ripper: Case Closed" by Patricia Cornwell. Also read Harry Potter if you haven't yet. I promise they're not kids books. I've given five or six friends copies of the first one, and every one of them have gone out and bought the rest of the series. I read the first two Harry Potter books and I was not terribly impressed. That major thing that bothered me is that it seemed to lean heavily on the "wizard school" idea which, to me, belongs to Ursula K. LeGuin, who did it best with the "Earthsea" series. I just was at a Barnes & Noble tonight browsing, and at the register my jaw dropped, because on the back wall was The Best of John Bellairs, who wrote a childhood favorite of mine called The House with a Clock in its Walls. He wrote witch/wizard spooky stuff for kids. I'm excited to start reading this book tonight in bed. -Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Nightingale 0 #47 March 1, 2004 hmm... harry potter REALLY starts getting good at book 3. I didn't have a problem with a "wizard school" premise. Loads of authors have done that, including Andre Norton, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and Mercedes Lackey. Gotta learn magic somewhere, I guess. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites sdgregory 0 #48 March 1, 2004 Micheal Connelly (Harry Bosch murder mystery novels) and W.E.B. Griffin (Military novels) are my two favorite authors (Currently, as this changes once I have read everything an author has out and find a new one worth reading) Also Robert Ludlum, but sometimes he seems contrived. I suggest going to the clearance rack and buying the 4-5 dollar hardcovers. That is how I found Connelly. You cannot go wrong there and your buck will go farther and you tend to find new authors that way. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Lainey 0 #49 March 1, 2004 yeah i'd have to agree, the first two harry potter books are clearly childrens books. The third starts to get a little deeper and then the fourth and firth seem to be aimed at an older audience. Persevere with the rest anyone who stopped at two. They are well worth the read in my opinion. Definately not the first in the wizard/fantasy genre but a good series regardless of how many have gone before it. And you shed not a single tear for the things that you didn't need 'Cause you knew you were finally free - Death Cab For Cutie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites akarunway 1 #50 March 1, 2004 "Dead Irish". I'm running out of lives as was wondering where I might be goingI hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 3 4 Next Page 2 of 4 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
tbrown 26 #43 March 1, 2004 QuoteOne Hundred Years of Solitude-- Gabriel Garcia Marquez (you'll escape to another world). I'm a huge Garcia Marquez fan, the man has one of the most vivid imaginations ever written onto a page. And think, we're just reading the English translation! If your Spanish is good enough, go for the original. "Solitude" won a Nobel Prize. Also fantastic books by the same author are "Love in the Time of Cholera", and his brand new autobiography, "Living to Tell the Tale". Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
misskriss 0 #44 March 1, 2004 My Spanish is definitely not good enough, but "Love in the Time of Cholera" is next on the list. I have completely escaped into his wold of Macondo. The characters are amazing and unforgettable, although keeping all the names straight is hard.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Girlfalldown 0 #45 March 1, 2004 QuoteWolves of the Calla, Stephen King Good stuff, but you want to read the entire Gunslinger series prior to reading this one... I'm almost finished with "Wolves of the Calla"! Every time he releases a new dark tower I re-read the first ones again. I've read the Gunslinger so many times I almost know it by heart! I love how King intertwines all his books in some subtle way. Anne Rice does it too. She's another one of my favorites. I have her 2 most recent just waiting to be cracked open. It's ka...or comala. -------------- (Do not, I repeat DO NOT, take my posts seriously.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peacefuljeffrey 0 #46 March 1, 2004 QuoteDefinitely read "Jack the Ripper: Case Closed" by Patricia Cornwell. Also read Harry Potter if you haven't yet. I promise they're not kids books. I've given five or six friends copies of the first one, and every one of them have gone out and bought the rest of the series. I read the first two Harry Potter books and I was not terribly impressed. That major thing that bothered me is that it seemed to lean heavily on the "wizard school" idea which, to me, belongs to Ursula K. LeGuin, who did it best with the "Earthsea" series. I just was at a Barnes & Noble tonight browsing, and at the register my jaw dropped, because on the back wall was The Best of John Bellairs, who wrote a childhood favorite of mine called The House with a Clock in its Walls. He wrote witch/wizard spooky stuff for kids. I'm excited to start reading this book tonight in bed. -Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nightingale 0 #47 March 1, 2004 hmm... harry potter REALLY starts getting good at book 3. I didn't have a problem with a "wizard school" premise. Loads of authors have done that, including Andre Norton, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and Mercedes Lackey. Gotta learn magic somewhere, I guess. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sdgregory 0 #48 March 1, 2004 Micheal Connelly (Harry Bosch murder mystery novels) and W.E.B. Griffin (Military novels) are my two favorite authors (Currently, as this changes once I have read everything an author has out and find a new one worth reading) Also Robert Ludlum, but sometimes he seems contrived. I suggest going to the clearance rack and buying the 4-5 dollar hardcovers. That is how I found Connelly. You cannot go wrong there and your buck will go farther and you tend to find new authors that way. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lainey 0 #49 March 1, 2004 yeah i'd have to agree, the first two harry potter books are clearly childrens books. The third starts to get a little deeper and then the fourth and firth seem to be aimed at an older audience. Persevere with the rest anyone who stopped at two. They are well worth the read in my opinion. Definately not the first in the wizard/fantasy genre but a good series regardless of how many have gone before it. And you shed not a single tear for the things that you didn't need 'Cause you knew you were finally free - Death Cab For Cutie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akarunway 1 #50 March 1, 2004 "Dead Irish". I'm running out of lives as was wondering where I might be goingI hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
