Recommend a Novel

[brokenandtwisted]

Edit: Guess it's just me. :)

Well...the novel list on the other site didn't turn out very well...as many people are not fans of literature or don't feel the need to express it anyway...so, instead of making a list of novels to recommend as a whole...just give some recommendations for individual books. :) They don't have to be in order of importance or value, just post whatever comes to mind. An Amazon link would be lovely, as well as a picture of the cover if you can find one (don't be lazy!)....

broken's 1st Recommendation

Ice - Anna Kavan

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Comment: Yeah...it's feminist literature but don't stop reading just yet...it can be read on multiple levels. You don't see the feminism unless you look for it.

A man's search for an elusive girl takes place against a backdrop of nuclear war resulting in total destruction by walls of ice that overrun the world. Imaginative descriptions of a terrifying dreamlike hunt combine with writing of distinction to form an unusual book.

A passage...to give an example of the writing style. In this, we witness the encroaching ice:

An unearthly whiteness began to bloom on the hedges. I passed a gap and glanced through. For a moment, my lights picked out like searchlights the girl's naked body, slight as a child's, ivory white against the dead white of the snow, her hair bright as spun glass. She did not look in my direction. Motionless, she kept her eyes fixed on the walls moving slowly towards her, a glassy, glittering circle of solid ice, of which she was the centre. Dazzling flashes came from the ice-cliffs over her head; below, the outermost fringes of ice had already reached her, immobilized her, set hard as concrete over her feet and ankles. (7)

Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/072061029X/qid=916710369/sr=1-3/002-1031644-4225658)

I haven't read this book in quite some time...and I have to purchase it again since it appears to be that I've misplaced it...:(

[brokenandtwisted]

broken's 2nd Recommendation

Play Dead - Anne Frasier

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Frasier (Sleep Tight, etc.) has perfected the art of making a reader's skin crawl, which is evident from this book's very first scene, in which a medical examiner discovers in the midst of an autopsy that the cadaver he's working on is really a live person. Set in Savannah, Ga., this exceptional thriller follows the hunt for the deranged person who's drugging people so that their minds remain wide awake even as their bodies resemble death. The creepiness factor increases when Frasier introduces homicide detective Elise Sandburg, who was abandoned in a cemetery as a baby and who knows Gullah spells and culture. Elise's partner, anti-social David Gould, is equally strange; his past holds secrets so dark he should be under psychiatric care. Formerly with the FBI, Gould currently lives in a rundown, foul-smelling apartment and sleeps with a prostitute who works for a voodoo priestess. As the two detectives follow leads to the priestess and the former college professor who researched the drug, they forge a tentative bond and come to terms with their own troubled pasts. Frasier's characters are not only fully realized, but fascinating to boot, and she evokes the dark, mystical side of Savannah with precision and skill. Appropriately, this unsettling tale closes with a grim children's rhyme and a spell for "Elise's Follow-Me-Boy Mojo."

It even has five stars on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Play-Dead-Anne-Frasier/dp/0451411374/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3/103-7693034-0603825?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1179365067&sr=1-3).

[brokenandtwisted]

broken's 3rd Recommendation

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon

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Narrated by a fifteen-year-old autistic savant obsessed with Sherlock Holmes, this dazzling novel weaves together an old-fashioned mystery, a contemporary coming-of-age story, and a fascinating excursion into a mind incapable of processing emotions.

Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. Although gifted with a superbly logical brain, Christopher is autistic. Everyday interactions and admonishments have little meaning for him. At fifteen, Christopher’s carefully constructed world falls apart when he finds his neighbour’s dog Wellington impaled on a garden fork, and he is initially blamed for the killing.

Christopher decides that he will track down the real killer, and turns to his favourite fictional character, the impeccably logical Sherlock Holmes, for inspiration. But the investigation leads him down some unexpected paths and ultimately brings him face to face with the dissolution of his parents’ marriage. As Christopher tries to deal with the crisis within his own family, the narrative draws readers into the workings of Christopher’s mind.

And herein lies the key to the brilliance of Mark Haddon’s choice of narrator: The most wrenching of emotional moments are chronicled by a boy who cannot fathom emotions. The effect is dazzling, making for one of the freshest debut in years: a comedy, a tearjerker, a mystery story, a novel of exceptional literary merit that is great fun to read.

Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Curious-Incident-Dog-Night-Time/dp/1400032717/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-2072574-7526063?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180245001&sr=8-1)

[brokenandtwisted]

broken's 4th Recommendation

Birdman – Mo Hayder

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With the forensic acumen of Patricia Cornwell and the atmosphere of Lynda La Plante''s Prime Suspect series, Birdman - already an international sensation prior to publication - introduces a troubled homicide detective battling the demons of his past while facing the psychopath of the century.

In the chilling opening to Birdman, the bodies of five women are found, ritualistically mutilated and dumped on wasteland in Greenwich, England. When post-mortem examinations reveal a single, horrific signature linking the victims - a tiny bird sewn into each chest - the police realize they are on the trail of a serial killer with a terrifying mind.

Detective Inspector Jack Caffery, young,driven, unshockable, finds himself facing both hostilities within the force and his own memory of a lethal failure, as he struggles to unravel the most macabre murders he''s ever seen. Now, as he employs every weapon science can offer, he knows he has little time before the sadistic killer strikes again. But he has so little evidence. All he has are five mutilated corpses and five dead little birds.

Mo Hayder - with a keen psychological insight, brilliant forensic and procedural detail, and a psychically wounded but charismatic lead investigator - has written a first novel of raw intensity and deep understanding that will thrill the hearts of the most demanding readers of crime fiction.

Amazon (http://www.amazon.ca/Birdman-Mo-Hayder/dp/2266108352/ref=dp_return_1/701-8998063-7399517?ie=UTF8&n=916520&s=books&qid=1177446500&sr=1-1)...

I encourage you to read the reviews...the book is extremely disturbing and I enjoyed it more than The Silence of the Lambs (it's that great). Highly recommended...

[brokenandtwisted]

Oh. By the way...^ that book above would be fucking amazing for the book club. I'd participate for sure.

broken's 5 Recommendation

One Hundred Philosophers: The Life and Work of the World's Greatest Thinkers - Peter J., Ph.D. King

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For some of the world’s great thinkers, including Aristotle, Aquinas, and Hegel, philosophy is a vast system of fixed, capital-T Truth for humankind to discover, explore and comprehend. For others, even among those with philosophies as diverse as William James and Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosophy is simply a tool, or a process for ascertaining individual factual truths specific to a given time and place. It is often said that if you ask any ten philosophers to define their subject, you’re likely to get ten different answers. Here, presented for non-specialist readers, is an easy-to-understand survey of ideas put forth by 100 important philosophers, from the pre-Socratics of ancient Greece to the analytic philosophers of the present day. Each thinker is summarized in a single illustrated page, or in many instances, in a two-page spread. Each entry includes the philosopher’s birth and death dates, titles of major works, major influences, a capsule biographical sketch, and a brief summary of his or her most important ideas. In addition to philosophers in our own Western tradition, readers will find Chinese sages, including Confucius and Lao-tzu, the Indian Buddhist philosopher Ngrjuna, and thinkers representing other cultures. Just a few of the 100 important thinkers represented in this book are:


Plato
Aristotle
Augustine of Hippo
Roger Bacon
Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Rene Descartes
Baruch Spinoza
Immanuel Kant
G.W.F. Hegel
Friedrich Nietzsche
William James
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Martin Heidegger
Jean-Paul Sartre
Alfred Jules Ayer
Willard V.O. Quine
Thomas Kuhn
Donald Davidson
and many others


The text is enhanced with more than 250 illustrations and a glossary of philosophical terms.

As Socrates said, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” How better to begin a life’s examination than with the most influential philosophers from Ancient Greece and China to the present day.



Many questions that philosophers have asked down the centuries continue to hold sway today, and are reflected in the great debates of our time. What is the nature of good and evil? What is the meaning of existence, and who are we really? For thousands of years philosophers have struggled with questions such as these, weighing every thought against virtually every rational alternative. Who were the men and women whom we call the great philosophers? This fascinating book examines the lives and thoughts of 100 philosophers who have changed the way we view the world.



Discover the true stories of the world’s greatest thinkers and philosophers, from both East and West. Presented chronologically by year of birth, 100 philosophers are profiled with sketches of their personal life, a summary of the development of their thought, and some of the conclusions they reached.



Peter J. King (D.Phil. Oxford) is Lecturer in Philosophy at Pembroke College, Oxford, and has taught philosophy at the University of Reading, the University of North London, and Birkbeck and King’s Colleges, London. He has published academic papers in the philosophy of religion, metaphysics, and philosophical logic, as well as more popular articles on political philosophy and parapsychology. He’s currently working on an introduction to the philosophy of religion. He is a member of the Humanist Philosophers’ Group.

Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/One-Hundred-Philosophers-Greatest-Thinkers/dp/0764127918/ref=sr_1_1/103-1486731-6307846?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1183683823&sr=1-1)

Great read and great introduction to philosophers.

[Hippiepoet]

A Gracious Plenty by Sheri Reynolds

A friend gave me this book, he'd read it and thought I'd enjoy it as well. I truly did. It is a small novel, and a quick read, with a huge message.

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ABOUT THIS BOOK

.Finch Nobles, a fortyish woman burned as a child and scarred for life, is the caretaker of the town cemetery, tending to the flowers, clearing weeds and debris, and cultivating an extraordinary garden of enormous, mouthwatering fruits and vegetables. The well-kept grave sites and magnificent garden, however, are not all that flourishes in the lush and isolated landscape. Within the gated walls of the cemetery, Finch finds the companionship denied her by her neighbors -- the townspeople who at best tolerate her presence and her eccentricities, at worse scorn and harass her.


For Finch has learned to open her ears -- and her heart -- to the voices she hears as she goes about her daily tasks. What began as faint whispers
has become a veritable chorus, the frank, funny, angry, and poignant words of people passing through the stages that follow death. There is Lucy,
once the town's pride and joy, a vibrant beauty queen who fled her overbearing mother for the big city and descended into a world of sex and drugs and into the profound despair that led to her death, a suicide her mother refuses to accept. There is Marcus Livingston, the infant who "failed to thrive" and howls day and night, and William Blott -- the mysterious man who "lived poor and died rich" -- who surprises everyone by providing Marcus the comfort he cries for. Finch's father continues as the steadfast supporter he was before he died, and her mother, fading as she approaches the next stage of her journey, gently imparts the wisdom guilt and pain had prevented her from sharing with her young daughter. From the moment you enter Nobles Hill, the cemetery on the rise in a small Southern town, you'll be swept away by the magic and the power of a novelist who already has been compared to William Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor.

Amazon link-http://http://www.amazon.com/Gracious-Plenty-Novel-Sheri-Reynolds/dp/0609803875

[brokenandtwisted]

Bump...need more recommendations. :peep:

[Kitty]

Daddy's Girl by Lisa Scottoline -- kinda like Nora Roberts but she tells a pretty good story..

Amazon Online Reader : Daddy's Girl

The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor -- he puts a new spin on an old fairy tale.. and is the first in a trilogy.

Amazon Online Reader : The Looking Glass Wars

The Pact by Jodi Picoult -- kind of along the lines of Nicholas Sparks but not as sappy.

Amazon Online Reader : The Pact: A Love Story

And last but not least my favorite series/author Outlander by Diana Gabaldon if you like fat novels, vivid characters and all genres(they've been out almost 20 years and the book companies still can't figure out what genre it belongs in!), this is for you!

Amazon Online Reader : Outlander

[Gilbrit]

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Turn Of The Screw By Henry James
The Turn of the Screw is a short novel or a novella written by American writer Henry James. Originally published in 1898, it is ostensibly a ghost story that has lent itself well to operatic and film adaptation. Due to its ambiguous content and narrative skill, The Turn of the Screw became a favorite text of New Criticism.

The account has lent itself to dozens of different interpretations, often mutually exclusive, including those of a Freudian nature. Many critics have tried to determine what exactly is the nature of evil within the story. - Wikipedia


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My Exploited Father-In-Law By Curtis B. Dall
Down loadable PDF http://www.vho.org/aaargh/fran/livres4/dall.pdf
Dall, who was married to Franklin Roosevelt's daughter Anna, spent many nights at the White House and often guided FDR around in his wheelchair. He was also a partner at a Wall Street brokerage.

Dall maintained a family loyalty but could not avoid several disheartening conclusions in his book. He portrays the legendary president not as a leader but as a "quarterback" with little actual power. The "coaching staff" consisted of a coterie of handlers ("advisers" like Louis Howe, Bernard Baruch and Harry Hopkins) who represented the international banking cartel. For Dall, FDR ultimately was a traitor manipulated by "World Money" and motivated by conceit and personal ambition. - thecounterpunch


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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus By Charles C Mann
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus is a 2005 non-fiction book by American author Charles C. Mann about the pre-Columbian Americas. The book argues that there is evidence accumulated over the last several decades suggesting that human populations in the Western Hemisphere - that is, the indigenous peoples of the Americas - were larger in number, had arrived earlier, were more sophisticated culturally, and controlled and shaped the natural landscape to a greater extent than had been previously thought. - Wikipedia

[Hippiepoet]

I just wanted to make one quick comment. First of all I love books and every bit of info folks post in here I find so very fucking handy.

I recommend checking out the different monthly/ weekly threads, on crime books, books spotlights and such.....and please EVERYONE..... If you want to add to a thread with a book, go for it.

I also wanted to add that when I do the "Notable Writers Born Today" list I mark certain books with an asterisk, that I think sound good. Granted I am a poetry freak, so yeah you'll see poetry books marked. But I like crime novels, true crime and thrillers. Those books are all on my wish list. hahahahahaah But yeah, click on them, perhaps you'll find something there. The nice thing about Amazon is they usually give you a little summary of the book.

I am bending brokenandtwisted's arms, and she's agreed to post some books around here now and again, (she used to be the Literature Lady before college ate into her life:biggrin1:)....so I appreciate her being able to help out while she is on a break.

Again, though...anyone join in, spread some book goodies.... all our way.

Peace & Hugs,
Hippie...Demon Literature Lady/Bitch/Cunt/Crazy One/ or insert name of choice:tongue1: :hippie:

[Pete Bondurant]

Recommend a Novel

I have a book recommendation for you, Dave.

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[brokenandtwisted]

lol Wtf Pete...

Don't worry Hippie your work does not go unappreciated.

[polis]

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Review from NY Times (http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/05/21/reviews/000521.21pongot.html)

If there's one thing more irritating than a self-appointed policeman of conventional morality and dogma, it's a self-appointed outlaw against them. In ''Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates,'' Tom Robbins, whose cosmic-absurdist, stoner-philosophical novels have moved undergraduates to scrawl ''So true!!!'' in the margins for decades, has again deputized himself to carry the freak flag of irreverence and fleshly indulgence. And if you're moved to ask against whom, lo these 30 years since Woodstock, you're clearly too hung up for this trip.

''Fierce Invalids'' is a sort of gonzo ''Celestine Prophecy,'' one that sends its hero, Switters, on an erotic-spiritual quest. By trade Switters is a pistol-packing C.I.A. operative, but he's a hedonistic and undogmatic one, which gives Robbins license not only to lampoon the Man's uptight ways but to make it sound like an inside job. Dispatched to release his kooky grandmother's pet parrot into the South American jungle, Switters encounters a shaman who takes him on a mind-expanding hallucinogenic trip (natch) and reveals that the secret to transcendence is laughter (natch, again), a message our hero carries to America, the Middle East and even the Vatican.

[Envy]

I can't find the covers but i do have some good books to look up!

Villains by Necessity

(Back Cover) "The ultimate triumph of Good and Light has transformed the world into a place of sweetness and peace. This is bad news for the "bad guys," who include a depressed thief who dresses in black, his short feisty sidekick, a black knight, a female druid, a man-eating sorceress and an innocent centaur who is a spy for Good.
Finding utopia boring, they set out on a quest to restore balance to the world."

The rest i have in mind are just great classics like 1984, Dante's Divine Comedy, Wicked, Lord of the Flies and most anything you would find on a college reading level. Paradise Lost is extremely good as well.

Another series i would recommend would be the Thomas Covenant trilogy. I sadly don't have any of these books in my dorm... T.T

[polis]

I can't find the covers but i do have some good books to look up!

Villains by Necessity


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you didn't mention the author so i'm not sure...

[jenthgr8]

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman is hilarious, as are My Horizontal Life and Are You There, Vodka, It's Me, Chelsea?, both by Chelsea Handler.

[Owd Scrat]

I have a reccomendation for a novel I've loved almost my entire life. It's one of the very most amazing stories ever written IMO. I read it every year in the Autumn.

Little Big by John Crowley

From Wiki: Little, Big (subtitled The Fairies' Parliament) is the epic story of the Drinkwater family and their relationship with the mostly obscured world of Faery. It is set in and around their eccentric country house, called Edgewood, in New England somewhere north of "the City" (clearly a version of New York City). The story is dreamlike, quiet, and meandering, spanning a hundred years of the intertwined family trees of the Drinkwaters and their relations - from the turn of the twentieth century to a sparsely-described dystopian future America ruled by a sinister despot. The magical elements are subtle rather than overt, with only occasional glimpses of the fairies themselves, although their presence is felt throughout.

One of the recurring motifs in the work is the sense of the disparity between the insides and the outsides of things; that is, how large insides somehow fit into small outsides. The Edgewood house is certainly the most obvious of these. The memory palaces of Ariel Hawksquill also point to the inside-outside, little-big motif.

Crowley has mentioned some of the main elements that came together to form this work. One of these is the image of Smoky tying up the ends of his life to go to his uncertain future at the Drinkwater house. Another is the idea of a huge multi-generational family and their intimate ties with faerie.

One other recurring theme is the idea of generation, in this case, human procreation. This theme is illustrated by both the sheer size of the Drinkwater clan and the constant emphasis on family life. A thread of incest also becomes apparent when George Mouse sleeps with his second cousin Sophie Drinkwater. Though never stated flatly, there is heavy implication that George Mouse is Sylvie's father, in addition to being her one-time lover.

Seasons affect the mood of the book throughout. Auberon tries to relive, and forget, his life with Sylvie by remembering the seasons. The whole book has the feel of going through the seasons. It starts in the Spring, then moves onto Summer where everyone is happy and has few worries. There is a story about a mouse that doesn't know what winter is, and, metaphorically, the characters are not prepared for Winter, either. Then the feel gets slowly darker as Auberon loses himself to alcohol in the story's Winter. In the end, Spring is swept back in.


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It's a timeless classic! There was a huge 25th anniversary edition of the book with Peter Milton's artwork. The books themselves are published works of art. I saved up $300 for the numbered edition (only 300 of those printed, there was also a trade and lettered edition). What was cool was that the fans and lovers of the novel prepaid for the version they wanted and that allowed the printing to take place! Well that's all kinda off-topic.

His other books are awesome too, but to me Little Big has a certain magic and enchantment you don't come across very often!

[Envy]

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you didn't mention the author so i'm not sure...

yeah, sorry about that... Mine came from a discount store and the cover was torn off, i didn't even know what it looked like myself!

[mishdabrat]

I'm currently enjoying the first book in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer.
This series has become a phenomena and was loaned to me by a friend. Oh yeah.... it's a vampire book!

Before you, Bella, my life was like a moonless night. Very dark, but there were stars --points of light and reason....And then you shot across my sky like a meteor. Suddenly everything was on fire; there was brilliancy, there was beauty. When you were gone, when the meteor had fallen over the horizon, everything went black. nothing had changed, but my eyes were blinded by light. I couldn't see the stars anymore. And there was no more reason for anything."--

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[Kitty]

"I'm currently enjoying the first book in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer."

I've read the series in self-defense (you try living with a pack of teen girls that have and are in lurve.. ) IMO it's not too bad.. as long as you remember the audience it was intended for.. and the characters, while unrealistic (DUH it's fiction!) are fleshed out well.
All in all not a bad read of you just want something light and easy.

[mjmsepm]

I'm currently enjoying the first book in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer.
This series has become a phenomena and was loaned to me by a friend. Oh yeah.... it's a vampire book!

Before you, Bella, my life was like a moonless night. Very dark, but there were stars --points of light and reason....And then you shot across my sky like a meteor. Suddenly everything was on fire; there was brilliancy, there was beauty. When you were gone, when the meteor had fallen over the horizon, everything went black. nothing had changed, but my eyes were blinded by light. I couldn't see the stars anymore. And there was no more reason for anything."--

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Great series!!!:cheers:

[mjmsepm]

A favorite author of mine is V.C. Andrews. I dont know how to link yet but almost all of her books I have read in a day beacause I couldnt put them down!!! They are about love,runaways,abuse,murder,kidnapping, anything we read about on DD is probably in one of her books!They are twisted but I like em!

[Kitty]

A favorite author of mine is V.C. Andrews. I dont know how to link yet but almost all of her books I have read in a day beacause I couldnt put them down!!! They are about love,runaways,abuse,murder,kidnapping, anything we read about on DD is probably in one of her books!They are twisted but I like em!


I've read alot of the VC Andrews... but I prefer the old stuff to the newer.. Heaven & Dawn were my favorites.

[mjmsepm]

I've read alot of the VC Andres... but I prefer the old stuff to the newer.. Heaven & Dawn were my favorites.

I prefer the older stuff too after V.C Died they are releasing stories that she started but didnt finish so someone else is putting there touch on them!

[mishdabrat]

Kitty I totally agree with your comments about the book/ series. The book was actually recommended to me by a teenager also! But he also had me read Siddhartha which is amazing so I jumped at his suggestion and have enjoyed the light, relaxing read.

[blue_zombie]

Daddy's Girl by Lisa Scottoline -- kinda like Nora Roberts but she tells a pretty good story..

Amazon Online Reader : Daddy's Girl (http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0060833157/ref=sib_dp_ptu#reader-link)

The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor -- he puts a new spin on an old fairy tale.. and is the first in a trilogy.

Amazon Online Reader : The Looking Glass Wars (http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0142409413/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link)

The Pact by Jodi Picoult -- kind of along the lines of Nicholas Sparks but not as sappy.

Amazon Online Reader : The Pact: A Love Story (http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0061150142/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link)

And last but not least my favorite series/author Outlander by Diana Gabaldon if you like fat novels, vivid characters and all genres(they've been out almost 20 years and the book companies still can't figure out what genre it belongs in!), this is for you!

Amazon Online Reader : Outlander (http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0385319959/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link)


Just a quick note here, almost anything by Jodi Picoult absolutely rocks. She writes about crime & controversial topics in today's world that a lot of other writers won't touch. Also, if you like Diana Gabaldon, another author to check out is Sara Donati's Into The Wilderness series. Character's in the Outlander series actually make an appearance in Sara Donati's series. :)

[Owd Scrat]

Reading those posts about VC Andrews brings back some memories!

I read a bunch of her books when I was 11 or 12. Very vivid memories of riding my school bus and reading her books, I was in 5th grade. *sigh*

[Kitty]

Reading those posts about VC Andrews brings back some memories!

I read a bunch of her books when I was 11 or 12. Very vivid memories of riding my school bus and reading her books, I was in 5th grade. *sigh*

Yes indeed it was a very very long time ago... I remember getting in trouble for reading 'My Sweet Audrina' in my lap during class. The teacher even called my mom thinking it was a 'bit inappropriate' for my age-- I was 10 (5th grade).

[Gilbrit]

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (1999)
is a novel by Stephen King about a nine year old girl, Patricia "Trisha" McFarland, who gets lost in the woods.

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The story is set in motion by a family hiking trip, during which Trisha's brother, Pete, and mother constantly squabble about the mother's divorce with her father, as well as other topics. Trisha falls back to avoid listening and is therefore unable to find her family again after she wanders off the trail to take a bathroom break.

She attempts to head them off at an upcoming turn in the trail but somehow ends up hopelessly lost, heading deeper into the heart of the forest. She is left with a bottle of water, two Twinkies, a boiled egg, a sandwich, a large bottle of Surge, a poncho, a Game Boy, and a Walkman. Now and then she listens to her Walkman to keep her mood up, either to learn of news of the search for her, or to listen to the baseball game featuring her favorite player, and "heartthrob," Tom Gordon.

[Kitty]

[COLOR="Purple"][FONT="Century Gothic"]The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (1999)
is a novel by Stephen King about a nine year old girl, Patricia "Trisha" McFarland, who gets lost in the woods.

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I've read this one-- very different from the usual King stuff

[Gilbrit]

I've read this one-- very different from the usual King stuff

My sister said she really didn't care for it because it lacked the usual Stephen King gore.
I read it out of curiosity. I really liked it.