Tell the Wolves I’m Home is a wonderful ,easy and thoughtful read…a study in relationships and secrets…
Dreamer11, I’ll second the recommendation for Tell the Wolves I’m Home. Well written coming of age story, and the book lingered in my mind long after I had finished reading it.
I’m just finishing Unbroken, and while it is an engrossing read, it’s a bit on the intense side. I’m looking for a follow-up which is light-hearted and sweet, and also engrossing. Suggestions?
I finally read “Watergate” by Thomas Mallon, which was recommended by @booklady on another thread way back in 2012. I never should have let it sit on the bookshelf for so long. It was a terrific read, full of humor, insight, and wonderful character depictions. It tells the Watergate story through 6-7 historic characters, some major figures, some not. It’s empathetic but unsparing, and wickedly funny in spots. I hated for it to end.
I just finished Winter’s Tale by Mark Helprin, which was an aamzing read.
Now started Desperate Passage on recommendations from @Oracoj58 . So far, it has been a fantastic book - drew me right in! It’s about the Donner Party.
Just read Gone Girl in around two days and I feel sad because I finished.
I was really effected by Gone Girl and I had never seen anything like the “twist.”
I liked Gillian Flynn’s other two books better than Gone Girl. I didn’t like the ending of Gone Girl but there was no twist for me.
I have the other two books on my kindle. I thought someone said they were a little on the dark side so I’ve been debating whether or not to read them. I did really like Gone Girl, I couldn’t put it down.
Yes, they are on the dark side. I tend to like the dark side though.
If you like the dark side you should try Mo Hayder…I started with Tokyo (aka The Devil of Nanking). (shiver)
I don’t mind a little dark, but I am easily upset if it goes too far… books that are purposefully intended to do more than mild-to-moderately unsettle you completely unhinge me. It is kind of a miracle I read We Need To Talk About Kevin without getting upset. Gone Girl didn’t bother me in the least, so if they are only somewhat darker than that I would be okay.. hmm.. I might just have to chance it.
I think the only BOOKS that have ever really upset me were extremely gory horror books, and a non-fiction book about Columbine which I had to stop reading and throw out so I would not ever be tempted to pick it up again. I am a lot more sensitive to movies.
On a completely unrelated note, have any of you read The Agency series? I think the author is Y.S. Lee. It is a lighter, less serious read about a girl in Victorian England who works for a secret detective agency. That was the other series I really tore through in the last year, I really liked it.
I just finished Daughters of Mars, by Thomas Keneally. (Author of Schindler’s List, amongst other.) It is historical fiction set during the First World War, about two Australian sisters, both nurses, who volunteer for the military medical corps. Excellent book. I am particularly interested in the period.
Just finished Jhumpa Lahiri’s new book The Lowland. Excellent read–great story, compelling characters. She’s one of my favorite writers.
Flynn’s books are not unsettling. The nice thing about them is that they are fairly light reads (even though they are dark) and go quickly. They aren’t taxing in any way. They are a good break between more dense books.
Went back to B&N today and returned Gone Girl and got 11/22/63. If they had asked, the conversation would have gone, “Yeah, when I said Stephen King to the clerk he gave me a Gillian Flynn book. I was too stupid to notice.”
Haven’t read a book for myself in at least a year and it feels great.
You read the book and then returned it to the bookstore?
I was wondering when B&N started loaning out books.
Oh look, a book recommendation solely for CSIHSIS!
<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Ethics-Short-Introduction-Simon-Blackburn/dp/0192804421/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1394765388&sr=1-8&keywords=ethics”>http://www.amazon.com/Ethics-Short-Introduction-Simon-Blackburn/dp/0192804421/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1394765388&sr=1-8&keywords=ethics</a>
Seriously, that’s unbelievable. Do you also buy special occasion clothes, tuck the tags inside, wear them, and then return them?
If you cant afford books to purchase, why dont you use the library?
I cant believe the lack of ethics some kids have.