I read Swamplandia too, based on your post. Maybe we should start a book club thread so I can ask all the questions I was left with!
Oh, and if you liked Swamplandia!, you might like these:
[Amazon.com:</a> Salt (9780670038688): Jeremy Page: Books](<a href=āhttp://www.amazon.com/Salt-Jeremy-Page/dp/0670038687]Amazon.com:ā>http://www.amazon.com/Salt-Jeremy-Page/dp/0670038687)
[Amazon.com:</a> The Green Age of Asher Witherow (9781932961133): M. Allen Cunningham: Books](<a href=āhttp://www.amazon.com/Green-Age-Asher-Witherow/dp/1932961135/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1314749932&sr=1-1]Amazon.com:ā>http://www.amazon.com/Green-Age-Asher-Witherow/dp/1932961135/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1314749932&sr=1-1)
Hello,
I like lots of different books:
I like a lot Agatha Christieās books because theyāre really interesting, all the time you may think something happened and something different happens and itās really interesting to understand, then, why and how it happened.
I also liked a lot The Da Vinci Code from Dan Brown, itās also a really interesting book, I like these books in which the characters solve a mistery.
I also like to read books about World War II so I liked to read The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank) which is the diary Anne Frank a jewish wrote while she was living in the World War II and The Book Thief from Markus Zusak that is a story about a girl that lived in this period, itās not true but lots of things that happen in the book really happened in real life.
I also like so much Sophieās World from Jostein Gaarder, itās a book about the history of philosophy, I didnāt finish already but Iām almost finishing the book and when I finish Iāll read the other Jostein Gaarderās books.
I also like to read books in other languages, some books made to learners of languages and others made to native speakers of the languages.
I love to read, so that are just some of the books I liked and Iām looking forward to reading much more.
I hope I gave you some tips, Iām going to try to read this book you recommended because it seems to be interesting to me,
Thanks,
BrunaHarvard.
Iām currently re-reading Upton Sinclairās The Jungle. Read it in HS, I think, and it is more amazing than I recalled!
The Lacuna by Barbara Klingslover (or any of her books)
The House at Riverton by Kate Morton. Loved this novel. Enjoyed how she moved from the past (early 1900s) to the present to unfold the story. A friend recently introduced me to Kate Mortonās books and I am trying to read some of her older ones āin betweenā.
The Book Thief (my apologies if anyone has already mentioned this book). Itās very well written. I happen to love historical fiction.
Iām in the middle of The Wednesday Sisters and am loving it.
The Orchid Thief
<pre><code> Lovely non-fiction armchair travel.
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Just finished Secret Daugher by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
I thought it was wonderful. Moving between India and California it is totally captivating. Highly recommend it.
[Amazon.com:</a> Secret Daughter: A Novel (9780061922312): Shilpi Somaya Gowda: Books](<a href=āhttp://www.amazon.com/Secret-Daughter-Shilpi-Somaya-Gowda/dp/0061922315]Amazon.com:ā>http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Daughter-Shilpi-Somaya-Gowda/dp/0061922315)
** Bones, Blood and Butter ** Gabrielle Hamiltonās memoir, about her journey becoming renown chef and restauranteur .
The Book Thief was one of my favorites too (as a fan of historical fiction).
Shanghai Girls was really well written too, (author Lisa See). Historical fiction that follows sisters as they immigrate to the US.
^^^
Dreams of Joy picks up right where Shanghai Girls ends. If you liked Shanghai Girls, grab its sequel.
Just re-read Persuasion after a number of years. Itās still wonderful.
Persuasion is my favorite Jane Austen. 
I second Dreams of Joy. Excellent choice.
Will pick up Dreams of Joyā¦so glad to hear there is a sequel.
I just finished this book: [Amazon.com:</a> Who in This Room: The Realities of Cancer, Fish, and Demolition (9780934971126): Katherine Malmo: Books](<a href=āhttp://www.amazon.com/Who-This-Room-Realities-Demolition/dp/0934971129/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1317746567&sr=8-1]Amazon.com:ā>http://www.amazon.com/Who-This-Room-Realities-Demolition/dp/0934971129/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1317746567&sr=8-1)
about a young womanās experiences with inflammatory breast cancer (she was 31). Sounds depressing, but oh-so-NOT-depressing. And the writing is a real pleasure, not a single wasted word.
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BrunaHarvard
Hello,
I like lots of different books:
I like a lot Agatha Christieās books because theyāre really interesting, all the time you may think something happened and something different happens and itās really interesting to understand, then, why and how it happened.
I also liked a lot The Da Vinci Code from Dan Brown, itās also a really interesting book, I like these books in which the characters solve a mistery.
I also like to read books about World War II so I liked to read The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank) which is the diary Anne Frank a jewish wrote while she was living in the World War II and The Book Thief from Markus Zusak that is a story about a girl that lived in this period, itās not true but lots of things that happen in the book really happened in real life.
I also like so much Sophieās World from Jostein Gaarder, itās a book about the history of philosophy, I didnāt finish already but Iām almost finishing the book and when I finish Iāll read the other Jostein Gaarderās books.
I also like to read books in other languages, some books made to learners of languages and others made to native speakers of the languages.
I love to read, so that are just some of the books I liked and Iām looking forward to reading much more.
I hope I gave you some tips, Iām going to try to read this book you recommended because it seems to be interesting to me,
Thanks,
BrunaHarvard.
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Hello,
Now I have already finished reading āSophieās Worldā and Iām still really looking forward to reading other Jostein Gaarderās books but yesterday I finished reading āThe boy in the striped pyjamas: a fableā from John Boyne and I really recommend this book and āSophieās Worldā.The second book is a story about a boy who lived in the World War II. Both are really good from the beginnig until the ending.
Thanks,
BrunaHarvard.
itslfsāI just finished Secret Daughter! I was in tears at the endā¦such a good book.