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I'm about to start "Prince Of Tides" by Pat Conroy. I only recently discovered his work and fell in love with it, so I'm going to try this one. Never seen the movie, so it'll be totally fresh.
Janet Evonvich start with One for the Money and work your way through to Eleven on Top- she makes me laugh out loud when I read her books!
The Grandma Mazur(?) character in the Evanovich books is hilarious. Her compulsion to attend funerals reminds me of one of my Great Aunts that I loved dearly. One of the topics of conversation in an AOL chat room I used to visit was who we would cast as Stephanie and her Grandma in a TV sitcom.
Okay...I bought "A Prayer For Owen Meany" some time back, and would like to read it now, but I can't find it. I've never read it before and have heard that it's awesome. Where IS that stupid book!?
Haven't started "Prince of Tides" yet - December is the pits! - but I'm good at reading two books at once.
Yesterday I just started "Are you afraid of the dark" by Sidney Sheldon and I'm halfway done already. Very good book.
I'll be looking for more of his books now.
Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov a true Russian classic and a comic masterpiece about an indolent and lazy aristocrat. It is a subtle , evocative and powerful masterpiece on the dying days of the Russian Aristocracy in Russia.
Also reading "Roman Blood" by Steven Saylor, very well written and great escapism.
I'm a bit past midway in the book by Lee Smith, On Agate Hill. It's a charming story of a girl orphaned by the Civil War..unique format..told through letters, journal entries, and different character's perspectives. I'm enjoying it very much ..I've read many of Lee Smith's books including : Fair and Tender Ladies,The Last Girls, and Family Linen to name just a few of her most popular titles. I find her stories very satisfying.
Okay...I bought "A Prayer For Owen Meany" some time back, and would like to read it now, but I can't find it. I've never read it before and have heard that it's awesome. Where IS that stupid book!?
Haven't started "Prince of Tides" yet - December is the pits! - but I'm good at reading two books at once.
If I HAD to pick one book that was my favorite (just about an impossible task) it would be A Prayer for Owen Meany. Pay no attention to Simon Burch, the piece of drek movie that was made from it.
If you like Evanovich, try Donna Andrews, especially her first book, Murder with Peacocks. One of the funniest books I've read and a good mystery. Great characters, good writing.
She has another series starring a computer/Artificial Personality as sleuth. Very, very good.
I'm off to Borders to get Grafton's latest, T is for Trespass.
I just started The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers. I just finished The Magician's Assistant by Ann Patchett. Liked it, but not as much as Bel Canto, also by her.
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