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Miscellaneous => Chatterbox => The AC Book Club => Topic started by: mare on October 13, 2008, 08:57:46 PM
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I guess this thread would be a good place to recommend some books for us to read. When you are ready to, you should post a poll Kelly with a few books you have in mind.
Maybe we could also talk about books in general in here. Things we're excited about reading or books as movies etc..
Anyway feel free to post away! :)
We'll also use this thread as a place to post who will be hosting what month :) Because i'm anal and into making lists for things! lol
November - Honey
December/ January (If we need 2 months) - Sinara
January or February (Depending on what happens in December) - Sweet18_2003
Anyone else?
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Dark Tower Series by Stephen King.
It's long, 7 thick books long actually. But, if you've ever read any of his other books, these books find a way to encompass the worlds he created before in this one series. (Salem's Lot for example) and it's about the destiny of the last gunslinger. But it's Action/Adventure, it's Supernatural, it's just, a really good series.
I'm so not doing it justice lol.
Right now I'm reading Lisey's Story, by Stephen King. That one is good too.
But if I had to recommend something, that series would be it.
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This is kind of exciting! :D
~Lenni~
P.S. I'd recommend Flowers In The Attic by V.C. Andrews. :) The whole series is fantastic & twisted! And the movie they made for it, just does NOT do is justice! Simply because in the movie, things that don't ever happen in the series, happens! which totally ticked me off!
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This is kind of exciting! :D
~Lenni~
P.S. I'd recommend Flowers In The Attic by V.C. Andrews. :) The whole series is fantastic & twisted! And the movie they made for it, just does NOT do is justice! Simply because in the movie, things that don't ever happen in the series, happens! which totally ticked me off!
Ooh yes Flowers is a good one! I've read it like twice, but its been a few years since the last time I read it. It's kind of weird and twisted, but in a way you can actually understand why things happen the way they do under the circumstances. It's one of the better VC Andrews books before they became all Mary Sue and cliche and Lenni you are right, the movie is SOOOO awful in comparision to the book. It's pretty thick though. I think 450-500 pages but I breezed through it in like two days the first read because I could not put it down.
I also love the Ruby series by VC Andrews even though it was actually written by the ghostwriter. It's a lil more cliche and I guess Ruby could be considered a lil Mary Sue, but I just adore the story even if it is far fetched. It takes place in New Orleans which I love! So, that's another suggestion.
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Hi! I recommend "How to talk to a widower" by Jonathan Tropper..
Summary: When Doug Parker married Hailey - beautiful, smart and ten years older - he left his carefree Manhattan life behind to live with her and her teenage son, Russ, in the suburbs. Three years later, Hailey has been dead for a year, and Doug, a widower at 29, just wants to drown himself in self-pity and Jack Daniels. But his family has other ideas...Russ is furious with Doug for not adopting him after Hailey died, and has fallen in with a bad crowd. Claire, Doug's irrepressible and pregnant twin sister, has just left her husband and moved in, uninvited, determined to turn his life around. Then there's Debbie, their younger sister, engaged to Doug's ex-best friend and maniacally determined to pull of the perfect wedding at any cost. Soon, Doug finds himself trying to forge a relationship with Russ, reconnecting with his own eccentric nuclear family, and reluctantly dipping his toes into the shark-infested waters of the second-time-around dating scene. It isn't long before his new life is spinning hopelessly out of control...
I loved this book.. and maybe some of you have read it too.. :D
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Dark Tower Series by Stephen King.
It's long, 7 thick books long actually. But, if you've ever read any of his other books, these books find a way to encompass the worlds he created before in this one series. (Salem's Lot for example) and it's about the destiny of the last gunslinger. But it's Action/Adventure, it's Supernatural, it's just, a really good series.
I'm so not doing it justice lol.
Right now I'm reading Lisey's Story, by Stephen King. That one is good too.
But if I had to recommend something, that series would be it.
OMG Rose, I think I've fallen in love with you. I'm so happy someone else has read the Dark Tower Series, cause before now, I've been the ONLY one! They're soooooo good! Stephen King is my favorite author, I've read nearly every book he has out, and the Dark Tower series is my all time favorite. They're amazing! The last book blew my mind... yay!
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I LOVED the Dsrk Tower Series!! I was so sad when it ended and how it ended but it's SK, I wouldn't have expected anything less from him lol
I have read some of those Flowers in the Attic VC Andrews books. I'm sure you can guess i'm not a fan, but if you like soap operas you'd love those.
I of course have to mention Wally Lamb because I LOVE him! I want to be him.
I Know This Much is True and She's Come Undone two phenomenal books.
Also Jodi Picoult's Nineteen Minutes and My Sister's Keeper.
The Secret Life of Bees and The Lovely Bones are two more that I loved.
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I have never heard of that one Nijntje but it sounds interesting.
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I'm going to recommend Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom. I'll give you the summary I got off Wikipedia:
In the best-selling memoir of all time, Mitch Albom recounts his time spent with an old professor, Morrie Schwartz, as he was dying from ALS, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. The memoir, based entirely on recorded conversations between Albom and Morrie about life’s most important lessons, was initially proposed for the sole purpose of paying Morrie’s medical bills. Four years later, it had spent 205 consecutive weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List.
Really good book. I'm looking forward to this whole book club thing :)
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Hrmm let's see, i'm trying to think of some more of my favorites lol
I enjoyed The Witches Chronicles by Anne Rice. It's been a looong time since I read those books.
Anything Dan Brown - Deception Point, Angels and Demons, The Davinci Code
Anne Tyler is a great writer as well. I loved her Back When We Were Grownups.
The Poisonwood Bible I think by Barbara Kingsolver.
I am so bad with authors names but i'll remember the name of the book.
Anita Shrieve is a great writer too. The Pilot's Wife was a great story and Sea Glass.
I am also a huge SK fan so if we were to talk about just a book by him and not a series. Eyes of the Dragon, The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon, The Tommyknockers, Needful Things, The Stand. Those are some of my favorites by him.
Intensity by Dean Koontz was awesome as well for Suspense.
Before Women Had Wings was a great book but I don't remember who wrote it. lol
I know, i'm so helpful lol
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I'm going to recommend Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom. I'll give you the summary I got off Wikipedia:
Really good book. I'm looking forward to this whole book club thing :)
I loved the The Five People You Meet in Heaven by him. I never read Tuesdays with Morrie though. I have always wanted to.
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^I just read the summary for that one Wikipedia and it sounds really good! I might have to pick it up on my next payday :)
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Ooh yea The Lovely Bones was another good one. I have that laying around here somewhere too. The Secret Life of Bees looks good too.
Honestly I am having a hard time thinking of books. I used to read a TON, but like Julie I read a lot of YA books and then during college between majoring in Education and minoring in English, I was only reading children's books or classics, so in my spare time I just wanted to read fluff lol. I haven't read a really good book in a LOOOOONG time.
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The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield is one of my favorites.
Also, if you're a fan of supernatural books, Rob Thurman is a good author to read.
Of course, back in the day, I used to love horse books. All kinds of horse books. My favorite authors were Marguerite Henry, known for Misty of Chincoteague, and Walter Farley, known for The Black Stallion.
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I'm a huge Anne Rice fan. Have been since I was a kid. Interview with The Vampire is one of my personal favorites. I read lots of classics though I'm a HUGE Jane Austen nut love all of her works and have quite an obession with Shakespeare. My favorite play of his is Macbeth and Titus Andronicus.
I love Stephen King as well, his older stuff like The Shining and Carrie were amazing (and better than the movies in my opinion).
I used to read VC Andrews loved her writing for a long time, but Flowers In The Attic got to me lol.
There is one book that I really love that I can pick up anytime and re-read and that's Summer Sisters by Judy Blume it's quite a bit more mature than her other stuff but it's a really awesome coming of age story.
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Believe it or not, I don't think i've ever read a Judy Blume book ever.
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Believe it or not, I don't think i've ever read a Judy Blume book ever.
What?!?!
That is just wrong! Maybe I'll choose "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" for my book of the month! LMAO I just finished reading that to my fourth-graders a couple weeks ago. And then there's "Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret," which is just funny.
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I like scary books and sad books. I like Stephen King, but the Dark Tower series is one I haven't read, so I would definitely be up for checking that out if someone chooses it for their month.
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I know! I have always wanted to read both of those books you mentioned but never have. I will one day! lol
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You should!
How about Beverly Cleary? Please tell me you've read some Ramona!
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What?!?!
That is just wrong! Maybe I'll choose "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" for my book of the month! LMAO I just finished reading that to my fourth-graders a couple weeks ago. And then there's "Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret," which is just funny.
Nahh... I think we should make Mare read Forever LMAO She'd LOVE that one. Taught me pretty much everything I know about sex Lol j.k.
I LOVE Judy Blume. Ha Julie I've been reading Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing to a lot of the 4th grade classes I've been working in. I read Summer Sisters but again a long time ago. It was all right I thought. Prolly wouldn't be a favorite among most on this board.
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Ha Julie I've been reading Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing to a lot of the 4th grade classes I've been working in.
You just have to, right?!
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I haven't read her either. Even as a kid I wasn't into the kid books lol
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I haven't read her either. Even as a kid I wasn't into the kid books lol
I LOVED her books... All of them. I can't remember if I read the Fudge books first or Are You There God, It's Me Margaret? Actually I read Freckle Juice first because we read that in 2nd grade.
The thing I love about Judy Blume is she's so versatile as a writer. I mean like she literally has something for every age group. She has picture books, the Fudge books for an elementary school child, books like Are You There God It's Me Margaret for preteens and then she has some older YA books like Tiger Eyes and Forever and a few adult novels too. It's so funny to read something as explicit as Wifey and think this is the same woman who wrote Freckle Juice LOL.
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Freckle Juice! I loved that one too!
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Ooh yes Flowers is a good one! I've read it like twice, but its been a few years since the last time I read it. It's kind of weird and twisted, but in a way you can actually understand why things happen the way they do under the circumstances. It's one of the better VC Andrews books before they became all Mary Sue and cliche and Lenni you are right, the movie is SOOOO awful in comparision to the book. It's pretty thick though. I think 450-500 pages but I breezed through it in like two days the first read because I could not put it down.
I also love the Ruby series by VC Andrews even though it was actually written by the ghostwriter. It's a lil more cliche and I guess Ruby could be considered a lil Mary Sue, but I just adore the story even if it is far fetched. It takes place in New Orleans which I love! So, that's another suggestion.
My Mom bought me a whole bunch of V.C. Andrews books at a yard sale years ago, & I haven't read any of them but one. The one I was reading though, up & disappeared on me & has yet to be found! Lol.
And Mary Higgins Clark is an Amazing writer too!
~Lenni~
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My Mom bought me a whole bunch of V.C. Andrews books at a yard sale years ago, & I haven't read any of them but one. The one I was reading though, up & disappeared on me & has yet to be found! Lol.
And Mary Higgins Clark is an Amazing writer too!
~Lenni~
Well if you have Ruby, Pearl in the Mist, and All That Glitters those are really good just kind of crazy in a very soap operish kind of way. Well, most of her books are that way. I used to love VC Andrews, but I've kind of outgrown those books I think.
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Well if you have Ruby, Pearl in the Mist, and All That Glitters those are really good just kind of crazy in a very soap operish kind of way. Well, most of her books are that way. I used to love VC Andrews, but I've kind of outgrown those books I think.
If I ever find them again in the storage room, I can give you a list - lol.
~Lenni~
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I recommend:
The Pact - Jodi Picoult
salem Falls - Jodi Picoult
Your Big Break- Johanna Edwards
The Next Big Thing- Johanna Edwards
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I LOVED the Dsrk Tower Series!! I was so sad when it ended and how it ended but it's SK, I wouldn't have expected anything less from him lol
I have read some of those Flowers in the Attic VC Andrews books. I'm sure you can guess i'm not a fan, but if you like soap operas you'd love those.
I of course have to mention Wally Lamb because I LOVE him! I want to be him.
I Know This Much is True and She's Come Undone two phenomenal books.
Also Jodi Picoult's Nineteen Minutes and My Sister's Keeper.
The Secret Life of Bees and The Lovely Bones are two more that I loved.
I LOVED My Sister's Keeper. The Lovely Bones was great as well.
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I forget who it's by but I recommend I know what you did last summer.NOT like the movie they made.
I also recommend anything by Gary Paulsen.
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"I Know What You Did Last Summer" is by Lois Duncan, and yeah... I liked the book better than the movie too.
I think the only Gary Paulsen book I've read is "Hatchet." Do you have a favorite?
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I'm a big fan of all his stuff.Canyons and all the hatchet stories are on top of the list.