What was the last book you've read?

[nix]

Yup, for all the bookworms out there, what was the last book you've read and would you recommend it?

[wAgKaNgMaKuLiT]

i'm currently reading "The Class" by Erich Segal, it's an old book... i believe some of you have read it already. anyways, soon to be last na siya kaya post ko na dito.

it's a great book, but medyo boring siya. i don't know about the others but i find it boring. yes mabilis yun story pero konti lang nangyayari.

[milady]

I just read The Beach by Alex Garland. Great book! They say the movie's really bad so I'm about to watch it in vcd to see how bad...

Right now, I'm reading Harry Potter :)

[Ira]

I finally finished Mohawk by Richard Russo. It's a bit complex (I had to reread it to understand it), but the story's great, so if you have the time, I'd recommend it.

[Gilbey]

Last march - i finished 4 pocketbooks by Sharon Green - THE BLENDING, however the fifth book is not yet locally available! 8(

I started reading them on my february long weekend and i finished the rest of the series when i came back! nice, i love fantasy and human relations. good read!

[Ada]

I just finished reading Red Dragon by Thomas Harris. It's the prequel to Silence of the Lambs. I wouldn't recommend it though.

I'm currently reading Instance of the Fingerpost. Looks pretty promising.

Kulit: I luuuv Erich Segal! Try reading Doctors. That's his best book for me.

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[wAgKaNgMaKuLiT]

Ada: hehe... "Doctors" was the first Erich Segal book that i've read. but i had a very hard time understanding it kse ang lalim ng mga medical terms, hde pa ako nag ba bio nun. haha, i can still remember may katabi pa akong dictionary while reading that book. but it's good. hehe... hmmmm... ma re read nga...

my sis told me his book "Love Story" is also good. but the so-called part 2 "Oliver's Story" is not worth reading.

[wAgKaNgMaKuLiT]

have anyone read Nicholas Sparks' "Message in a Bottle"? i think the book's better than the movie. they have the same ending but there's something different. what do u think?

and also Nicholas Sparks' "The Notebook". what do u think of it? well, i don't liked it that much. medyo drag kse yun story eh... (here i go again, gusto ko kse fast paced yun mga story... hehe)


:D :D :D

[Ada]

Kulit: Yeah, trademark na ni Segal yung paggamit ng malalalim na words. Kailangan mo talaga ni dictionary sa tabi mo.

Love Story and Oliver's Story are both okay. Your typical mush books. ;) I agree with you on the The Notebook. Bo-rrring.

[sampaguita]

Amy Tan's "The Joy Luck Club". About four Chinese mother raising their American-born daughters, their relationship with their past, and coming to terms with the American present.

Many of you may have read this or seen the movie. It's actually one of my favorites, mostly because I can relate to the cultural division that's presented in this novel. But Tan has a great story-telling voice that literally drew all my attention. The stories within the story are great, even hilarious sometimes.

Highly recommend this to anyone! :)

[tRiStAn]

I just read Roy's The God of Small Things and I am re-reading it now... :)

[bugsbunny]

When the Impossible Happens by Jaime T. Licuaco

kung mahilig kayo sa parapsychology, this is the book to guy!

[venezia]

girlfriend in a coma - douglas coupland
the tesseract - alex garland
the venetin's wife - nick bantock
griffin and sabine - nick bantock
the forgetting room - nick bantock
-books by paolo coehlo

[kingofpain]

Douglas Coupland's "Life After God". I would recommend all of Coupland's books, if only to put the whole Generation X (a term he coined and the title of his first novel) thing into perspective.

[acridmouth]

The Soldier Boy by Michael French. It's your ordinary young adult paperback, which deals with romance and friendship. The plot is simple, so I really wouldn't recommend it.

Right now, I'm reading "Wings" by Danielle Steel. I read it already, but it's a very good book about love and aviation, that I couldn't help but re-read it once more.

[\_`{}[]^-]

I just read " The Hot Zone " by Richard Preston. It's kinda the movie OUTBREAK. It's about a virus that spread in Africa. The usual stuffs...ek..ek. But it was very interesting and it had some wild twists in the story. :p

[BODACIOUS]

I just finished reading WITNESS FOR THE DEFENSE by Michael Eberhardt.

Its a very good book especially for those who love courtroom drama. Basically deals on the privilege communication between the lawyer and his client. :)

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[JDELEON]

Am still finishing Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco. It is a maze to read, but it is quite intriguing. Can't wait to see how it ends.

May Angels smile upon you,
Joe
ps. No offence to ADA, but RED DRAGON is a GREAT NOVEL. Much better than SILENCE... darker, more thrilling. You really get into the psycho's head... I find that quite appealing. =)

[Ira]

JDELEON: Congratulations on actually understanding Eco's Foucault's Pendulum! :D I gave up after less than 20 pages, but I'm planning to get back to it someday (maybe 10 years from now? hehe).

[popscenester]

Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z Brite..

hmm i've been wanting to read Girlfriend in A Coma By COupland .. is it any good?
and Also High Fidelity by Nick Hornby (anybody know where i can purchase this anywhere here?)

[BODACIOUS]

I just finished reading the book THE BIBLE CODE.

Very intriguing and very spine tingling. Check it out to believe. :)

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[Yoshi]

The last book I read was The Testament by John Grisham. I read it during the Holy Week, and I didn't expect it to be quite apt for the season. It was disappointing as a Grisham book because it lacked the legal twists and maneuverings Grisham novels are known for.

[sawblade]

just like yoshi, i read The Testament by Grisham during Holy Week. It was good to pass the time but not much impact. just finished reading this book i found The Golden Room by Irving Wallace. What a waste of paper. The author was bad. the story could have been done better. i just finished it so that i knew the ending and para hindi bitin. but not recommended. :)

[walangdila]

last novel: harry potter and the sorcerer's stone

pero the real last book i've read: austin coates' rizal: filipino nationalist & patriot. http://www.pinoyexchange.com/bleh.gif

[Swiftsure]

Arturo Perez-Reverte's THE CLUB DUMAS. It's the story of a 'book detective' -- a guy who hunts down books for wealthy (and often unscrupulous) clients -- and what happens when he's brought in to authenticate a fragment of the original manuscript of Dumas's THE THREE MUSKETEERS. The story is pretty good, but towards the end it gets a little messy; however, I'd heartily recommend this book to anyone.

[RAinCLouD]

i just finished BASIC EIGHT by DANIEL HANDLER

it has a lot of twist in it and it reminded me FIGHT CLUB

[maxine]

i just finished EMPIRE OF THE SUN, by J.G. Ballard. It's good, just like his other works.

[CaRaMBa]

Tuesdays with Morrie. Beautiful book.

[sLaYeR]

the last book i've read was
* great political theories vol. 2

i don't recommend it if ur not into political stuffs coz its really boring..

[Avalanche]

Of Love and Other Demons and Annakarenina

[uptowngirl]

I last read Harry Potter (2nd book) and the Chamber of Secrets. Its entertaining. If you want something light to read, choose this one. :D

[yuri]

Girl who loves Tom Gordon~~Stephen King

right now it's an old classic book by Elia
KazanThe arrangement

stein and day

[tas_burrfoot]

i read was The Second Generation and Dragons of Summer Flame by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. as for the Chronicles Trilogy that came before it, i've been reading those time and again for the past 8 years. :D
(except for Dragons of Winter Night though :()

[Ira]

The Healing Cut, compiled by Dr. A. Limson, editted by Nuguid.

[NoisyCricket]

The 11 Immutable Laws of Internet Branding :D

Before that, it was Harry Potter IV and the Goblet of Fire.

[NoisyCricket]

The 11 Immutable Laws of Internet Branding :D

Before that, it was Harry Potter IV and the Goblet of Fire.

[Limerick]

Harry Potter: Sorcerer's Stone, I read it for the second time
before that Harry Potter II

[Jacob]

I finished Matthew Hall's Art of Breaking Glass. It's pretty original stuff (to me, at least). The closest thing to it is Silence of the Lambs crossed with the nihilism of Fight Club. Cool.

I'm reading Martin Cruz Smith's Havana Bay now. I'm halfway, and I can say it's good.

[darthmoi]

The last book I read was The Alchemist.
Excellent! I didn't want to buy it at first but I am damn glad I picked it up.

The 2nd to the last was 30 Seconds--some action,mafia thriller thing.

[darthmoi]

Hello Venezia! i just read The Alchemist. What other Paulo Coelho books have you read?
Recommend?
Thanks!!!
Oh, this is darthmoi BTW.

Originally posted by venezia:
girlfriend in a coma - douglas coupland
the tesseract - alex garland
the venetin's wife - nick bantock
griffin and sabine - nick bantock
the forgetting room - nick bantock
-books by paolo coehlo

[karinavasquez]

i agree with caramba...i just read tuesdays with morrie!
it's a great book!

[monee]

The Gold Coin by Andrea Kane. It has been a long time since Ive felt this way about a book. Try it!!! Right now im reading the 2nd-book: The Silver Coin.

[violtra]

The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks...it's soooooooooooo nice :)

[flyderman]

Last book I've finished: Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring. Kakabitin! http://thelair.netfirms.com/ubb/smilies/crap.gif

[GirlNextDoor]

the jury by john grisham :)

[Awiyao]

Henry and June by Anais Nin, and now am about to finish The Best American Erotica 2000 (edited by Susie Bright). Once in while I reread Sylvia Plath's collection of short stories, journal entries, essays ``Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams''. Lahat sila maganda. Yung naunang dalawa, okay, may mga graphic descriptions about sex and lovemaking, pero kaya tawag dito'y erotica dahil hindi crude. well sabagay, kamukha ng beauty, it depends on the beholder what the hell does he/she think about it, kung ano ang porn or erotica. Pero as far as anais nin is/was concerned, she wrote erotica with poetry and beauty. You'll never view lovemaking the same again. The way porn movies degrade sex.

[Kurama]

Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets

when's the 3rd book gonna come out in paperback??? *wait wait*

[keiji]

[/B] high fidelity (nick hornby) [/B]
all in all, it's one good novel about relationships from a male perspective

[Maven]

i just read Sidney Sheldon's latest, "Sky is Falling" and it's a typical sheldon novel. okay naman, but nothing special.

currently, im reading nick hornby's high fidelity, coz i missed the movie. it's kinda funny, although i dont get some of it, coz it's british... but it's basically about his breakups, and his records. you guys should try it.

can i ask? has anybody here read ghosts of manila? i forgot who wrote it... but i'd like to hear of your opinions coz im planning to get it. thanks!

[Pressed Rat]

Running From Safety by Richard Bach. Cheesy, but good, nonetheless.

[Jacob]

Just finished Martin Cruz Smith's Havana Bay. Good diversion to say the least. Currently reading Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho.

[violtra]

im about to finish The Princess Bride by S. Morgenstern, which is abridged by William Goldman...it's soooooo nice! :)

[kaine]

The Narnia series - c.s. lewis
reading it for the second time. can't believe some people are taking this books in the same light of harry potter! narnia's second to the oz books (Wizard of oz, land of oz, etc.) and harry's probably just climbing the ladder and they've gone through it a dozen and more times already!

[bing2x]

http://www.geocities.com/adashki/read.giflast book i read was The Gazebo by Emily Grayson
nakaka-iyak sya :~(

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[kirei041179]

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[keiji]

just finished silence of the lambs in almost one sitting.

one hell of a good book.

[mawmoset]

sea swept - nora roberts. great romance novel.:)

[Maven]

i just read HIGH FIDELITY by nick hornby.

would i recommend it? hmm... for girls who are confused with guys' minds, yup. it's funny. although i dont get some of the humor. it's nice, pero hindi yung remarkably brilliant.

[eponine07]

"scarlett" by alexandra ripley. it's the sequel to margaret mitchell's "gone with the wind". it's not as good, though, as the original. medyo fantasy pa nga ang dating.

am into "the suitable boy" by vikram seth. it's 1,700 + pages long, but it's worth it.

[flyderman]

Stephen King's Skeleton Crew. I've had enough SK for the time being... *phew*

[eponine07]

Originally posted by violtra
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks...it's soooooooooooo nice :)

did you cry? sobrang naiyak ako when i read it. made me believe in the power of true love. it's even better than "bridges of madison county". :girl:

[*happy*phantom*]

Originally posted by eponine07
Originally posted by violtra
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks...it's soooooooooooo nice :)

did you cry? sobrang naiyak ako when i read it. made me believe in the power of true love. it's even better than "bridges of madison county". :girl:

Yeah! I liked The Notebook better than Message in a Bottle.

[TrueNorth]

am re-reading dahl's CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. this book doesn't fail to cheer me up.

[walangdila]

jk rowling's harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban hehehe :D

[moiraine03]

ako din! HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKHABAN Sobrang cool talaga!!! pahiya si draco malfoy!

[flyderman]

Thomas Harris' Red Dragon. Boy, that was one hell of a ride! Never a part that bored me in the least. Also, the climax was brilliant! Probably one of the best suspense/murder books I've read so far.

[Shine]

Hellowee! :)

I guess the Harry Potter Fever got me too. Even my two brothers, two sisters-in-law, and my Mom are into it.

Read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone a week a go, finished Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets just the other day, and I'm currently enjoying Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. My two sister-in-laws are really fast readers ... they're already finished with the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire! Can't wait to get hold of it. :D

[laconic]

Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto. Plaesant/easy read.

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro - lent to me by a good friend. Exceptional book! Brilliantly written.

[emilie]

I am currently reading this book called "E." by Matt Beaumontt (not sure of spelling). It's full of emails, something like the Chat/Connect/Crash series, if you know those books. It's also very funny, British humor similar to Bridget Jones. Very entertaining and easy reading.

[GS2000]

'Silent Prey' by John Sandford

[cherub_08]

it's not really a book . . . it's a collection of poems by Jewel Kilcher, A Night Without Armor :)

[with_a_K]

"All Tomorrow's Parties" by William Gibson. It's like literary crack cocaine - you suck it down and you're euphoric until it wears off, then your frontal lobes melt.

[magnabash]

About A Boy by Nick Hornby

[Econ_major]

The Amber Room - Steve Berry

currently reading The Romanov Prophecy - Steve Berry

[Kafka]

Just finished reading Mary, called Magdalene by Margaret George. Quite nice, but I somehow felt the narrative could have been better.

I'm currently reading When we were gods by Colin Falconer.

[farkas]

paolo coelho's veronika decides to die

[two_eggs]

The Outsider by Albert Camus

[wonder_chaser]

The Zahir - Paulo Coelho *okay*

[grey'shouse]

The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger..

Pretty funny at times though I don't think her boss is "that" tough.. lol.. When you work for your father, no one seems tough enough! :D

[two_eggs]

Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman

[expired]

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and The End of the World by Haruki Murakami

Funny and heart-breaking at the same time. Not to mention that Murakami has talent for describing human sentiments.

[d00mednow]

The Dawn of Atheism :love:

[mytitagirl]

two weeks ago, anne rice's book on jesus christ out of egypt, story when he was seven years old. maganda.

last week, jim butcher's furies of calderon (book 1). read it four times because i loved it! am now looking for book 2, academ's fury.

this week, Yes! magazines to catch up on pinoy showbiz and tsismis.

[crystal_raven20]

the pearl. kay steinbeck. :)

this is a nice book. but it made me sad. shows how men are easily corrupted.

[goddess1981]

Wild Swans by Jung Chang. It's about the Cultural Revolution in China. The book was fabulous, very detailed, and profound.

[blackground]

Warrior of the Light: A Manual by Paulo Coehlio
-> so inspiring...

[bridget4107]

Currently reading "The Rule of Four" and "Silver Bells" (Luanne Rice).

[spolarium]

last month: kite runner by khaled hosseini

how psychotherapy really works by gaylin

[JohnHeart2006]

The Firm by John Grisham. Yes. I'd recommend it.

[deejaye_11]

Warrior of the Light: A Manual by Paulo Coehlio
-> so inspiring...

right, his books are really inspiring.. religious in nature..i've read 2 of his books and i want to read the other ones written by him.. interesting stories..

i am currently reading Sue Grafton's N(is for Noose)... series.. i recommend you to read her books(especially those who love reading mystery novels).. but the first ones are hard to find.. from A(is for Alibi) to H--not sure if it stands for Homicide... kahit di mo sunud sunod mabasa *** books, you can still undesrtand the flow of the story.... there's always a flashback.. :)

[kylie_minogue]

the anastasia syndrome - mary higgins clark. just borrowed it from a friend. 5 stories of suspense/thriller. it's good :)

[mokmok]

The Bonesetter's Daughter - AMY TAN

[stars01]

Histology books by Leeson and another one by Junquiera. Hehe. Joke lang.

Di ko pa natatapos yung The Zahir by Paulo Coehlo

[C.I.C.C.I]

paperback: 353 pages

FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS - JAMES BRADLEY WITH RON POWERS

- Unforgettable...one of the most instructive and moving books on war and its aftermath that we are likely so see...its portrayal rivals Saving Private Ryan in its shocking , unvarnished immediacy. THE NEW YORK TIMES.

-The best battle book I ever read, these stories, from the time the six men who riased the flag at Iwo Jima , their training and the landing and subsequent struggle , fill me with Awe ." STEPHEN AMBROSE

- A powerful book whose vivid and horrific images do not easily leave the mind...[Flags of our Fathers] relates the brutalizing story of Iwo Jima with a fine eye for both the strategic imperative and the telling incident. THE BOSTON GLOBE

- Brings a heartfelt personal dimension to this penetrating and insightful look at an American Icon...Flags of our Fathers captivates as the story behind a famous photo, a story that lives on in a son's heart. NATIONAL REVIEW

[two_eggs]

Manga Sixty Years of Japanese Comics by Paul Gravett

[confusedbutrfly]

last book that i've read was dan brown's "the da vinci code"... i both liked it and not coz it's really questioning God...i don't really believe on what's written on it and also my eng lit prof said it aint written that well but anyway it's very intriguing and makes you wana read for the whole weekend...lol..

i'm currently reading "the lovely bones" by alice sebold.... breathtaking!..hope to finish it soon though i'm so busy with my studies aight now.

[hpmd]

the messenger by lois lowry

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback; 437 pages
large print

LITTLE CHILDREN - TOM PERROTTA

This New York Times best seller has earned universal acclaim, including starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal and Booklist. With hits like Election and Joe College to his credit, author Tom Perrotta has established himself as a master of satire.

Unhappily married, Sarah passes he days at the local playground with her three-year-old daughter. When happily unemployed Todd (also married) and Sarah meet, their attraction is immediate. They begin a passionate affair just as their suburban utopia is ratled by the arrival of registered sex offender Ronald James McGorvey. With McGorvey in town, disgusted parents wonder if any of their little children will be safe.

Perrotta's wry observations of suburbia make for a tremendously insightful tale. By adding a layer of suspense to his uniquely dark humor, he shapes Little Children into his most compelling novel yet.

[tsokolat]

she's come undone

abou a boy

:sunnysmile:

[two_eggs]

Friday Night Lights - skipped some parts though

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback; 197 pages

FOR ONE MORE DAY - MITCH ALBOM

"Every family is a ghost story..."

Mitch Albom mesmerized readers around the world with his number one New York Times bestsellers, The Five People You Meet in Heaven and Tuesdays with Morrie. Now, he returns with a beautiful, haunting novel abou the family we love and the chances we miss.

For One More Day is the story of a mother and a son, and a relationship that lasts a lifetime and beyond. It explores the question: What would you do if you could spend one more day with a lost loved one?

As a child, Charley Benetto is told by his father, "You can be a mama's boy or you can be a daddy's boy, but you can't be both." So he chooses his father, and he worships him --right up to the day the man disappears. An eleven-year-old Charley must then return to his mother, who bravely raises him on her own, despite Charley's embarassment and yearnings for a complete family.

Decades later, Charely is a broken man. His life has been crujbled by alcohol and regret. He loses his job. He leaves his family. He hits bottom after discovering his only daughter has shut him out of her wedding.

And he decides to take his own life.

He makes a midnight ride to his small hometown, with plans to do himself in. But upon failing even to do that, he staggers back to his old house, only to make an astonishing dsicovery. His mother--who died eight years earlier -- is still living there, and welcomes him home as if nothing had ever happened.

What follows is the one "ordinary" day so many of us yearn for, a chance to make good with a lost parent, to explain family secrets, and to seek forgiveness. Somewhere between this life and the next, Charley learns the things he never knew about his mother and her sacrifices. And he tries , with her tender guidance , to put the crumbled pieces of his life back together.

Throught Albom's inspiring characters and masterful storytelling , readers will newly appreciate those whom they love --- and may have thougths they'd lost -- in their own lives. For One More Day is a book for anyone in a family, and will be cherised by Albom's millions of fans worldwide.

[bluesky_luis]

SOUTH OF THE BORDER, WEST OF THE SUN by Haruki Murakami

It's a simple story, but how murakami wrote it is wonderful and you can't stop reading it.

[narutrix]

last book i've read: veronica decides to die, good one *okay*

[requieM]

"Lisey's Story" by Stephen King

King proves he's still the master of supernatural suspense.

[viajera]

memories of my melancholy ******- gabriel garcia marquez

[viajera]

wow so the last word has been automatically converted into asterisks :))

[C.I.C.C.I]

paperback; 159 pages

ON PICKING FRUIT - ARTHUR WOOTEN

Although he was born gay, Curtis Jenkins has trouble picking fruit. Now a successful middle-aged New York City writer, he is still is searching for that elusive man of his dreams. Unfortunately, Curtis has alread formed a self-destructive pattern of choosing all the wrong men in all the wrong places.

After a bizarre yet comical attmept at suicide Curtis becomes a reluctant patient of the aging psychiatrist Dr. Magda Tunic. Her gruff and unethical approach to therpaty relentlessly pushes Jenkins to explore the real reasons why he hasn't found love and helps him to discover the important qualities he desires in a man.

Eager to help Curits on his quest to find his true soul mate is his irreverent and unpredictable mother, Mrs. J., and his incorrigible best friend and soap opera writer, Qunin..

Will Curtis discover who and what he truly wants in his life? While he barely survives dates that are funny, frightening, sexy, moving, and even shocking, Curtis may just uncover the fortitude to find Mr. Right (or even Mr. Pretty Close)


www.onpickingfruit.com

[SuKiYaKi]

Why Do Men Have Nipples? and the 2nd edition Why Do Men Fall Asleep After Sex? both by Mark Leyner and Billy Goldberg, M.D.

a great read of random FAQ *okay*

[disenchantedmus]

Just finished Pawn of Prophecy, Book 1 of the Belgariad by David Eddings. Very fun and interesting. I'm a fantasy reader, and huge fan of David Eddings. :)

[easter]

Maganda ang books ni Ed Lapiz. Nakakatawa. One of them is "Pera o Puri",

[Naicha_lover]

Just finished White Oleander by Janet Fitch. Haven't seen the movie, but the book is very lyrical..the metaphors are so beautiful, the characters, so real.

[RunningAway]

The Lovely Bones

made me cry.

[crystal_raven20]

Just finished White Oleander by Janet Fitch. Haven't seen the movie, but the book is very lyrical..the metaphors are so beautiful, the characters, so real.

mas nagustuhan ko yung sa book kesa sa movie :)

last book i've read?

the devil wears prada.

before nun, The Rule of Four

[C.I.C.C.I]

Hardback: 436 pages

THE COLLECTORS - DAVID BALDACCI

Over the hill.
Out of the loop.
And trying to save their country...

In Washington, D.C., where power is everything and too fee have too much of it, four highly eccentric men with mysterious pasts call themselves the Camel Club. Their mission: find out what's really going on behind the closed doors of America's leaders.

The assasination if the U.S. Speaker of the House has shaken the nation. And the outrageous iconoclasts of the Camel Club have found a chilling connection with another death: the demise of the director of the Library of Congress's rare books room, whose body has been found in a locked vault where seemingly nothing could have harmed him.

A man who calls himself Oliver Stone is the groups's unofficial leader. Staying one step ahead of his violent past and headquartered in a caretakers's cottage in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Stone , drawing on his vast experience and acute deductive powers, discovers that someone is selling America to its enemies one classified secret at a time. When Annabelle Conroy, the greatest con artist of her generation, struts onto the scene in high-heeled boots, the Camel Club gets a sexy new edge. And they'll need it because two murders are hurtling them into a world of high-stakes espionage that threatens to bring America to its knees.

From an ingenious con in Atlantic City to the possible forgery of one of the rarest and most valuable books in American history, to a showdown of epic proportions in the very heart of the capital, David Baldacci weaves a briliant, white-knuckle tale of suspense in which every collector is searching for one missing prize: the one to die for...

[HiPPiEcHiC]

Dance Dance Dance - Haruki Murakami

[undaunted]

john irving's the fourth hand. quite a waste of time. wouldn't have touched it had i not want to clear my desk of the clutter :glee:

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback; 434 pages

THE CAMEL CLUB - DAVID BALDACCI

WELCOME TO THE CAMEL CLUB

It exists at the fringes of Washington, D.C., has no power, and consists solely of four eccentric and downtrodden members whom society has forgotten. Their simple goal is to find the “truth” behind their country’s actions

One man leads this aging, ragtag crew. He has no known past and has taken the name “Oliver Stone.” Day and night, Stone and his friends study wild conspiracy theories, current events, and the machinations of government, hoping to discover some truth that will hold America’s leaders accountable to its citizens. Yet never in Stone’s wildest nightmares could he imagine the conspiracy the Camel Club is about to uncover…

After witnessing a shocking murder, the Club is slammed headfirst into a plot that threatens the very security of the nation, full of stunning twists, high-stakes intrigue, and global gamesmanship rocketing to the Oval Office and beyond. Soon the Club must join forces with veteran Secret Service agent Alex Ford, who becomes an unwilling participant in one of the most chilling spectacles to ever take place on American Soil.

[the_querent]

Warrior of the Light...Paolo Coelho

[gelacite]

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

[match_point]

ELEVEN MINUTES- PAOLO COELHO*okay*

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback: 288 pages

DARKLY DREAMING DEXTER - JEFF LINDSAY

MEET DEXTER, A POLICE WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING... A MONSTER WHO CRINGES AT THE SIGHT OF BLOOD...A SERIAL KILLER WHOSE ONE GOLDEN RULE MAKES HIM IMMENSELY LIKABLE: HE ONLY KILLS BAD PEOPLE.

Dexter Morgan isn't exactly the kind of man you'd bring home to Mom. Though he's playful and has a wonderfully ironic sense of humor, Dexter's one character flaw (his proclivity for murder) can be off-putting. But at heart DeXter is the pefect gentleman, supportivE of his sister, Deb, a Miami cop, and interested only in doing away with people who really deserve his special visit. Dex is quite good-looking but totally indifferent to (and, frankly, a bit puzzled by ) the attentions paid to him by women. Despite th fact that he can't stand the sight of blood, he works as a blood-spatter analyst for the Miami police department, a job that allows him to keep tabs on the latest crimes and keep an eye open for his next quarry.

Dexter's well organized life is suddenly disrupted when a second, much more visible serial killer appeaRs in Miami. Dex is intrigUed, even delighted, by the fact that the other killer appears to have a style reminiscent of his own. Yet he can't help but feel that the mysterious new arrival is not merely invading his turf but reaching out to him as well. This new killer seems to be doing more than copying Dexter -- he seems to be saying, "Come out and play." Dexter's secret life makes for a lonely existence... even a lovable monster can be intriuged by the prospect of finding a friend.

Introducing one of the most witty and original narrators in years Jeff Lindsay's Darkly Dreaming Dexter is a fresh , surprising, and brilliantly executed novel that is sure to receive wide acclaim.

[SiOMs]

Naked by David Sedaris. Took me 5 months to finish it, sheesh! :glee:

[stepehenyan@12]

that darkly dreaming dexter has a tv series titled dexter 2nd season na sya marami nag criticize kung bakit ang bida isang serial killer.

last book that i have read love story by erich seagal di ko pa tapos.

[baby_07]

I know it's an old contemporary classic but two weeks ago, I finished Like Water For Chocolate by Laura Esquivel. It's a nice read if from time to time, you are the type who likes to read something light and simple but intense. One thing that's very striking about this novel is that it strikes all your senses and amazingly, even your gastronomic desires. Very sensual and dramatic yung story and there is a tad touch of surrealism in it. Recommended to those who usually have longer bus trips or roadtrips. *okay*

If there's a recent read that I would definitely recommend though, it would have to be Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami. A very intelligent novel with many references from great authors. Very interesting storyline as well. Easily one of my most favorite novels! ;)

Currently reading: The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald

[nozmail]

If there's a recent read that I would definitely recommend though, it would have to be Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami. A very intelligent novel with many references from great authors. Very interesting storyline as well. Easily one of my most favorite novels! ;)

Currently reading: The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald


Say hooray for Murakami!!!
I'm finally going to read Kafka on the Shore!!!
I just finished Thinner by Stephen King *okay*

[C.I.C.C.I]

Hardback: 229 pages

THE BOOK OF SAMSON - DAVID MAINE

THIS IS THE STORY OF MY LIFE AND IT'S NOT A HAPPY ONE.

If you wish to read about me you're welcome to but if you're looking for something to give you hope & joy comfort & inspiration then you had best leave off here straightaway and go find something else. My life has an abundance of frustration and pain plus a fair bit of sex and lots of killing and broken bones but it's got precious little hope & joy comfort & inspiration.

It's got some women in it too plus a wife. Dalila is the one you may have heard of and a rare piece of work she was. You may think you know the story but believe me there's more.

From the author of the acclaimed provocative novels Fallen and The Preservationist comes a tale about a mna who belives he is touched by the hand of God - then instructed by that God to slaughter his enemies. It is the story of "this worldly existence of men & brutes desire & unkindness" and of the woman, Dalila, who figues at the center of it all. In the book The Book of Samson , David Maine has created an unforgettable portrait, a unique and astonishing masterpiece that puts a face on a previously faceless icon.

[C.I.C.C.I]

paperback ; 308 pages
copyright 2006
ISBN-13: 978-078671-743-9
ISBN-10: 0-78671-743-2

MY UNDOING: Love in the thick of Sex, Drugs, Pornography, and Prostitution - AIDEN SHAW

The star of more than fifty adult films, Aiden shaw ranks as one of -gay porn's all-time favorite performers. His films from Falcon, Catalina, and Studio 200 have brought him international celebrity, including the honor of having Sex and the City writers name thier Aiden Shaw character after him. Now, for the first time, the real Aiden Shaw shares in unsparing detail his personal stories about the sex and the drugs that have fueled his private life. However, the book also profoundly follows him through a course of rocky and unfulfilling relationships. As Shaw eloquently and often humorously points out, the romantic life on an adult film superstar can be lonely and wanting for love. But not only in the form of a significant other - also love from within himself. The book is equally moving for his revelations about his Irish Catholic upbringing, his open HIV -positive stauts, and his recovery from a near fatal car accident that left him paralyzed temporarily.

[HiPPiEcHiC]

South of the Border, West of the Sun - Haruki Murakami

[shychic]

Undead and Unreturnable by Mary Janice Davidson, 4th of a series

wickedly funny! :D

[nozmail]

HEARTS IN ATLANTIS - STEPHEN KING *okay*

currently reading AMISTAD.

[sweetie~pie]

Sirena by Donna Jo Napoli.

Marian Keyes- Last Chance Saloon. Quite touching for a chick lit

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback; 264 pages
copyright 2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-7432-5626-1
ISBN-10: 0-7432-5626-3

AMERICAS REPORT CARD: A NOVEL - JOHN McNALLY


America’s Report Card offers a brilliant vision of contemporary American life that is frightening, darkly hilarious, and tinged with satire. John McNally tells the story of two unlucky people who forge an improbable yet possibly life-saving connection in a world overshadowed by the Patriot Act and No Child Left Behind - a world in which hulking government bureaucracies and vast corporations join forces to numb the populace into apathy with various standardization and surveillance programs. But Mc Nelly sees hope in the daily experiences of his characters: sometimes, haphazardly, by going about their own very particular lives people circumvent the official program and begin to actively claim lives of freedom and dignity. America’s Report Card is an arresting and human portrait of life taking place in the margins, outside the stunted imagination of government and media.

As in his critically acclaimed novel The Book of Ralph, McNally dazzles with characters like Jainey O’Sullivan - a lonely, confused, purple-and-green-haired h sometime truant, Jainey cares so little about high school that on her final standardized test, she writes an essay heaping scorn on the test administrators even as she asks her faceless reader for help. Charlie Wolf leads a fairy-tale graduate student life, with just enough money and clout to keep him in books, vodka, and a threadbare apartment, and a beautiful, intellectual girlfriend. But the bohemian dream starts to crumble when Charlie take s a job scoring standardized tests and find himself surrounded by people who are either plodding blindly along or caught up in wild conspiracy theories. When Charlie and Jainey stumble upon one another, they also stumble upon their own bravery and compassion. They try to protect each other from their habitual bad luck and the shadowy threats lurking at the edges of their lives, and what ensues doesn’t follow nay prescribed course.

The official version of American life today may get the broad strokes and primary colors right, but America’s Report Card reveals how the government and the media overlook the corners and shadow where our individual realities unfold all too often in chaotic, precarious, and bewildering ways. This wholly original , wildly entertaining novel mirror our part in the dark but frequently redemptive comedy that is life.

[sweetie~pie]

John Grisham's The Innocent man.

[the_querent]

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback; 514 pages
copyright 2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-7432-7250-6
ISBN-10: 0-7432-7250-1

THE BOLEYN INHERITANCE - PHILIPPA GREGORY

THREE WOMEN WHO SHARE ONE FATE: THE BOLEYN INHERITANCE

ANNE OF CLEEVES

She runs from her tiny country, her hateful mother, and her abusive brother to a throne whose last three occupants are dead. King Henry VIII, her new husband, instantly dislikes her. Without friends, family, or even au understadning of the language being spoken around her, she must literally save her neck in a court ruled by a deadly game of politics and the terror of an unpredicatable and vengeful king. Her Boleyn Inheritance: accusation and false witnesses.

KATHERINE HOWARD

She catches the king's eye within moments of arriving at court, setting n motion the dreadful machine of politics, intrigue, and treason that she does not understand. She only knows that she is beautiful, that men desire her, that she is young and in love - but not with the diseased old man who made her queen, beds her night after night, and killed her cousin Anne. Her Boleyn Inheritance: the threat of the axe.

JANE ROCHFORD

She is the Boleyn girl whose testimony sent her husband and siter-in-law to their deaths. She is the trusted friend of two threatened queens, the perfectly loyal spy for her uncle, the Duke of Norfolk, and a canny survivor in the murderous court of a most dangerous king. Throughout Europe, he name is a byword for malice, jealousy, and twisted lust. Her Boleyn Inheritance: a fortune and a title, in exchange for her soul.

The Boleyn Inheritance is a novel drawn right as a lute string about a court ruled by the gallows and three women whose positions brought them wealth, admiration, and power as well as deceit, betrayal, and terror. Once again, Philippa Gregory has brought a vanished world to life - the whisper of a silk skirt on a stone stair, the yellow glow of candlelight illuminating a hastily written note, the murmurs of the crowd gathering on Tower Green below the newly built scaffold. In The Boleyn Inheritance Gregory is at her intelligent and page-turning best.

[C.I.C.C.I]

paperback; 208 pages
copyright 1983
ISBN: 0-14-130110-4

THE WITCHES - ROALD DAHL

This is not a fairy tale.

This is about real witches.

Grandmamma loves to tell about witches. Real witches are the most dangerous of all living creatures on earth. There's nothing they hate so much as children, and they work all kinds of terrifying spells to get rid of them. Her grandson listens closely to Grandmamma's stories --but nothing can prepare him for the day he comes face to face with The Grand High Witch herself!

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback; 258 pages
copyright 2005
ISBN 1-4000-6028-1

SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN - LISA SEE

Lily is haunted by memories --of who she once was, and of a person, long gone, who defined her existence. She has nothing but time now, as she recounts the tale of Snow Flower and asks the gods for forgivenes.

In Nineteenth-century China, when wives and daughters were foot-bound and lived in almost total seclusion, the women in one remote Hunan county developed their own secret code for communicaiton: nu shu ("women's writing"). Some girls were paired with laotongs, "old sames," in emotional matches that lasted throughout their lives. They painted letters on fans, embroidered messages on handkerchiefs, and composed stories, thereby reachign out thier isolation to share their hopes, dreams, and accomplishments.

With the arrival of a silk fan on which Snow Flower has composed for Lily a poem of introduction in nu shu, their friendship is sealed and they become "old sames" at the tender age of seven. As the years pass, through famine and rebellion, they reflect upon their arranged marriages, loneliness, and the joys and tragedies of motherhood. The two find solace, developing a bond that keeps their spirits alive. But when a misunderstanding arises, their lifelong friendship suddenly threatens to tear apart.

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is a brilliantly realistic journey back to an era of Chinese history that is as deeply moviing as it is sorrowful. With the period detail and deep resonance of Memoirs of a Geisha, this lyrical and emotionally charged novel delves into one of the most mysterious of human relationships: female friendship.

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback; 187 pages
copyright 2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-618-73516-7
ISBN-10: 0-618-73516-X

EVERYMAN - PHILIP ROTH

Philip Roth's new novel is a candidly intimate yet universal story of loss, regret, and stoicism. The best-selling author of The Plot Against America now turns his attention from one " family's harrowing encounter with history" (New York Times) to one man's lifelong skirmish with mortality.

The fate of Roth's everyman is traced from his first shockign confrontation with death on the idyllic beaches of his childhood summers, trhough the family trials and professional achievement of his vigorous adulthood, and into his old age, when he is rended by observing the deterioration of his contemporaries and stalked by his own physical woes.

A succesful commercial artist with a New York ad agency, hs is the father of two sons from a first marriage who despise him and a daughter from a second marriage who adores him. He is the beloved brother of a good man whose physical well-being comes to arouse his bitter envy, and he is the lonely ex-husband of three very different women with whom he's made a mess of marriage. In the end he is a man who has become what he does not want to be.

The terrian of this powerful novel - Roth's twenty-seventh book and the fifth to be published in the twenty-first century -- is the human body. Its subject is the common experience that terrifies us all

[batinks13]

Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler

A pretty ideological book filled with babbles of a madman. Anti-semitic to the brim, but certainly an interesting read on those who want to play power politics.

[nozmail]

apt pupil from different seasons by stephen king.
currently reading michael connelly's chasing the dime.*okay*

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback; 55 pages
copryright 1997
ISBN-13: 978-0-7432-7530-9
ISBN-13: 0-7843-7530-6


BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN - ANNIE PROULX

Annie Proulx has written some of the most original and brilliant short stories in contemporary literature, and for many readers and reviewers, "Borkeback Mountain" is her masterpiece.

Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist, two ranch hands, come together when they're working as sheepherder and camp tender one summer on a range above the tree line. At first, sharing an isolated tent, the attraction is casual, inevitable, but something deeper catches them that summer.

Both men work hard, marry, and have kids because that's what cowboys do. BUt over the course of many years and frequent separations this relationship becomes the most important thing in their lives, and they do antyhing they can to preserve it.

The New Yorker won the National Magazine Award for Fiction for its publication of "Brokeback Mountain", and the story was included in Price Stories 1998: The O. Henry Awards. In gorgeous and haunting poser Proulx limns the difficult, dangerous affair between two cowboys that survives everything but the world's violent intolerance.

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback; 359 pages
copyright 2006
ISBN 10: 0-06-089862-3
ISBN 13: 978-0-06-089862-5

THE CONFESSION - JAMES MCGREEVEY

In two decades of public life, the personal life I put on display was a blend of fact and fiction... I invented overlapping narratives about who I was, and contrived backstories that played better not just in the ballot box but in my own mind. And then, to the best of my ability, I tired to be the man in those stories....

I lived not in one closet but in many.

In August 2004, GOvernor James E. McGreevey of New Jersey made history when he stepped before microphones, declared "My truth is that I am a gay American," and announced his resignation. The story made international headlines --but what led to that moment was a human and political drama more complex and fascinating than anyone knew.

Now, in this extraordinarily candid memoir, McGreevey shares his story of a life of ambition, moral compromise, and redemption. From childhood, McGreevey lived a kind of idealized American life. The son of wokring-class Irish Catholic parents, named for an uncle who died at Iwo Jima, he strove to exceed expectations in everything he did --meeting each new challenge as though his "future rode on every move." As a young man he was tempted by the priesthood, yet it was another calling --politics -- that he found irresistible. Plunging early into the dangerous waters of New Jersey policits, he won three elections by the age of thirty-six, and soon thereafter nearly toppled the state's popular governor, Christie Todd Whitman, in a photo-finish election. Four years later, he won the governorship by landslide.

Throughout his adult life, however, Jim McGreevey had been forced to suppress a fundamental truth about himself: that he was gay. He knew at once that the only clear path to his dreams was to live a straight life, and so he split in tow, accepting the traditional role of family man while denying his deepest emotions. And he discovered, to his surprise that becoming a political player demanded ethical shortcuts that became as corrosive as living in the closet. In the cutthroat culture of political bosses, backroom deals, and the insiduous practice known as "pay-to-play," he wirtes, "political compromises came easy to me because I'd learned how to keep a part of myself innocent of them." His policy triumphs as governor were tempered by scandal, as the transgressions of his staff came back to haunt him. Yet only when a former lover threatened to expose him did he finally confront his divided soul, and find the authentic self that had always eluded him.

More than a coming-out memoir, The Confession is a story of one man's quest to repair the rift between his pulic and private selves, at a time in our culutre when the personal and political have become tangled like frayed electric cables. Teeming with larger-than-life characters, written with honesty, grace, and rare insight into what it means to negotiate the minefields of American public life, it may be among the most honest political memoirs ever written.

[impulzz]

Nightkill by F. Paul Wilson and Steven Spruill - bitin!

[decemberchalks]

i've never been into science fiction nor am i a fan of the evolution theory but this book has grabbed my heart in a way that no danielle steele or yes, even nicholas sparks novel has ever did (haven't finished marquez' love in the time f cholera so...);...for all it's scientific , seemingly far fetched idea, it is really a good story of endless love and commitment to stay in a relationship-no matter how bizaare your loved one is. (so if you still have no gift for valentine's day...i recommend you get this one-unless s/he is the world is flat type hehe:) ).

a really great read- your 500++ bucks will be worth it-unless it's a Continuum cd you're saving for ;)

[maysapaw]

The Romanov Prophecy by Steve Berry.

it's quite good...ala - Da Vinci Code but for me somehting's missing...i just dont know what :D but it's good enough for me to try his other books.

[karlabernadette]

Just finished two books last weekend.. :)

Ptolemy's Gate by Jonathan Stroud and Heiress for Hire by Erin McCarthy.. :)

I looooove Jonathan Stroud! The way he finished the Bartimaeus trilogy was really something.. the last two chapters was so unexpected.. i cried.. 0_o

I couldnt shut up about it either.. hehehe

heiress for heir, on the other hand, was really funny and witty.. yun lang.. :)

[aN_pEnG_rEn09]

Wicked: the Life and times of the Wicked Witch of the West
by Gregory Maguire:D

[maysapaw]

False Impressions by Jeffrey Archer

Not quite like Kane and Abel but more of Honor Among Thieves and Eleventh Commandment....a good read.

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback; 462 pages
copyright 2007
ISBN 978-0-345-48575-5

THE ALEXANDRIA LINK - STEVE BERRY

Cotton Malone retired from the highrisk world of elite operatives for the U.S. State Departmnet to lead the low-key life of a rare-book dealer. But his quiet existence is shattered when he receives an anonymous e-mail: You have something I want. Your'e the only person on earth who knows where to find it. Go get it. You have 72 hours. If I don't hear from you, you will be childless. His horrified ex-wife confirms that the threat is real: Their teenage son has been kidnapped. When Malone's Copenhagen bookshop is burned to the ground, it becomes clear that those responsible will stop at nothing to get what they want. And what they want is nothing less that the lost Library of Alexandria.

A cradle of ideas --- historical, philosophical, literary, scientific, and religious --- the Library of ALexandria was unparalleled in the world. But fifteen hundred years ago, it vanished into the mists of muth and legend --- its vast bounty of wisdom coveted ever since by scholars, fortune hunters, and those who believe its untold secrets hold the key to ultimate power.

Now a cartel of wealthy international moguls, bent on altering the course of history, is desperate to breach the library's hallowed halls --- and only Malone possesses the information they need to suceed. At stake is an explosive ancient document with the potential not only to change the destiny of the Middle East but to shake the world's world's three major religions to their very foundation.

Pursued by a lethal mercenary, Malone crosses the globe in search of answers. His quest will lead him to England and Portugal, even to the highest levels of American government --- and the shattering outcome, deep in the Sinai desert, will have worldwide repercussions.

[Pronghorn]

The Silmarillion, JRR Tolkien.

Loved it! Brought me into fantasy. Sigh.

[Mree]

Night by Elie Wiesel and I just re-read Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback; 393 pages
copyright 2006
ISBN-10: 0-316-15979-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-316-15979-1


CROSS - JAMES PATTERSON

Among the villains Alex Cross has face -- Gary Soneji, Casanova, Kyle Criag, the Wolf--- one pyschopath tops them all. Alex knows him as his wife's killer.

# 1 BEST SELLING AUTHOR JAMES PATTERSON RETURNS WITH THE PINNACLE OF ALEX CROSS THRILLERS.

Alex Cross was a rising star in the Washington, DC, police deparment when an unknown shooter gunned down his wife, Maira, in front of him. Alex's need for vengenace was placed on hold as he face another huge challenge --- raising his children without their mother.

THE MOST TERRIFYING CROSS EVER.

Years later Alex is making a bold move in his life. He has left the FBI and set up practice as a psychologist once again. His life with Nana Mama, Damon, Janine, and little Alex finally feels like it's in order. He even has a chance at a new love.

Then Cross's former partner John Sampson calls in a favor. He is tracking a serial rapist in Georgetown, one shoe brutal modue operandi includes threatening his victims with terrifying photos. Cross and Sampson need the testimonies of these women to stop the predator, but the victims refuse to reveal anything about their attacker.

THE MOST EMOTIONAL CROSS EVER.

WHen the case triggers a connection to Maria's death, Alex may have a chance to catch his wife's murdere after all theses years. Will justice be served at long last? Or is this the culminating scene in his own deadly obsession?

From the man USA Today has called the "master of the genre, " Cross is the high-velocity thriller James Pattterson's and Alex Cross's fans have waited years to read.

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback; 360 pages
copyright 2006
ISBN 0-385-51723-8

THE INNOCENT MAN: MURDER AND INJUSTICE IN A SMALL TOWN - JAMES GRISHAM

JOHN GRISHAM'S FIRST WORK OF NONFICTION, AN EXPLORATION OF SAMLL-TOWN JUSTICE GONE TERRIBLY AWRY, IS HIS MOST EXTRAORDINARY LEGAL THRILLER YET.

In the major-league draft of 1971, the first player chosen from the State of Oklahoma was Ron Williamson. When he signed with the Oakland A's, he said goodbye to his hometown of Ada and left to pursue his dreams of big-league glory.

Six years later he was back, his dreams broken by a bad arm and bad habits -- drinking, drugs, and women. He began to show signs of mental ilness. Unable to keep a job, he moved in with his mother and slept twenty hours a day on a sofa.

In 1982, a twenty-one-year-old cocktal waitress in Ada named Debra Sue Carter was raped and murdered, and for five years the police could not solve the crime. For reasons that were never clear, they suspected Ron Williamson and his friend Dennis Fritz. The two were finally arrested in 1987 and charged with capital murder.

With no pyshcial evidence, the prosecution's case was built on junk science and the testimony of jailhouse snitches and convicts. Dennis Fritz was found guilty and give a life sentence. Ron WIlliamson was sent to death row.

If you believe that in America you are innocent until proven guilty, this book will shock you. If you believe in the death penalty, this book will disturb you. If you believe the crimianl jusitce system is fair, this book will infuriate you.

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback; 216 pages
copyright 2000
ISBN 0-7434-0617-6

What I have to tell you is not easy to understand, impossible to accept. But if you will listen to my story --if you are willing to trust me --then maybe in the end you'll believe me. And it's very important that you, in particuar, should l believe me. For, without knowing it, you are the only perosn in the world I can share my secret with.


IF ONLY IT WERE TRUE - MARC LEVY

What do you do when you find a stranger in your closet, particularly when she's surprised that you can even see her -- and she can disappear and reappear at whim? What if she then tells you that her body is actually in a coma on the other side of town? Should you have her see a psychiatrist or should you consult one yourself? Or do you take a chance and believe in her, and allow yourself to be swept up in an extraordinary adventure?

This is the beginning of the dilemma that Arthur, a young San Francisco architect, is faced with when he discovers Lauren in his aparment.

Arthur is the only man who can share Lauren's secret, the only one who can see her, hear her, and talk to her when no one else so much as senses her presence. So when doctors prepare to end Lauren's physical care -- which woudl destory the magical bond she and Arthur cherish -- he must find a way to save her. For after all, it is only her love that can save him.

[kiane]

last night ko lang natapos

house of guilts by robert rodenberg..

ganda, basahin nyo rin...(mag-promote daw ba?!)

[two_eggs]

the forever war by joe haldeman

[JENSIE_G]

SHE'S COME UNDONE by Wally Lamb

[Hot Pants]

George R.R. Martin's 3rd book of The Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords

What a rush! Can't wait to get my hands on A Feast For Crows

[wyched]

im trying to finish THE SATANIC VERSES. it's not an easy read book.

[C.I.C.C.I]

paperback; 390 pages
copyright 2003
ISBN 0-345-46004-9

THE AMBER ROOM - STEVE BARRY

Forged to exquisite gem, the Amber Room is one of the greatest treasures ever made by man ---and the subject of one of history's most intriguing mysteries. German troops invading the Soviet Union seized the Room in 1941. When the Allies started their bombing , the Room was hiddn, and it have never been seen since. But not the hunt has begun once more.

Atlanta judge Rachel Cutler loves her job and her kids, and remains civil to her ex-husband, Paul. But everything changes when her father dies under mysterious circumstances, leaving behind clues to a secret about something called the Amber Room. Desperate for the truth, Rachel takes off for Germanuy, with Paul close behind. Before long, they're in over their heads. Locked into a treacherous game with professional killers, Rachel and Paul find themselves on a collission course with the forces of greed, power, and history itself.

[NoodleRamen]

neverwhere by neil gaiman

[mauve_2002]

Cleopatra: When We Were Gods by Colin Falconer :bop:

it's a good book.*okay*

[lone_gunmen]

karin fossum's when the devil holds the candle.

fossum is a norwegian detective fiction/psychological thriller writer. she specializes in trafficking atmospheric, small-town mystery with meditations on the psychological that goes along the lines of british writer ruth rendell's works. highly recommended!

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback; 311 pages
copyright 2003
ISBN 0-439-43536-6

GREGOR THE OVERLANDER - SUZANNE COLLINS

When eleven-year-old Gregor follows his little sister thorught a grate in the laundry room of their New York aparment building, he hurtles into the dark Underland beneath the city. There, humans live uneasily beside giant spiders, bats, cockroaches, and rats ---but the fragile peace is about to fall apart.

Gregor wants no part of a conflict between these creepy creatures. He just wants to find his way home. But when he disocvers that a stange prophecy foretells a role for him in the Underland's uncertain future, he realizes it might be the only way to solve the biggest mystery of his life. Little does he know his quest will change him and the Underland forever.

Rich in suspense and brimming with with adventure, Suzanne Collin's debut marks a thrilling new talent, and introduces a character no young reader will ever forget.

[hyperFocused]

animal farm by george orwell

they really had a dark idea for the future eh? thats what war does for your thinking i guess...

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardbound; 437 pages
copyright 2006
ISBN 0-439-54530-7

CHARLIE BONE AND THE HIDDEN KING - JENNY NIMMO

In Charlie's most perilous adventure yet, the shadow from the Red King's portrait has escpaed. Strange things start to happen at Bloor's Academy. But, with the help of a mysterious force, Charlie and his friends are closer to discovering the truth about Charlie Bone's father.

[Hot Pants]

hogfather by terry pratchett. i've read that there's a movie adaptation for this as well.

[bluesky_luis]

THE ALEXANDRIA LINK by Steve Berry

out of 5, i'll give it a 3.5. it could have been better. why? read it.

[Riza Hernandez]

i'm currently reading jane austen's sense and sensibility. it's an old book actually. First published back in 1811 but its fun reading it. Everyone can relate to since its all about love and family. Try it..Oh Pride and Prejudice is a must read also (jane austin's again). It has a movie version actually, just like sense and sensibility. Pride starred kiera knightley.

by the way...I'm sort of helping a friend solve her "dilemma" of gathering as much as URLs I could get to post her blog's . It's a final requirement for her major subject. Please do check this...http://tiringtingting.blogs.friendster.com/ting/ tnx a lot!!!

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback; 309 pages
copyright 2004
ISBN 0-430-65075-5

GREGOR AND THE PROPHECY OF THE BANE - SUZANNE COLLINS

In the months since Gregor first encountered the strange Undreland beneath New York City, he's sworn he won't ever go back. But wehn another prophecy, this time about an ominous white rat known as the Bane, calls for Gregor's help, the Underlanders know the only way they can get his attention is through his little sister, Boots. Now Gregor's quest reunites him with his bat, Ares, the rebellious princess Luxa, and new allies and sends them through the dangerous and deadly Waterway in search of the Bane. Then Gregor must face the possibiliy of his greatest loss yet, and make life and death choices that will determine the future of the Underland.

Suzanne Collins has created characters and a world that are capturing countless imaginations. This second installment of the Underland Chronicles is sure to win her even more enthusiastic fans.

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback: 358 pages
copyright 2005
ISBN 0-439-65623-0

GREGOR AND THE CURSE OF THE WARMBLOODS - SUZANNE COLLINS


Book Two lef off with Gregor reading the Prophecy of Blood: a prophecy that calls for Gregor and Boot to return to the Underland to hlep ward off a deadly plague. But this time, Gregor's mother refuse to let him return to the Underalnd . . . until the rat Ripred assures the family that Gregor and Boots are just needed for short meeting, which the crawlers will attend only if their "princess" Boots is present. Gregor's mom finally relents, on the condition that she go with them. The Underland plague is spreading , and when one of Gregor's family is stricken, he begins to understand his role in the Prophecy of Blood, and must summon all his power to end the biological warfare that threatens the warmblooded creatures of the Underland. Fans of Suzanne COllin's acclaimed fantasy series will find more suspense and action than ever in this thrilling third saga.

[Eries]

Anansi Boys - Neil Gaiman

What can I say? I love Gaiman. :3

Been reading (or rather trying to read :rolleyes: ) Quietus by Vivian Schilling for almost a month now.

[blue crush]

I just finished reading "The Name of the Rose" by Umberto Eco. It's quite good actually, though I was kinda thrown off by the Latin passages in the book (which I hardly understand) and the philosophical discussions and arguments in it that tend to be taxing. But over all, it was good.

[maysapaw]

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

about a teenage girl who fell in love with a vampire....quite good.

im now waiting for its sequel to be in paperback :D

[albert_sy2]

Speak Well English

Funny as h*ll

[chang]

Breaking Vegas by Ben Mezrich

Kung magaling ka sa math, you'd swear to yourself that you'll try it out. If not, you'd wish you were.

[C.I.C.C.I]

paperback; 496 pages
copyright 1960
ISBN 0-684-85256-X

THE LAST TEMPATION OF CHRIST - NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS

THE WOLD-FAMOUS NOVEL ABOUT THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS CHRIST

Hailed as a masterpiece by critics worldwide, The Last Temptation of Christ is a monumental reinterpretaion of the Gospels by one of the ginast of modern literature. Niko Kazantzakis, renowend author of Zorba the Greek, brilliantly flashes out the story of Christ's passion, giving it a dynamic spiritual freshness. Kazantzakis's Jesus is a gloriously divine, yet earthly and human, as he travels among peasants and is tempted by their comfortable life. provocatively illuminating every dimension of the Gospels, The Last of Christ is an exhilirating modern classic

[^pusa^]

Everyone Worth Knowing by Lauren Weisberger

[kleenexbox]

"the life of pi"

kung broken-hearted ka, this is a good book to read kasi it will remind you of nothing. kakaiba kasi ang istorya.

warning lang - may mga gross na parts sya.

[cWaYzi]

"the life of pi"

kung broken-hearted ka, this is a good book to read kasi it will remind you of nothing. kakaiba kasi ang istorya.

warning lang - may mga gross na parts sya.

I saw this book and I really wanted to buy it, but I ran out of money. Thanks for reminding me btw ;) I hope I can have the book sometime this week.

Anyway, I just finished Affaire Royale by Nora Roberts. A good read, tough it's sequel is better "Command Performance".

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback ; 570 pages
large print
copyright 2006
ISBN: 0-7393-2665-1

THE AUDACITY OF HOPE - BARACK OBAMA

In July 2004, Barak Obama electrifed the Democratic National COnvention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum

Now, in The Audacity of Hope, Senator Obama calls for a different brand of politics --- a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the "endless class of armies" we see in Congress and on the campaing trail; a politics rooted in the faith, inclusiveness, and nobility of spirt at the heart of "our improbable experiment in democracy." He also writes, with surprising intimacy and self-deprecating humor, about setlling in as a senator, seeking to balance the demands of public service and family life, and his own deepening religious commitment.

At the heart of this book is Senator Obama's vision of how we can move beyond our divisions to tackle concrete problems. Underlying his stories about family, friends, members of the Senate, and even the president is a vigorous search for connection: the foundation for a radically hopeful political concensus.

A senator and a lawyer, a professor and a father, a Christian and a skeptic, and above all a studnet of history and human nature, Senator Obama has written a book of transforming power. Only by returning to the principles that gave birth to our Constitution, he says, can Americans repair a political process that is broken and restore to working order a government that has fallen dangerously out of touch with millions of ordinary Americans. Those Americans are out there, he writes, "waiting for Republicans and Democrats to catch up with them."

[C.I.C.C.I]

copyright 2007
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-37520-1
ISBN-10: 0-312-37520-4

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JUDAS - BENJAMIN ISCARIOT RECOUNTED BY JEFFREY ARCHER WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF PROFESSOR FANCISC J. MOLONEY

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JUDAS is the result of an intense collaboration between a storyteller and a scholar.

The unlikely partnership of Jeffrey Archer and Francis J. Moloney was formed, after Archer had sought advice from Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini on who should guide him through this demanding project. Among his many past students of the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Cardinal Martini singled out Professor Francis J. Moloney, a graduate of that institue in 1972, who had completed his doctoral studies at Oxford University in 1975.

The project was as bold as it was simple. Archer would write a story for twenty-first century readers, while Moloney would ensure that the result would be credible to a first-century Christian or Jew.

[C.I.C.C.I]

paperback; 125 pages
copyright 1974
ISBN: 0-380-00357-0

EQUUS - PETER SHAFFER

Gods of Terror in the Mind's Eye

EQUUS is an electrifying journey into the mind of a 17-year-old who has plundged a steel spike into the yes of six horses. As a psyhciatist explores the young boy's tortured psyche, the play becomes a shattering confrontation between the passionate spirit of the life force itself, and the distortions forced on the spirit by "civilized" society.

Fresh from a season as the hit of the London stage, EQUUS opened in New York to unqualified rave reviews, and won the Tony Award for Best Play. Walter Kerr, in The New York Times , called EQUUS "Remarkable ... a psychiatric detecive story of infinite skil... the closest I have seen a contemporary play come --- it is powerfully close --- to reanimating the spirit of mystery that makes the stage a place of breathless discovery."

[cHarL!e's AngEL]

The Givenchy Code by Julie Kenner..pretty funny with a pretty far out story, but it kept me turning the pages naman. won't go down as one of my favorite books though.

[C.I.C.C.I]

Paperback; 109 pages
Copyright 1998
ISBN: 0-375-75052-5


THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES- EVE ENSLER

“ I was worried about vaginas. I was worried about what we think about vaginas, and even more worried that we don’t think about them . . . . So I decided to talk to women about their vaginas, to do vagina interviews, which became vagina monologues. I talked with over two hundred women. I talked to old women, young women, married women, single women, lesbians, college professors, actors corporate professionals, sex workers, African American women, Hispanic women, Asian American women, Native American women, Caucasian women, Jewish women. At first women were reluctant to talk. They were a little shy. But once they got going, you couldn’t stop them.

So begins Eve Ensler’s hilarious , eye-opening tour into the last frontier, the forbidden zone at the heart of every woman. Adapted from the award-winning one-woman show that’s rocked audiences around the world, this groundbreaking books gives voice to a chorus of lusty, outrageous, poignant, and thoroughly human stories, transforming the question mark hovering over the female anatomy into a permanent victory sigh. With laughter and compassion, Ensler transports her audiences to a world we’ve never dared to know, guaranteeing that no one who reads The Vagina Monologues will ever look at a woman’s body the same way again.

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback; 348 pages
copyright 2004
ISBN 0-15-101066-8

THE CODEX - LEV GROSSMAN

About to depart on his first vacation in years, Edward Wozny, a hot-shot young banker, is sent to help one of his firm's most important and mysterious clients. When asked to uncrate and organize a personal library of rare books, Edward;s indignation turns to curiosity as he realizes that among the volumes there may be hidden a unique medieval codex, a treasure kept sealed away for many years and for many reasons.

Enlisting the hlep of Margaret Napier, a passionate and brilliant medieval scholar, Edward discovers the strange history of the codex and the dark, intricate tale that lies within its pages. His fascination becomes an obsession that only deepens as friends draw him into a peculiar and addictive game with mystifying parallels between the game;s virtual reality and the legend of the medieval codex.

An accomplished , powerful literary thriller, Codex explores dark mysteries of both the medieval era and the present, keeping readers guessing right up until the astonishing conclusion.

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback; 229 pages
copyright 2007
ISBN-13: 978-0-374-10523-5
ISBN-10: 0-374-10523-5

A LONG WAY GONE: MEMOIRS OF A BOY SOLDIER - ISHMAEL BEAH

My high school firends in New York City have begun to suspect I haven't told them the full story of my life.
"Why did you leave Sierra Leone?"
"Because there is a war."
"Did you witness some of the fighting?"
"Everyone in the country did."
"You mean you saw people running around with guns and shooting each other?"
"Yes, all the time."
"Cool."
I smile a little.
"You should tell us about it sometime."
"Yes, sometime."


THIS IS HOW WARS ARE FOUGHT NOW: by children, traumatized, hopped-up on drugs, and wielding AK-47's. Children have become the soldiers of choice. In the more than fifty violent conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 3000,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them.

What does war look like through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one become a killer? How does one stop? Child soldiers have been profiled by journalists, and novelists have struggled to imagine their lives. But it is rare to find a first-person accound from someone who endured this hell and survived.

In A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, Ishmael Beah, now twenty-six years old, tells a powerfully gripping story: At the age of twelve. he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he'd been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart, a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts. At sixteen, he was removed from fighting by UNICEF, and through the help of the staff at his rehabilitation center, he learned how to forgive himself, to regain his humanity, and, finally, to heal.

This is an extraordinary and mesmerizing account, told with real literacy force and heartbreaking honesty.

[tsokolat]

norwegian wood

:sunnysmile:

[kylie_minogue]

the rule of four. quite disappointing.

[mystify]

last book I started was Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. One year running and i haven't finished it yet. Boring.

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback; 348 pages
copyright 1988
ISBN 0-394-56161-9

LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA - GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ

GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ established his literary reputation more than twenty years ago with the publication of One Hundred Years of Solitude , a legendary book that has been read by millions of people around the world. It was followed by other works, each of which drew new readers and new praise from the critics -- culmination in the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982.

Now Garcia Marquez has written a book that takes its place alongside that earlier, famous work, in the compnaty of the true masterpieces of modern literature.

" It was inevitable...." So begins this story set in a country on the Carribean coast of South America -- a story that ranges from the late nineteenth century to the early decades of our own, tracing the lives of three people and their entwined fates. And yet, at first nothing seems inevitable, for this is a tale of unrequited love. Fifty years, nine monhts, and four days' worth, to be exact. For that is how long Florentino Ariza has waited to declare, once again, his undying love to Ferminda Daza, whom he courted and almost won so many years before. He has the bad grace, however, to make his declaration at the funeral of her husband, one of the most illustrious men of his time, a patron of the arts, distinguished professor of medicine, and leader int he fight against the cholera epidemics that once ravaged the country. Shaken by Florentino's bold speech, Ferminda banishes him from her house.

But that is only the beginning. WIth the craft, humor, and accumulated wisdom of a master of fiction, Garcia Marquez transports them (and the reader) back to those early days when they first met, courted, and were forced apart. He shows them going their very different ways -- Florentino with his poetry, his rise to prominence in business, and (his devotion to Fermina Daza notwithstanding) his constant pursuit of women. And we see Fermina as she is wooed by the most sought-after bachelor of their time, Doctor Juvenal Urbino de la Calle; as they wed; as they experience all the events and emotions-- honeymoon, passion, children, small betrayals, separations, dependencies, and adventures -- that constitute a long, sturdy marriage. And then, at what might seem the end of their lives, Fermina Daza and Florentino Ariza are brought together once more, in a meeting whose outcome is as fateful, as suspenseful, as any in literature.

As the title suggest, Garcia Marquez has written a novel about love, love in all its guises: young love, married love, romantic love, carnal love, even love with the symptoms of cholrea. More than that, he has written a work of art radiant with humanity that readers will savor and will remember for the rest of their lives.

[cWaYzi]

The Wedding- Nicholas Sparks

[mauve_2002]

Valhalla Rising by Clive Cussler*okay*

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback; 268 pages
copyright 2007
ISBN:978-0-06-I33880-9
ISBN-10: 0-06-I333880-X


THE WITCH OF PORTOBELLO - PAULO COELHO

How do we find the courage to always be true to ourselves --- even if we are unsure of who we are?


That is the central question of international bestselling author Paulo Coelho's profound new work, The Witch of Portobello. It is the story of a mysterious woman named Athena, told by the many who knew her well --- or hardly at all. Among them:

People create a reality and then become the victims of that reality. Athena rebelled against that --- and paid a high price.
Heron Ryan, journalist

I was used and manipulated by Athena, with no consideration for my feelings. She was my teacher, charged with passing on the sacred mysteries , with awakening the unknown energy we all possess. When we venture into that unfamiliar sea, we trust blindly in those who guide us, believing that they know mre than we do."

Andrea McCain, actress.

Athena's great problem was that she was a woman of the twenty-second century living in the twenty-first, and making no secret of the fact, either. Did she pay a price? She certainly did. But she would have paid a still higher price if she had repressed her natural exuberance. She woudl have been bitter, frustrated, always concerned about 'what other people might think,' always saying, 'I'll just sort these things out, then I'll devote myself into my dream,' always complaining "that the conditions are never quite right.'"

Deidre O'Neill, known as Edda

Like The Alchemist, The Witch of Portobello is the kind of story that will transform the way readers think about love, passion, joy, and sacrifice.

[C.I.C.C.I]

paperback;264 pages
Copyright 1998
ISBN 0-375-70026-9

EVENING - SUSAN MINOT

July 1954. An island off the coast of Maine. Ann Grant-25-year-old New York career girl - is a bridesmaid at her best friend's lavish wedding. Also present is a man named Harris Arden, whom Ann has never met...

After three marriages and five children. Ann Lord lies dying in an upstairs bedroom of a house in Cambride, Massachussetts. What comes to her, eclipsing a stream of doctor's visits and friends stoping by and grown children overheard whispering from the next room, is a rush of memories from a weekend 40 years ago in Maine, when she fell in love with a passion that even now throws a shadow onto the rest of her life. In Evening, Susan Minot gives us a novel of spellbinding power on the nature of memory and love.

[C.I.C.C.I]

..........

[C.I.C.C.I]

...........

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback; 272 pages
copyright 2003
ISBN 0-7432-4442-7

A MIGHTY HEART : The Brave Life and Death of my husband Danny Pearl - MARIANE PEARL

In A Mighty Heart, an astonishingly courageious woman tells the terrifying and unfrogettable story of her husband's life and death. For five weeks the world watched and worried about Danny Pearl, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan. And then came the news of his shocking and brutal murder. Danny's reasons for being in Karachi, the complete story of his abduction, and the intense effort to find are told here for the first time.

Mariane and Danny Pearl were working in South Asia, as they had been elsewhere in the world, because they believed that good reporting is essential to our understanding of ethnic and religious conflict around the globe. They knew the risks inherent in the life they chose and took conscientious precautions.

The courage of Danny and Mariane is extraordinary, yet we are dependent on brave journalists everywhere to produce news coverage that educates us. There are many mighty hearts in the Pearl story, many brave people who helped Mariane in her search for her abducted husband. This account is reivteing, illuminating, and heartbreaking. We learn, through the urgent tracing of Danny's last movements, about the terrorists' methods, ideologies, and ruthless violence. As soon as Pearl was discovered missing, a global effort began to locate him and identify his captors -- a race against the clock that spanned the dangerous fissures of culture and politics and language that separate Islamic terrorists and America.

One one person can tell his story: Danny Pearl's wife, Mariane, for it was she who initiated and helped direct the urgent search for her husbnad and she who can paing a moving portrait of a miarrage built on the ideals of truth, justice, and love. Intensely suspenseful despite the known outcome, uplifting at the last, A Might Heart is essential reading for our time.

[dairycreamer]

I AM CHARLOTTE SIMMONS by Tom Wolfe

Not quite like his other novels. Made me feel like I was reading an 800-page young adult book about a college freshman's life being messed up and the protagonist rising to the occasion at the most predictable time.

[celtiqueen]

Looking for Alaska by John Green

[jazz17]

Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone - i'm re-reading the whole hp series before the last book comes out. sana matapos ko.

[tsokolat]

Looking for Alaska by John Green

same here
:sunysmile:

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback; 372 pages
copyright 2007
ISBN 978-1-59448-950-1


A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS - KHALED HOSSEINI

After more than two years on the bestseller lists with The Kite Runner, and with more than four million copies in print, Khaled Hosseini returns with a beautiful, riveting, and haunting novel of enormous contemporary relevance.

A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS is a breathtaking story set against the volatile events of Afghanistan’s last thirty years -- from the Soviet invasion to the reign of the Taliban to post-Taliban rebuilding -- that puts the violence, fear, hope, and faith of this country in intimate, human terms. It is a tale of two generations of characters brought jarringly together by the tragic sweep of war, where personal lives -- the struggle to survive, raise a family, find happiness -- are inextricable from the history playing out around them.

Propelled by the same storytelling instinct that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic, A Thousand Splendid Suns is at once a remarkable chronicle of three decades of Afghan history and a deeply moving account of family and friendship. It is a striking, heart wrenching novel of an unforgiving time, at unlikely friendship, and an indestructible love -- a stunning accomplishment.

[C.I.C.C.I]

paperback; 255 pages
copyright 1986
ISBN 0-375-72584-9

PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER - PATRICK SUSKIND

In the slums of 18th century Paris a baby is born and abandoned, passed over to monks as a charity case. but the monks can find no one to care for the child --- he is too demanding, and he doesn't smell the way a baby should smell. In fact, he nas no scent at all.

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille clings to life with an iron will, groiwng into a dark and sinster young man who, although he has no scent of his own, possesses an imcomparable sense of smell. never having known human kindness, Grenouille lives only to decipther the odors around him, the complex swirl of smell --- ashes and leather, rancid cheese and fresh-baked bread --- that is Paris. He apprentices himself to a perfumer, and quickly masters the ancient art of mixing flowers, herbs, and oils. Then one day he catches a faint whiff of something so exquisite he is determined to capture it. Obsessed, Grenouille follows the scent until he locates its source --- a beautiful young virgin on the brink of womanhood. As his demented quest to create "the ultimate perfume" leads him to murder, we are caught up in a rising storm of terror until his final triumph explodes in all of its horrifying consequences. Told with dazzling narrative brilliance, Perfume is a hauntingly powerful tale of unnatural passion and sensual depravity.

[tsokolat]

blind willow, sleeping woman by haruki murakami

:sunnysmile:

[SUX2BÜ]

The Fall by Albert Camus

*okay*

[C.I.C.C.I]

paperback; 220 pages
ISBN 0-8214-0663-9
copyright 1982

ALEXANDER THE GREAT - NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS

Nikos Kazantzakis is no stranger to the heroes of Greek antiquity. In this historical novel based on the life of Alexander the Great, Kazantzakis has drawn on both the rich tradition of Greek legend and the documented manuscripts from the archives of history to recreate an Alexander in all his many-faceted images - Alexander the god; Alexander the descendant of Heracles performing the twelve labors; Alexadner the mystic, the daring visionary destined to carry out a divine mission, Alexander the flesh-and-blood mortal who, on occasion, is not above the common soldier's brawling and drinking.

The novel, which resists the temptation to portray Alexander in the mantle of purely romantic legend, covers his life from age fifteen to his death at age thirty-two. It opens with Alexander's first exploit, the taming of the horse, Bucephalas, and is seen in great part through the eyes of his young neighbor who eventually becomes an officer in his army and follows him on his campaign to conquer the world.

The book, which was written primarily as an educational adjunct for young readers, is intended for the adult mind as well, and like the legends of old, is entertaining as well as instructive for readers of all ages. It was originally published in Greece in serial form in 1940, and was republished in a complete volume in 1979.

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback; 342 pages
copyright 2007
ISBN-13:978-1-4165-3223-1
ISBN-10: 1-4165-3223-4

THE LADY IN BLUE - JAVIER SIERRA

An elaborately woven novel of intrigue about one of America's most curious and enduring legends --- the enigma of the Lady in Blue.

In Los Angeles, Jennifer Narody has been having a series of dreams involving eerie images of a lady dressed in blue. What she doesn't know is that this same spirit appeared to leaders of the Jumano Native American tribe in New Mexico 362 years earlier, and was linked to a Spanish nun capable of powers of "bilocation", or the ability to be in two places simultaneously.

Meanwhile, young journalist Carlos Albert is driven by a blinding snowstorm to the little Spanish town of Agreda, where he stumbles upon a nearly forgotten seventeenth-century convent founded by this same legendary woman. Intrigued by her rumored powers, he delves into finding out more.

These thread, linked to an apparent suicide, eventually lead Carlos to Cardinal Baldi, to an American spy, and ultimately to Los Angeles, where Jennifer Narody unwittingly holds the key to the mystery that the Catholic Church , the U.S. Defense Department, and the journalist are each determined to decipher --- the Lady in Blue


check out:

www.theladyinblue.net

[kiane]

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

[tsokolat]

by the river piedra i sat down and wept by paulo coelho

[kylie_minogue]

Sputnik Sweetheart - Haruki Murakami
4 Blondes - Candace Bushnell

[mytitagirl]

shield of thunder, book 2 of the troy series by david gemmell. i believe it is the last book he wrote before his death last july 2006.

[bookwhore]

just finished reading The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 by sue townsend which i bought for P130 from AS walk.

it's a hilarious book and recommended even for grown-ups.

i plan to buy the sequel The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (which will set me back by P120, not bad).

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback; 350 pages
copyright 2007
ISBN-13: 978-0-7432-8968-9
ISBN-10: -0-7432-8968-4

INFIDEL - AYAAN HIRSI ALI

In this profoundly affecting memoir from the internationally renowned author of The Caged Virgin , Ayaan Hirsi Ali tells her astonishing life story, from her traditional Muslim childhood in Somalia, Saudi Arabia, and Kenya, to her intellectual awakening and activism in the Netherlands, and her current life under armed guard in the West.

One of today's most admired and controversial political figures, Ayaan Hirsi Ali burst into international headlines following an Islamist's murder of her colleague, Theo Van Gogh, with whom she made the movie Submission.

Infidel is the eagerly awaited stroy of the coming of age of this elegant, distinguished --- and sometimes reviled --- political superstar and champion of free speech. With a gimlet eye and measured, often ironic, voice, Hirsi Ali recounts the evolution of her beliefs, her ironclad will, and her extraordinary resolve to fight injustice done in the name of religion. Raised in a strict Muslim family and extended clan, Hirsi Ali survived civil war, female mutilation, brutal beatings, adoloscence as a devout believer during the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, and life in four troubled, unstable countries largely ruled by despots. In her early twenties, she escaped from a forced marriage and sought asylum in the Netherlands , where she earned a college degree in political science, tired to help her tragically depressed sister adjust to the West, and fought for the rights of Muslim immigrant women and the reform of Islam as a member of Parliament. Even though she is under constant threat --- demonized by reactionary Islamists and politicians, disowned by her father, and expelled from her family and clan -- she refuses to be silenced.

Ultimately a celebration of triumph over adversity, Hirsi Ali's story tells how a bright little girl evolved out of dutiful obedience to become an outspoken, pioneering freedom fighter. As Western governments struggle to blance democratic ideals with religious pressures, no story could be timelier or more significant.

[Fatsieee]

just finished reading:
the alchemist by paulo coelho---yup i know its a bit late..
tikman ang langit:an anthology of the eraserheads

currently reading:
blink:the power of thinking without thinking by malcolm gladwell

[Fatsieee]

just finished reading:
the alchemist by paulo coelho---yup i know its a bit late..
tikman ang langit:an anthology of the eraserheads

currently reading:
blink:the power of thinking without thinking by malcolm gladwell

[thelastsavant]

The last book I read was "A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'engle. I know it's a children's book but I really haven't laid my hands on this book till about now.

Interesting concept. It's a science fiction with heart. :)

[thora]

i'm reading the innocent man right now. i am so affected with it. tagal ko matapos basahin *** book...

[thora]

i'm reading the innocent man right now. i am so affected with it. tagal ko matapos basahin *** book...

[rizabog]

The Bonesetter's Daughter - Amy Tan *okay*




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[darkZEN]

holy blood holy grail (nonfiction) michael baigent, richard leigh & henry lincoln. i think this book inspired brown's premise for da vinci code. just correct me...

[darkZEN]

holy blood holy grail (nonfiction) michael baigent, richard leigh & henry lincoln. i think this book inspired brown's premise for da vinci code. just correct me...

[darkZEN]

holy blood holy grail (nonfiction) michael baigent, richard leigh & henry lincoln. i think this book inspired brown's premise for da vinci code. just correct me...

a book of very lush forest of complex pocket small clandestine meetings to large epic wars, historical names, relics, dates, places distant as exotic middle east, israel, france, great britain, and almost the entire europe, forgotten ancient wars, violence, pomp and pageantry - all being cleverly interwoven togehter into a tapestry of very intriguing and to some shocking speculative hypothesis inspired by that mythical grail (is it jesus blood or otherwise, bloodline ?)

[darkZEN]

holy blood holy grail (nonfiction) michael baigent, richard leigh & henry lincoln. i think this book inspired brown's premise for da vinci code. just correct me...

A book of very lush forest of complex pocket small clandestine meetings to large epic wars, historical names, relics, dates, places distant as exotic middle east, israel, france, great britain, and almost the entire europe, forgotten ancient wars, violence, pomp and pageantry - all being cleverly pieced and interwoven together into a tapestry of very intriguing and to some shocking speculative hypothesis inspired by that mythical grail (is it jesus blood or otherwise, bloodline ?)

[darkZEN]

holy blood holy grail (nonfiction) michael baigent, richard leigh & henry lincoln. i think this book inspired brown's premise for da vinci code. just correct me...

A book of very lush forest of complex pocket clandestine meetings to epic wars, historical names, relics, dates, places distant as exotic middle east, israel, france, great britain, and almost the entire europe, forgotten ancient wars, violence, pomp and pageantry - all being cleverly pieced and interwoven together into a tapestry of very intriguing and to some, maybe, shocking speculative hypothesis inspired by that mythical grail (is it jesus blood or otherwise, bloodline ?)

[darkZEN]

sorry. please, moderator. delete post # 221 222 223 224. there was a some kind of glitch while i was posting.

[darkZEN]

sorry. please, moderator. delete post # 221 222 223 224. there was a some kind of glitch while i was posting.

[darkZEN]

sorry. please, moderator. delete post # 221 222 223 224. there was some kind of glitch while i was posting.

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback; 307 pages
copyright 2006
ISBN: 978-385-52174-1

THE SIRENS OF BAGHDAD - YASMINA KHADRA

The third novel in Yasmina Khadra's bestselling trilogy about Islamic fundamentalism brings readers in Baghdad.

Forced to leave the University of Baghdad when the Americans invade Iraq, a young man from a small desert village returns home, where he witnesses three events that transform him. First, American soldiers at a checkpoint kill the sweet and beloved "village idiot." Several days later, an American plane bombs a wedding on the outskirts of the village. And then one night, soldiers looking for terrorists come to the young man's own home and humiliate his father in full view of the terrified family. Consumed by the desire to avenge this unspeakable act, the youth leaves the village for the city.

Baghdad is going up in flames. The young searches for a place to stay before being taken in by a radical group and convincing its members that he is willing to do anything to help their cause. After provoking his mettle by participating in several attacks, he is sent to Beirut to undertake a supersecret mission that will take him to London. As the time to board the plane nears, he struggles to reconcile his mission with his moral priniciples.

A masterful and chillling look at violence and its effects on ordinary people, The Sirens of Baghdad probes situation's few writers dare examine. Powerfully written like Khadra's previous novels, it explores the depths of human nature and shows that even in the most horrific circumstances, good can prevail

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback; 254 pages
copyright 2007
ISBN-13:978-1-58322-768-8

I HAD TO SAY SOMETHING: THE ART OF TED HAGGARD'S FALL - MIKE JONES

Mike Jones's courage and strength of conscience led him to come forward about the hypocrisy of Ted Haggard's life days before the 2006 midterm elections, whe he revelaed their three-year sexual relationship. His decision changed history. It also put a sudden end to Ted Haggard's hypocrisy, to the very real prospect of a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, and to Jones's own career as an escort and massage therapist.

I Had to Say Something is the story of the sexual relationship between Jones, a Denver man who worked as an escort, and the Reverend Ted Haggard, founder and pastor of New Life Church of Colorado Spirns and leader of the National Association of Evangelists. And is is the story of other men who, like Haggard , seek tenderness in out of the way places.

[shazhiiing]

you guys should read this: he's just not that into you by greg behrendt and liz tuccillo....it'll knock some sense to us women and it's hilariously fun to read

[CoolCucumber]

^I find that book bitin. Dapat mas makapal para mas masaya! But yeah, I enjoyed it so much.

Last book I read was John Paul II: A tribute in words and pictuers.


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[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback; 306 pages
copyright 2002
ISBN: 0-312-27858-6

THE NANNY DIARIES - EMMA McLAUGHLIN & NICOLA KRAUS

WANTED:

One young woman to take care of four-year-old boy. Must be cheerful, enthusiastic, and selfless --- bordering on masochistic. M
Must relish sixteen-hour shifts with a deliberately nap-deprived prescholer. Must love getting thrown up on, literally and figuratively, by everyone in his family. Must enjoy the delicious anticipation of ridiculously erratic pay. Mostly,must love being treated like fungus found growing out of employer's Hermes bag. Those who take it personally need not apply.

Who wouldn't want this job?

Strugling to graduate from NYU and afford her microscopic studio apartment, Nanny takes a position caring for the only son of the wealthy X family. She rapidly leanrs the insane amount of juggling involved to ensure that a Park Avenue wife who doesn't work, cook, clean, or raise her own child has a smooth day.

When the Xes' marriage begins to disintegrate, Nanny ends up involved way beyond the bounds of human decency or good taste. Her tenure with the X family becomes a nearly impossible mission to maintain the mental health of their four-year-old , her own integrity, and, most important, her sense of humore. Over nine tense month Mrs. X and Nanny perfomr the age-old dance of decorum and power as they test the limits of modern-day servitude.

The Nanny Diaries deftly skewer the manner in which America's overprivileged raise les petites overprivileged --- as if grooming them for a Best in Show competition. Written by two former nannies, this alternately comnic and poignant satire punctures the glamour of Manhattan's upper class.

[easter]

God Said That? So What? by Harold J. Sala

“In recent years the divergence between what people say they believe and how they live has grown greater year by year. Large number of people, many of whom attend church with some regularity, say, ‘Oh yes, I believe the Bible,’ but never read it or study it and certainly are not much affected by what it says.” Dr. Sala believes that until people are convinced that the Bible is trustworthy and is true, they will not take it seriously.

http://godsaidthat.com/

[jazz17]

nung na-suspend ang class last week, i read Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) and Summer Sisters (Judy Blume).

[kylie_minogue]

just finished reading HP 4 last night. I'm excited to read the last 3 books already :)

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback; 420 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0-44-58034-2
ISBN-10: 0-446-58304-1
copyright 2007

SIMPLE GENIUS - DAVID BALDACCI

In a world of secret, human genius is power. And sometimes it is simply deadly …

A three-hour drive from Washington, D.C., two clandestine institutions face each other across a heavily guarded river. One is the world’s most unusual laboratory, whose goals and funding are a mystery. The other is an elite CIA training camp shrouded in secrecy. Now a man and a woman are about to run a gauntlet between these two puzzle factories, straight into a furious struggle to exploit a potentially world-shattering discovery -- and keep some other secrets under wraps forever…

Former Secret Service agents turned private investigators Sean King and Michele Maxwell have seen their lives splinter around them. Michelle lies unconscious in a hospital bed after a night of suicidal violence. And Sean is forced to take on a thankless investigation into the murder of a scientist just inside the CIA’s razor-wire fence near Williamsburg, Virginia.

Soon he is uncovering layer after layer of disinformation that shields a stunning world filled with elite mathematicians, physicists, war heroes, spies, and deadly field agents. Amid more murder, a seemingly autistic girls’ extraordinary genius, and a powerful breakthrough in the realms of classified codes, Sean soon learns enough to put his life at risk. Now more than ever, he needs Michelle --- at her best --- to help stop a conspiracy of traitors operating in the shadow of the White House itself.

From Michelle's courageous struggle to defeat her long-buried persoanl demons to a centuries-old secret that surfaces in the hat of the action, SIMPLE GENIUS pulses with stunning, high-intensity suspense. The heroes of Split Second and Hour Game, David Baldacci's #1 New York Times bestsellers, are back --- as you've never seen them before.

[spacesamba]

Haha..im new here..

Anyways the last book I read was Dance.Dance.Dance by Haruki Murakami! Funny, surreal yet somehow familiar I recommend it to anyone who likes those Catcher in the Rye sort of novels.

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback; 115 pages
copyright 2005
ISBN 1-4000-4460-X

MEMORIES OF MY MELANCHOLY WHO-RES - GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ

Memories of My Melancholy Who-res is Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s first work of fiction in ten years, written at the height of his powers, the Spanish edition of which Ilan Stavans called, “Masterful. Erotic. As hypnotizing as it is disturbing” (Los Angeles Times)

On the eve of his ninetieth birthday, our unnamed protagonist --- an undistinguished journalist and lifelong bachelor --- decides to give himself “the gift of a night of wild love with an adolescent virgin.”

The virgin, whom an old madam procures for him, is splendidly young, with the silent power of a sleeping beauty. The night of love blossoms into a transforming year. It is a year in which he relives, in a rush of memories, his life-time of (paid-for) sexual adventures and experiences a revelation that brings him to the edge of dying --- not of old age, but, at long last, of uncorrupted love.

Memories of My Melancholy Whor-res is a brilliant gem by the master storyteller.

[bookwhore]

High Fidelity by Nick Hornby

[tsokolat]

coraline
kitchen confidential

[Kafka]

The Secret Magdalene by Ki Longfellow

[Nivla_Poa]

Hey, Joe by Ted Lerner

- Great book of articles from an expat columnist living in Manila

[tsokolat]

it's kind of a funny story by ned vizzini

:sunnysmile:

[paddylast]

beaches-irish r. dart

' i bought itin a book bargain cuz i heard that it's mandy moore's fave book "ever!"--she said that it's a great book---ek--i wasted my time reading it...

[rumorz2]

koontz ~ fear nothing ata un:)

[magnabash]

Holes by Louis Sachar

[omi]

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback; 226 pages
copyright 2007
ISBN 978-0-307-26674-3

GIVING - Bill Clinton

Here, from Bill Clinton, is a call to action. Giving is an inspiring look at how each of us can change the world. First, it reveals the extraordinary and innovative efforts now being made by companies and organizations --- and by individuals --- to solve problems and save lives both "down the street and around the world." Then it urges us to seek out what each of us, "regardless of income, available time, age, and skills," can do to help, to give people a chance to live out their dreams.

Bill Clinton shares his own experiences and those of other givers, representing a global flood tide of nongovernmental, nonporfit activity. These remarkable stories demonstrate that gifts of time, skills, things, and ideas are as important and effective as contributions of money. From Bill and Melinda Gates to a six-year-old California girl named McKenzie Steiner, who organized and supervised drives to clean up the beach in her community, CLinton introduces us to both wellknown and unknown heroes of giving. Among them:

Dr. Paul Farmer , who grew up living in the fmaily bus in a trailer park, vowed to devote his life to giving high-quality medical care to the poor and has built innovative public health-care first in Haiti and then in Rwanda;

a New York couple, in Africa for a wedding, who visited several schools in Zimbabwe and were appalled by the absence of textbooks and supplies. They founded their own organization to gather and ship materials to thirty-five schools. After three years, the percentage of seventh-graders who pass reading tests increased from 5 percent to 60 percent;

Oseola McCarty, who after seventy-five years of eking out a living by washing and ironing, gave $150,000 to the University of Southern Mississippi to endow a scholarship fund for African-American students;

Andre Agassi, who has created a college preparatory academy in the Las Vegas neighborhood with the city's highest percentage of at-risk kids. "Tennis was a stepping-stone for me," says Agassi. "Changing a child's life is what I always wanted to do";

Heifer Internations, which gave twelve goats to a Ugandan village. Withing a year, Beatrice Biira's mother had earned enough money selling goat's milk to pay Beatrice's school fees and eventually to send all her children to school ---and, as required, to pass on a baby goat to another family , thus multiplying the impact of the gift.

Clinton writes about men and women who traded in their corporate careers, and the fulfillment they now experience through giving. He writes about energy-efficient practices, about progressive companies going green, about promoting fair wages and decent workign conditions around the world. He shows us how one of the most important ways of giving can be an effort to change, improve, or protect a government policy. He outlines what we as individuals can do, the steps we can take, how much we should consider giving, and why our giving is so important.

Bill Clinton's own actions in his post-presidential years have had an enormous impact on the lives of millions. Through his foundation and his work in the aftermath of the Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina, he has become an internationall spokesperson and model for the power of giving.

"We all have the capacity to do great things," President Clinton says. "My hope is that the people and stories in this book will lift spirits, touch hearts, and demonstrate that citizen activism and service can be a powerful agent of change in the world.

[CoolCucumber]

In Lucia's Eyes.

I don't know what this is about exactly but I reckon this is a historical novel on Cassanova. Besides, it's on sale for only P100 :)


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