Good Books You've Read Lately

[Cala]

Tristan, I really enjoyed The God of Small Things. Maybe it's heavy because Arundhati Roy's style is a little unfamiliar in some way, but it's precisely the language snd imagery used that I love, among other things.

I've just read The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera. Again, more on the "heavy" side. But Kundera has a way of imparting thoughts and thought-provoking ideas without pounding them into your brain. He doesn't drag you down. Plus, he's a very good storyteller.

Other books I just read:
Iyanla Vanzant's One Day My Soul Opened Up. If you're familar with her, it's a great insight to her person and "wisdom" from everything she's gone through and the struggle that she continues to face, emotionally and spiritually. To those interested about being *centered*, it's worth a check out.

The Alchemist, by Paolo Coelho. It's a book for dreamers and the search for what's essential.

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[astr0girl]

Memoirs of a Geisha- by Arthur Golden
I highly recommend it to people who love those periodical themed books, this one is truly amazing, and it seems so real...

[acridmouth]

Chicken Soup for the Soul (Third and Sixth Course)
The Diary of Anne Frank
Mutation and Outbreak by Robin Cook
Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court bY Mark Twain

It's summer, so I'm planning to spend a lot of time reading more good books!


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[Gilbey]

any book is good, which is why it got printed. i love books - although my mom hates my collection. the last time i had an inventory of all the books in the house, umabot ng 800(inclusive of pocketbooks and textbooks).

daming husay

[harley quinn]

I thought Arundhati Roy's play with words in The God of Small Things was at times excessively redundant. I realize the phrases were written the way they were because the story was told through the eyes of a child but there was a point when I was annoyed by the repetitiveness. The plot was unique, the cultural backdrop fascinating. It's probably one of those things that one has to develop 'a taste for.'

[Sophocles^]

I've always loved The Thornbirds...I forgot who wrote it though.

I like books by Judith McNaught and Jude Deveraux.

You guys read any of Jessica Zafra's collection of essays? of Karen Kunawicz's for that matter? Both of their works are really nice.

[cannabis sativa]

The Alienist by Caleb Carr was a preety damn good book I read recently.

Its about a psychologist in New York during the late 1800s (very Sherlock Holmes kind of atmosphere) who is trying to catch a butcher serial killer who climbs walls, kills boy ****** and feasts on their butts.

pretty damn cool

[kingofpain]

For a dose of reality, try "Public Lives", a collection of Randy David's essays.Intelligent insights, lucid views, and philosophical reflections the Filipino individual and society. A refreshing break from all the sound and fury and fancy stuff.

[wAgKaNgMaKuLiT]

sidney sheldon's "if tomorrow comes" is really good.

[uptowngirl]

i enjoyed:
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
Servant of the Bones by Anne Rice

[christine]

"The Heart of a Woman" & "And Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou

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[bing2x]

i liked the bone collector by jeffery deaver.

[Mister Dean]

"Tuesdays With Morrie" by Mitch Albom. If I had to recommend any book this year, it would be this. READ THIS BOOK! You won't be disappointed!

[BlueFire^]

try the books of Francis J. Kong namely:

1. Life's Works
2. Only the Real Matters
3. Three Little Words

[KamiyaKaoru]

1.) The Incarnations of Immortality Book 7
- If you are interested in mythology and the many different incarnations like time, death, nature, good and evil. The way they presented god and satan completely challenged my previous beliefs....

2.) Harry Potter Series

3.) A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

[suklayin]

1. i just finished reading william dalrymple's "in xanadu: a quest". it's a very good read, a nicely written travel book that retraces the route that marco polo took to kublai khan's summer palace in xanadu.

2. then, there's judith merkle-riley's "the oracle glass". have always been fascinated with the renaissance, and this gives an engrossing account of louis xiv's court.

3. syempre, si harry potter. aliw talaga sya.

sophocles: colleen maccullough wrote the thorn birds

[*Zaphne*]

Nicholas Sparks' THE NOTEBOOK and LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE.

[denslim]

Originally posted by Sophocles^:
I've always loved The Thornbirds...I forgot who wrote it though.

Colleen McCullough wrote it.

the good books i've read lately...
1. foundation series - isaac asimov
2. on a pale horse - piers anthony
3. hannibal - thomas harris (debatable ending some say its a let down some like it. personally...its a letdown)

[Cala]

"Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith"
by Gina B. Nahai

it touches on magical, mystical realism the way asian and other cultural readings do. it reads almost like a personal epic, but the narrative is fairly simple and quite compelling. it crosses from the middle east to the america's hollywood. it's my type of modern literature.

yes, i enjoyed it.

[nick]

"Possession" by A.S. Byatt. Raves left and right for that book--and raves it deserved, I think, if it's Byatt's skill and effort we're talking about. As a piece of writing, "Possession" truly was amazing--stories within stories, faux Victorian poetry and a mystery that ties the whole thing together. But truth is, it was an original, extremely well-written book that left me cold. "Possession's" story never quite pulled me in, and I was bored reading it half the time. Of course, that's just me,and I'd still recommend it to people, not because I enjoyed it myself, but because of my awareness that I'm probably in the minority when it comes to opinion on this work.