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07-17-2009, 07:00 PM
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Andy Gibb aged 12
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Book Recommendations
Got any good books that you'd recommend to others? What are they?
A Wrinkle in Time is one of my favourite books and I've read quite a few of Madeleine L'Engle's other novels; I'm in the process of reading Dragons in the Waters now. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon details two cousins who start up a comic book business in the Golden Age of comics. I haven't finished it and haven't read it for a while so need to pick it up again at some point, but I've read the first 300 or so pages (it's a lengthy novel) and have found it to be very good. The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger - a very famous novel that has been banned many times. |
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07-17-2009, 11:12 PM
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There's several. Here are some off the top of my head:
The Kite Runner A Thousand Splendid Suns The Perks of Being a Wallflower Mrs. Dalloway The Bluest Eye Wuthering Heights White Oleander She's Come Undone |
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07-18-2009, 12:17 AM
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MAN VS SAMMICH.
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The Great Gastby
The Things They Carried Columbine Scarlett Letter I Am America and So Can You Frankenstein Curious George Goes to the Hospital Huck Finn In Cold Blood Night |
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A freckle on the nose of life's complexion The Cinderella or the shine apple of its eye I gotta fly once, I gotta try once, Only can die once, right, sir? Ooh, life is juicy, juicy and you see, I gotta have my bite, sir. Get ready for me love, 'cause I'm a "comer" I simply gotta march, my heart's a drummer Don't bring around the cloud to rain on my parade |
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07-18-2009, 01:54 AM
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The Stranger -- Seriously, just read it.
 Has anyone else read that one? It's such a short book, but my gosh, it's so analytical and amazing. I had to write an analysis of it for my English class, but yeah, it's a winner! It's by Albert Camus. |
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07-18-2009, 04:13 AM
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07-18-2009, 09:21 AM
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Andy Gibb aged 12
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Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
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07-18-2009, 01:51 PM
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Bleachers
The Time Travelor's Wife |
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07-18-2009, 04:24 PM
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I have a few but it's political so..... I don't want to do that....
But the are like biographies though. |
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07-18-2009, 05:36 PM
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Forever Gidget
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How to Live 365 Days a Year
by John A. Schindler Red Sky at Morning: A Novel by Richard Bradford Post Office by Charles Bukowski Saratoga Trunk by Edna Ferber A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin The Snapper by Roddy Doyle Tess of the D'ubervilles by Thomas Hardy The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less by Terry Ryan Why He Didn't Call You Back by Rachel Greenwald Sit, Ubu, Sit: How I went from Brooklyn to Hollywood with the same woman, the same dog, and a lot less hair by Gary David Goldberg Kiss My Math: Showing Pre-Algebra Who's Boss by Danica McKellar |
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07-18-2009, 05:47 PM
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Anyone who knows me knows I'm a bookaholic, lol. A few books I think pretty much everyone should read:
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving It's a pretty long book, but I've read it countless times, and it never gets old. A great story about faith and friendship. The Memory-Keeper's Daughter - Kim Edwards A heartbreaking story of a father who gives up his disabled daughter at birth, and the consequences of that decision. The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom An interesting idea about the afterlife. Definitely makes you think about certain things. Anybody who's read these, feel free to PM me if you want to talk. 
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