What's the BEST book you ever read?
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Books! One of my favorite subjects.
If you like the Notebook and Nicholas Sparks you should also try the Locket (series) by Richard Paul Evans. They are a similar and both great. Suzannes Diary for Nicholas is just so sad, with a twist at the end. An unexpected but good book James Patterson.
Some of my very best, all time favorite, can't put it down reads are:
Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon - Woman of the 1940's ends up time travelling back to 16th century Scotland. Great history and adventure and romance all in one.
Anything by Barbara Kingsolver, especially The Bean Trees and (sequal)Pigs in Heaven, and the Poisonwood Bible. The Bean trees is about a young (teenage) girl that leaves her home in rural Kentucky before she gets pregnant and stuck there. The Poisonwood Bible is about a missionary family that moved from Georgia to the Congo in the 1960's. The story is told by the daughter if the missionary. It's an epic read.
The Ladies Detective Agency (series) by Alexander McCall Smith. This one is about a very strong, smart, and inspiring lady who finds things out for people through her "Ladies Detective Agency". It is set in Botzwana which adds that great *sense of place* appeal.
Anne Tyler, and Maeve Binchy are great too. I could go on forever, but these are some of my favorites.
If you like the Notebook and Nicholas Sparks you should also try the Locket (series) by Richard Paul Evans. They are a similar and both great. Suzannes Diary for Nicholas is just so sad, with a twist at the end. An unexpected but good book James Patterson.
Some of my very best, all time favorite, can't put it down reads are:
Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon - Woman of the 1940's ends up time travelling back to 16th century Scotland. Great history and adventure and romance all in one.
Anything by Barbara Kingsolver, especially The Bean Trees and (sequal)Pigs in Heaven, and the Poisonwood Bible. The Bean trees is about a young (teenage) girl that leaves her home in rural Kentucky before she gets pregnant and stuck there. The Poisonwood Bible is about a missionary family that moved from Georgia to the Congo in the 1960's. The story is told by the daughter if the missionary. It's an epic read.
The Ladies Detective Agency (series) by Alexander McCall Smith. This one is about a very strong, smart, and inspiring lady who finds things out for people through her "Ladies Detective Agency". It is set in Botzwana which adds that great *sense of place* appeal.
Anne Tyler, and Maeve Binchy are great too. I could go on forever, but these are some of my favorites.
icklemoley
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Flowers in the Attic.
CathydsRNA
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Give us the genre you are interested in. I am rushing off
to work soon but this evening I will give you my favorites in terms of fiction (general), fantasy/science fiction, classics, biography, mystery etc. Also, I have a do not waste your time on list.
have some time now for a partial list:
Fiction(general)-most recently enjoyed:
The Kiterunner (Khaled Hosseini)
Fiction (light):
The Beacon of/at Alexandria
Science Fiction/Fantasy:
The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
Daughter of the Forest (Marillier)
Mystery:
Anything by Anne Perry- mysteries set in the backdrop of Victorian England
Autobiography:
Helen Keller
Classic:
Crime and Punishment, The brothers Karamazov
to work soon but this evening I will give you my favorites in terms of fiction (general), fantasy/science fiction, classics, biography, mystery etc. Also, I have a do not waste your time on list.
have some time now for a partial list:
Fiction(general)-most recently enjoyed:
The Kiterunner (Khaled Hosseini)
Fiction (light):
The Beacon of/at Alexandria
Science Fiction/Fantasy:
The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
Daughter of the Forest (Marillier)
Mystery:
Anything by Anne Perry- mysteries set in the backdrop of Victorian England
Autobiography:
Helen Keller
Classic:
Crime and Punishment, The brothers Karamazov
momto2bratz
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Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber
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